Because of his lavish lifestyle and heavy drug abuse, he reportedly suffered thr

ee heart attacks before the age of 32.[27]

In 2014, Bilzerian sued the producers of the film Lone Survivor. His lawsuit sta
tes that although he loaned the production of that film $1 million in exchange f
or a minimum of eight minutes of screen time and 80 words of dialogue, his role
was reduced to less than one minute and has just one line. His lawsuit demanded
$1.2 million (the original loan amount plus a 20 percent penalty).[24]
In December 2014, Bilzerian was embroiled in a legal matter with pornographic ac
tress Janice Griffith, whom he threw off the roof of a house and into a pool as
part of a photoshoot for Hustler magazine in April 2014. She fell short of the p
ool, hitting the edge, and broke her foot. Then, 18-year-old Griffith asked Bilz
erian for $85,000 for her injuries, which was rejected. Later, Griffith filed a
lawsuit against both Hustler and Bilzerian to which Bilzerian's attorney respond
ed that Griffith was under contract for the event by Hustler, that Hustler hired
Bilzerian for the event, and that Bilzerian was not at fault.[28] In January 20
15, Hustler's attorney claimed that the toss was an "act of God" and stated that
it was not the publisher's fault that Griffith suffered injuries as a result.[2
9]
In August 2014, Bilzerian was banned from a Miami nightclub for kicking model Va
nessa Castano in the face during a brawl. Bilzerian stated that Castano and anot
her woman attacked Bilzerian's female companion. Castano stated, "There were two
girls standing next to me at the table that were fighting. People started getti
ng shoved and I tried to separate them. Then Dan pushed me off the banquette and
once I fell he kicked me in the face."[30] Castano later filed a lawsuit agains
t Bilzerian for her injuries.[31] It was also reported that Castano has asked Bi
lzerian for US$1 million to settle the suit citing the possibility of greater pu
nitive damages based on his income if the suit went to trial.[32]
On December 9, 2014, Bilzerian was arrested at Los Angeles Internatomb-mding to
the Los Angeles Police Department, Bilzerian was arrested on a fugitive warrant
from Nevada and was booked at the LAPD's Pacific Division around 10 pm; "Bilzeri
an has been charged with violating a law making it a crime to possess an explosi
ve or incendiary device with the intent to manufacture it."[34][35] He was relea
sed from LAPD custody on the day of his arrest after charges were dropped but is
scheduled to be arraigned in January 2015 in Clark County, Nevada.[36] In Febru
ary 2015, Bilzerian pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor charge of "negligently f
ailing to extinguish a fire in the open" and was fined $17,231.50.[37][38]