Ted Forrest better hope he has a good lawyer.\u00a0The poker pro is facing two felony charges: passing a check without sufficient funds with the intent to defraud and theft.<\/p>\n
From October 2012 to May 2013, the six-times WSOP gold bracelet winner allegedly wrote checks to Wynn Las Vegas, without having funds to cover them. The total amount of the check were $215,000.<\/p>\n
Chris Rasmussen, Forrest\u2019s lawyer, denied the charges. According to the defense attorney, the Las Vegas casino gave Forrest a line of credit. The casino has pushed the matter to the criminal realm, but Rasmussen claims this should be a civil dispute.<\/p>\n
However, according to the court paper findings, in 2013, the 51-years old Forrest signed a confession of judgment where he agreed to a debt of $270,000 to Wynn Las Vegas. At the time, the player agreed to pay $170,000 as a down payment and $10,000 every month until the debt was paid off. \u00a0But until the present time, nothing has been paid yet.<\/p>\n
According to the RJ story<\/em>, this is not Forrest\u2019s only debt. In 2015, the Mirage in Las Vegas, loaned Forrest $40,500 and $100,000, however the status of the loans are unknown.<\/p>\n The Las Vegas Police Department issued an arrest warrant, but at this point, Forrest has not been taken into custody yet.<\/p>\n In Las Vegas this issue is becoming a hot topic. Originally, the Las Vegas Review-Journal broke the story, but now local channels are hoping on board too.<\/p>\n For many years Forrest was considered a top stud player, he was a prominent member of the poker community. \u00a0Forrest is also known for loving more than just high stakes poker games in the gaming universe.<\/p>\n In 2010, Forrest bet Mike \u201cThe Mouth\u201d Matusow, he could lose 50 pounds, and he held he\u2019s end of the bet. Matusow, however, only paid $70,500 and claimed he was extremely inebriated when he made the prop bet and therefore he could not be held to it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ted Forrest better hope he has a good lawyer.\u00a0The poker pro is facing two felony charges: passing a check without sufficient funds with the intent to defraud and theft. From October 2012 to May 2013, the six-times WSOP gold bracelet winner allegedly wrote checks to Wynn Las Vegas, without having funds to cover them. The […]","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":1840,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headline"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nPoker Pro Ted Forrest<\/h3>\n