{"id":36771,"date":"2025-07-31T11:47:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T11:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/36771\/"},"modified":"2025-07-31T11:47:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T11:47:10","slug":"ex-nba-star-gilbert-arenas-dances-as-he-leaves-jail-see-the-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/36771\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-NBA Star Gilbert Arenas Dances As He Leaves Jail, See The Video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                          Ex-NBA Star Gilbert Arenas<br \/>\n                          All Smiles As He Leaves Jail &#8230;<br \/>\n                          &#8216;They Can&#8217;t Hold Me&#8217;!!!<\/p>\n<p>\n                        Published July 31, 2025 3:28 AM PDT<br \/>\n                                                                      |<br \/>\n                Updated July 31, 2025 4:01 AM PDT\n                                    <\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20160116_9e3e689407165954b271a0b4c83cac41\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:4a009668-e1de-491d-9f1e-f2dab98fe9a9\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/9e3e689407165954b271a0b4c83cac41_md.jpg\" alt=\"0115-gilbert-arenas-tmz\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/gilbert-arenas\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gilbert Arenas<\/a> was one happy camper leaving jail Wednesday after his arrest for allegedly hosting high-stakes illegal poker games.<\/p>\n<p>Video posted to X shows the former NBA star dancing and pumping his fists in the air, while making his way down flights of stairs outside what appears to be a detention facility in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Im Back on the Streets \ud83d\udde3\ufe0fThis aint got shyt to do with me &#8216; just rented the house&#8217; Wasnt apart <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ALjozzhzoY\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/ALjozzhzoY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Gilbert Arenas (@NoChillGilZero) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NoChillGilZero\/status\/1950744149558522304?ref_src=twsrc^tfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">July 31, 2025<\/a><br \/>\n              <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NoChillGilZero\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">@NoChillGilZero<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The camera woman filming Arenas &#8212; dressed in a t-shirt and shorts &#8212; playfully says &#8220;Free&#8221; and &#8220;you better not&#8221; as Arenas draws closer to her.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<p>When he&#8217;s almost on top of the camera, Arenas flashes a big smile and states, &#8220;They can&#8217;t hold me,&#8221; after he posted $50,000 bond.<\/p>\n<p>As we reported &#8230; the former Washington Wizards guard and 5 accomplices rented out his Encino mansion to hold <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/07\/30\/gilbert-arenas-arrested-allegedly-ran-illegal-gambling-business\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">high-stakes card games <\/a>from September 2021 to July 2022, according to federal prosecutors.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20250730_9db350668a5c4555bb7b0ca3c0c50188\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:4a009668-e1de-491d-9f1e-f2dab98fe9a9\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/9db350668a5c4555bb7b0ca3c0c50188_md.jpg\" alt=\"gilbert arenas wizards getty\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>The feds say Arenas hired someone to help turn his crib into a gambling den and make money collecting rent.<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s more, Arenas&#8217; cohorts allegedly hired waitresses, chefs, valets and security guards to make the games more enticing to gamblers so they would come back.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors say Arenas and the others profited off the illegal operation by collecting a &#8220;rake,&#8221; which is a fee the house charged from each pot either as a percentage or a fixed amount per hand.<\/p>\n<p>The former pro athlete pleaded not guilty to the charges.<\/p>\n<p>      <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ex-NBA Star Gilbert Arenas All Smiles As He Leaves Jail &#8230; &#8216;They Can&#8217;t Hold Me&#8217;!!! 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