The Kushner family is attempting to purchase Major League Baseball’s Miami Marlins, according to a report on Bloomberg.com.
Marlins Park in a file photo.
Forbes.com reported Thursday that Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria has a “handshake agreement” to sell the team for $1.6 billion to an unnamed New York City real estate developer.
The family patriarch, Charles Kushner, founded the now multi-billion dollar real estate company Kushner Cos. in 1985. He was convicted of witness tampering, illegal campaign contributions and tax evasion in 2005.
One of his two sons, Jared Kushner is married to President Donald Trump’s eldest daughter Ivanka and is an adviser to the president. Charles Kusher’s other son operates an equity firm.
Because Charles Kushner is a convicted felon and Jared Kushner is tied to the White House, it’s unlikely baseball owners would approve either as the team’s principal owner, Bloomberg said.
Charles Kushner, 62, was born in Elizabeth. His children grew up in Livingston.
Loria bought the then-Florida Marlins for $168 million in 2002. The team moved into new, tax-payer funded $639 million stadium Marlins Park in 2012.
Major League Baseball told Forbes it had no knowledge of a potential sale to the Kushners.
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