Rick Salomon | |
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 Salomon in 2018 | |
| Born | Richard Allan Salomon (1969-01-24)January 24, 1969 (age 57) |
| Occupation | Poker player |
| Years active | 2003–present |
| Spouses | |
| Children | 2 |
Richard Allan Salomon (born January 24, 1969) is an American high-stakespoker player, who is best known for his2004 sex tape withParis Hilton.[1] He had high-profile marriages withE.G. Daily,Shannen Doherty, andPamela Anderson. As a poker player, Salomon won $2.8 million in2014, $3.3 million in 2016, and $2.84 million in the2018 versions of theWorld Series of Poker'sBig One for One Drop.
Salomon was born and raised inNeptune Township, New Jersey.[2] He isJewish.[3]
Salomon owned an online gambling site.[4]
On July 1, 2014, he won $2.8 million in the World Series of Poker'sBig One for One Drop.[5] Four years later, he won $2.84 million at the same event.[6]
Salomon has made regular TV poker appearances on PokerGO shows including World Series of Poker coverage,Super High Roller Bowl coverage,Rob's Home Game,Poker After Dark, andHigh Stakes Poker. Salomon was one of the new players appearing in Season 8 ofHigh Stakes Poker[7] and appeared in the first eight episodes.[8] Salomon played one of the biggest pots of the season againstBryn Kenney, when he beat Kenney's set with a straight, winning $868,200.[9]
Salomon has not beencashing since 2018, after accumulating live tournament winnings in excess of $9.9 million.[10]
In 2003, asex tape featuring Salomon and then-girlfriendParis Hilton was leaked onto the Internet. Shortly afterward, Salomon filed a lawsuit against the company that distributed the tape, and against theHilton family, whom he accused of tarnishing his reputation by suggesting that he had exploited Hilton.[11] Salomon further claimed in his $10 million suit that representatives of the Hiltons tried to discourage media outlets from playing excerpts of the tape by saying that Hilton was underage when the tape was made (which would have made showing the tape illegal – Hilton was actually 20 when the tape was filmed), and were attempting to crush him to preserve the image they had created for her.[12] Hilton later sued the company that released the tape, Kahatani Ltd., for $30 million for violation of privacy and emotional distress.[13]
In April 2004, Salomon began distributing the tape himself through the adult film companyRed Light District Video under the title1 Night in Paris.[14] In July 2004, Salomon dropped his lawsuit against the Hilton family after Paris Hilton's privacy lawsuit was thrown out of court. Salomon and Red Light District Video agreed to pay Hilton $400,000 plus a percentage of the tape's sale profit.[15]
In 1995, Salomon married voice actressElizabeth Daily. The couple had two daughters,[16] before divorcing in 2000.
In 2002, Salomon married actressShannen Doherty. The marriage was annulled after nine months.[17]
On September 29, 2007, Salomon and actressPamela Anderson applied for a marriage license in Las Vegas. Anderson had told talk-show hostEllen DeGeneres in September that she was engaged; she referred to her fiancé only as a poker player.[18] The couple married on October 6, 2007, during a break between the 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. shows of "Hans Klok's The Beauty of Magic" atPlanet Hollywood resort, where Anderson was starring as a magician's assistant.[19] Salomon and Anderson separated less than ten weeks later and, on December 14, Anderson filed for divorce citingirreconcilable differences.[20] Two days later, Anderson and Salomon were seen shopping together. Anderson later posted a message on her website indicating that they were reconciling.[20] On December 28, 2007, Anderson's attorney filed a proof of service of summons in Los Angeles Superior Court regarding the divorce claim.[21] In February 2008, Anderson filed to have the marriage annulled, citingfraud. The following month, Salomon also filed for an annulment, and also cited fraud.[22] The marriage was annulled on March 24, 2008.[23]
In January 2014, Anderson announced that she and Salomon had married on an unspecified date.[24]
Anderson again filed for divorce from Salomon on July 3, 2014,[25] while Salomon filed for an annulment in Nevada on grounds of fraud.[26] On April 29, 2015, her divorce was granted, with a $1 million settlement payment from Salomon to Anderson.[27]
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