The millionaire ex-husband of Chinese movie star Zhao Wei churned through an eye-watering $60 million while on a gambling bender at Crown Perth, triggering a decade-long legal battle over defaulted repayments.
Court documents released by the High Court of Hong Kong last week show Singaporean investor and real estate tycoon Huang Youlong visited Crown Casino Perth in February 2015, despite owing “substantial gaming debts” to other casinos around the globe.
However, when Crown Casino Perth refused the 49-year-old any gaming chips because of his debts, Mr Youlong turned to Crown’s former marketing vice president Chua Eh Fong, asking her to organise an “internal casino arrangement” through casino junket operator, Suncity.
Through…