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red three 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 amouIn December 2014, Bilzerian was embroiled in a legal matter with pornographic actress 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 pool, hitting the edge, and broke her foot. T hen, 18-year-old Griffith asked Bilzerian for $85,000 for her injuries, which wa s rejected. Later, Griffith filed a lawsuit against both Hustler and Bilzerian t o which Bilzerian's attorney responded 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 2015, Hustler's attorney claimed that the toss was an "act of God" and stated that it was not the publisher's fault that Griff ith suffered injuries as a result.[29] 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 \ On December 9, 2014, os Angeles Internatomb-mding to the Los mnk.Angeles Police Department, Bilzerian was arrested on a fugitive warrant from Nevada and was bo oked at the LAPD's Pacific Division around 10 pm; "Bilzerian has been charged wi th violating a law making it a crime to possess an explosive or incendiary devic e with the intent to manufacture it."[34][35] He was released from LAPD custody on the day of his arrest after charges were dropped but is scheduled to be arrai gned in January 2015 in Clark County, Nevada.[36] In February 2015, Bilzerian pl eaded no contest to a misdemeanor charge of "negligently failing to extinguish a fire in the open" and was fined $17,231.50.[37][38]