Spider-Man star Tobey Maguire was one of three witnesses to take the stand Wednesday at lawyer Tom Goldstein’s trial on tax and false statements charges.
Maguire’s highly anticipated testimony was brief. The jurors didn’t seem starstruck—or if they were, they wore good poker faces.
Maguire explained that he knew Goldstein from poker circles and hired him in 2020 to help collect a $7.8 million gambling debt from Texas billionaire Andy Beal.
Maguire said he wired Goldstein’s $500,000 fee for recovering the money to real estate mogul Bob Safai at Goldstein’s direction….