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Wednesday Entertainment Buzz: Playboy Mansion sold for $100M, more

The Playboy Mansion has a new owner after Hugh Hefner sold his man cave to his next-door neighbour for 100 million United States dollars (£77 million). Metropoulos is planning on reconnecting the two estates, creating a 7.3-acre property.

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The famous Playboy Mansion has sold for $100 million (£77m) to Daren Metropoulos.

The victims are all believed to be with the rival Sinaloa cartel headed by Guzman in the neighboring state of Sinaloa.

Hef’s L.A. pad wasn’t the first Playboy Mansion – that was in Chicago.

A general view of the Playboy Mansion during the premiere of “The Transporter Refueled” in Los Angeles, August 25, 2015.

The Playboy Mansion property, often used as a virtual nightclub, was originally listed for $200 million.

“For the last 45 years, Mr. Hefner has imbued the estate with a rich and storied legacy”, he added. Both properties were owned by department store heir Arthur Letts Jr.

Gary Gold and Drew Fenton of Hilton & Hyland had the listing, along with Mauricio Umansky of The Agency. In 2009, he acquired the sister house next door, which was built in 1929, two years after the Playboy Mansion.

“I look forward to…enjoying this handsome property as my private residence for years to come”, he added in the statement.

Hugh Hefner’s Playboy Mansion has sold for a whopping $100 million!

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When Dean Metropoulos and Apollo Global Management took over, they took no responsibility for the pension mess, leaving the United States taxpayer to help those workers out, and went on to crush the unions to make their newest corporate prize more attractive for flipping to other investors. Metropoulos also served as the co-chief executive of Pabst Brewing Co., a former investment of the private equity firm.

Hugh Hefrner’s Playboy Mansion once the celebrated center of salacious celebrity shenanigans has been sold for $100 million—half of its listed price