NBA star trying to nullify sale of $6.1 million home he bought from ‘crypto-king’ due to safety: report (2024)

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The NBA star is reportedly trying to void the home he recently purchased for more than $6 million.

Oklahoma City Thunder star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and his girlfriend reportedly moved into their Toronto home in May, but the couple was arrested after someone came to the home looking for the previous owner. I left and haven’t returned.

Gilgeous Alexander bought a house From Aiden Pretelski, the self-proclaimed “cryptocurrency king” who declared bankruptcy last year.

According to court records, Mr. Pretelski owes nearly C$27 million to more than 150 investment clients and was also kidnapped and assaulted in December.

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Angry visitors often came to the house looking for Preterski, and there was even a security guard at the house. Another resident moved out as a result of the incident. Pretelsky agreed to lease the home from Ray Gupta, owner of Sunray Group, a Toronto real estate holding company.

Gilgeous-Alexander reportedly did not know about Preterski or what happened at his home. So when someone came to the house looking for Pretelski and camped near the house just two days after Pretelski and his girlfriend Haley Summers moved out, they left and never came back. Ta.

When the person showed up at her home, Summers said she called a non-emergency number and was told there were “several reports of threats to the property, including a threat to burn the house down.” is.

Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander catches his breath after being hit by a basket against the Denver Nuggets during the second half of an NBA basketball game Wednesday, March 2, 2022, in Denver. The Thunder won 119-107. (AP Photo/David Zarbowski)

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The NBA player’s lawsuit says the seller of the home never disclosed the potential safety threat.

“Defendants have shown that no reasonable person considering a property of that type, quality, and price would not purchase it if the history of threatened visits to the property and its continued risk were known. knew,” the complaint states. per CBC.

Mr. Gupta did not deny that this was the case.

“Purchasers who can afford to pay more than [8 million Canadian dollars] Those who live in luxury homes may value privacy and, in any case, want nothing to do with a property that has a history of threatening visits from two previous residents. ”

Gilgeous-Alexander is from Toronto and played for Canada at the FIBA ​​World Cup in the summer. He was the 11th pick in the 2018 NBA Draft and averaged a career-high 31.4 points per game last year.

Canada’s #5 Mikal Bridges of the United States controls the ball in the second quarter of the FIBA ​​Basketball World Cup third-place match held at the Mall of Asia Arena in Manila, Philippines on September 10, 2023. 2 Shai Gilgeous Alexander. (Yong Taek Lim/Getty Images)

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This six-bedroom home sits on a 10,000-square-foot lot facing Lake Ontario.

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