A ritzy Manhattan townhouse once rented by Kylie Jenner\u2019s baby daddy Travis Scott was being leveraged by Mafia goons and NBA stars to run illegal rigged poker games, according to the feds.<\/p>\n
The townhouse \u2013 80 Washington Place in Greenwich Village \u2013 was one of two main Manhattan locations where high-stakes poker games were allegedly held by four of the city\u2019s most powerful crime families and victims were swindled out of millions of dollars.<\/p>\n
A high-end Manhattan townhouse that Kylie Jenner\u2019s baby daddy Travis Scott once rented was later a hotspot for illegal poker scams ran by a network of Mafiosos and NBA stars. Donna Dotan<\/p>\n
Scott, a 34-year-old rapper, and Jenner, 28 \u2014 who have two children together but are now split \u2014 were still involved in 2021 when he rented the pad. Scott was seen there in 2021 by Post sources.<\/p>\n
By 2023, mobsters were allegedly using the home to host one of their main poker games. <\/p>\n
A longtime local worker told The Post on Friday that he once saw a slew of scantily clad women enter the townhouse, then exit it and pose for photos, in 2023 0r 2024, possibly as part of a photo shoot and that he would sometimes see a bunch of \u201cnice private cars\u201d outside.<\/p>\n
Kylie Jenner and former beau Travis Scott were not mentioned in the federal indictment that brought more than 30 people into custody. Getty Images for WSJ. Magazine Innovators Awards<\/p>\n
Jenner and Scott were not mentioned in the extensive federal indictment brought against more than 30 people allegedly involved in the scheme, and there is no indication they had any knowledge of it or involvement.<\/p>\n
The six-story home \u2014 located just steps from Washington Square Park on one of the city\u2019s most desirable blocks \u2013 was on and off the market for over a decade beginning in 2012, and finally sold in 2024 for $17 million to an anonymous shell company that appears to be registered in Armenia, according to city finance records. <\/p>\n
The apartment was one of the two main Manhattan locations where rigged high-stakes poker games were allegedly ran. US Attorney \/ EDNY<\/p>\n
The home was on and off the market for over a decade beginning in 2012, and finally sold in 2024 for around $20 million.<\/p>\n
The residence traded hands in an all-cash foreclosure deal, according to bankruptcy records. Several rental listings over the years have also asked for monthly rents in the five figures, including an $80,000 ask in 2013, according to Zillow.<\/p>\n
It was there \u2014 along with a Kips Bay address \u2014 that the criminals allegedly used former NBA stars to lure high-rollers into high-stakes poker games, which used hidden technology like rigged shufflers and X-ray tables to cheat the targets out of millions.<\/p>\n
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The scheme began in at least 2019, and was exposed by in an indictment from the US Attorney for the Eastern District of New York Thursday.<\/p>\n
But was also at 80 Washington Place where a rift began to grow between the criminals operating the scam in the fall 2023, when rival mobsters hosted a competing game on the same night as the Lexington Avenue game.<\/p>\n
That didn\u2019t go over well with the Mafiosos \u2013 with a band of wise guys allegedly storming 80 Washington Ave. with guns and other weapons to stop the game, according to prosecutors.<\/p>\n
That incident ended in a vicious brawl on the property.<\/p>\n
In another era, the home had a much different history.<\/p>\n
The American composer John Philip Sousa, once upon a time, called this townhouse his home. He was known for the creation of the Sousaphone instrument, as well as the anthemic marches \u201cThe Stars and Stripes Forever\u201d and \u201cSemper Fidelis.\u201d<\/p>\n
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