Jay-Z held a star-studded fundraiser over the weekend at Ocean On line casino Resort in Atlantic Metropolis on behalf of the Reform Alliance, a nonprofit aiming “to remodel probation and parole by altering legal guidelines, methods, and tradition to create actual pathways to work and well-being.”
Tom Brady and Kim Kardashian reportedly acquired right into a bidding battle on the Reform Alliance fundraiser at Ocean On line casino in Atlantic Metropolis on Sept. 30, 2023. The occasion was co-hosted by Jay-Z, Meek Mill, and Michael Rubin. (Picture: Getty)
Jay-Z invited his A-list pals, together with Kim Kardashian, Tom Brady, and Matthew McConaughey, to the Boardwalk resort for a casino-themed fundraiser on Saturday night time. The invite-only, black-tie occasion drew about 250 attendees to the Who’s Who shindig, hosted by comic Kevin Hart.
The night time included a high-stakes blackjack match, dinner program, dancing and stay music, and an public sale that Folks.com stories included a bidding battle between Kardashian and Brady over a portray by George Rental.
The superstar information web site reported that Kardashian and Brady went backwards and forwards bidding for the artwork piece. After the bidding went north of $2 million, occasion organizers stated Rental supplied one other piece to fulfill each Brady and Kardashian as winners.
TMZ added that Kardashian was “flirty” with Brady and advised her internal circle that she had “a crush” on the NFL legend. Brady and his longtime spouse, Gisele Bundchen, divorced final yr after 13 years of marriage.
On line casino Fundraiser
Jay-Z cohosted the Reform Alliance fundraiser with Michael Rubin and Meek Mill. Different celebs noticed at Ocean On line casino included Tiffany Hadish, Jack Harlow, Alex Rodriguez, Quavo, and La La Anthony.
By no means in my wildest goals would I think about an evening like tonight,” Reform Alliance founder and CEO Robert Rooks advised the viewers (relating) when he started working for legal justice reform 25 years in the past. Occasion organizers stated greater than $24 million was raised.
Reform’s mission is particularly vital to Mill, a Philadelphia rapper who 2017 was sentenced to as much as 4 years in jail for violating his parole. In 2019, Mill’s conviction was overturned after new proof undermined the arresting officer’s credibility in his earlier parole violation.
Meek’s case was highlighted within the 2019 Amazon Prime docuseries “Free Meek,” which detailed the rapper’s claims that the U.S. justice system wrongly imprisoned him.
The Reform Alliance lobbies state lawmakers to cross laws that amends their parole and probation packages. In California, Reform’s efforts led to the passage of Meeting Invoice 1950, which caps probation and parole phrases at 1-2 years for many nonviolent offenders.
“Because of AB 1950, a whole lot of 1000’s of Californians on probation could have a shot to succeed and exit the legal justice system for good,” the Reform Alliance web site says.
Ocean Present
Ocean On line casino didn’t get pleasure from a lot monetary success when it opened as Experience April 2012. The $2.4 billion built-in resort shuttered a bit of greater than two years later in September 2014.
However because the vacation spot opened as Ocean in June 2018, and extra particularly because it was acquired by Luxor Capital, the on line casino has drastically circled its monetary efficiency.
Ocean final yr reported the most effective gross working revenue of the 9 casinos in Atlantic Metropolis, with a backside line of greater than $23.1 million. Ocean ended Borgata’s long term of being the market’s high performer.
