But testifying in court last month, Murren said in 2013 he \u201cstarted to discover a series of shocking and very disturbing revelations,” namely, that Schaeffer was \u201ctreating the money as his own\u201d and the shares representing his investments were worthless.<\/p>\n
“I would not have invested if I had known the partnership was effectively a shell, or a ruse, and that Glenn would instead keep the money and would also keep his own assets and investments in [Mahana] Estates in his own name,” he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Justice David Collins ruled Schaeffer made had made \u201cnegligent misstatements\u201d to Murren and Lee and was liable for them.<\/p>\n
“I have also concluded that Mr Schaeffer is liable in relation to causes of action brought under the Fair Trading Act 1986 and the Nevada Deceptive Trade Practices Act,” said Collins.<\/p>\n
“None of the affirmative defenses alleged by Mr. Schaeffer have merit,\u201d he continued. “Accordingly, I find Mr. Schaeffer is liable for the damages sought plus interest. Judgment is entered in favor of Mr. Murren for US$1,600,813.92 plus interest and US$700,406.96 plus interest for Mr. Lee.”<\/p>\n
The Good Ol\u2019 Days<\/strong><\/h2>\nSchaeffer had previously applied unsuccessfully to have the case dismissed because he claimed Lee had made a threat to his life and his family.<\/p>\n
“He said if I did not give him back his money that he would bury me in the desert like in the old days, he would destroy my children’s lives, and bankrupt my ex-wife and travel to Omaha to kill my three show dogs. He ended his threats with the words ‘give me my f**** money’,” explained Schaeffer, according to court documents.<\/p>\n
Lee denied this, adding he had merely observed that if the argument had arisen between Las Vegas gaming executives in the “old days,” Schaeffer might very well have ended up buried in the Nevada desert.<\/p>\n
Mahana is currently up for sale. The business owes around $13.5 million, according to a receiver\u2019s report earlier this month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A judge in New Zealand has ordered former Mandalay Bay Resort Group director Glenn Schaeffer to pay MGM CEO Jim Murren and another former Las Vegas executive, Daniel Lee, $2.3 million to resolve a dispute over a winery. The three Las Vegas heavyweights fell out big time after Murren and Lee — who is the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":94523,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,21,18],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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