Sports Betting Influencer Vegas Dave Ordered to Hand Over Assets or Go to Jail

A Las Vegas judge has found popular sports betting influencer in contempt of court. David Oancea, better known as “Vegas Dave,” has until Aug. 5 to turn over several high‑value assets or report for incarceration, according to reporting by the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

District Judge Tara Clark Newberry ruled Friday that Oancea, 49, repeatedly ignored court orders and monetary sanctions tied to a civil judgment involving Cabo Platinum, a luxury vacation rental agency in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.

Oancea, who has built a massive online following — more than 9.3 Instagram users — and appeared in Showtime’s 2019 sports-betting docuseries Action, was accused by Cabo Platinum of sabotaging rental reservations for several properties connected to him, allegedly blocking access and interfering with bookings despite agreements in place.

In July 2025, District Judge Timothy Williams ordered Oancea to pay a $30.2 million judgement, and prohibited him from disrupting rentals or restricting property access. However, court filings say he continued to violate those directives and never paid the judgment, according to the R-J.

Two Weeks’ Notice

In September 2025, Oancea was ordered to surrender a collection of luxury items including three Mexican properties, $375,000 in cryptocurrency, a Richard Mille watch, and several Hermès Birkin bags. He was given two weeks to comply, but did not.

After a six‑day evidentiary hearing, Newberry concluded that portions of Oancea’s testimony were “false” and reflected “willful noncompliance.” Her order stated: “This court finds that Mr. Oancea was not a credible witness. His testimony was inconsistent, contradicted by documentary evidence and prior sworn statements, and was evasive and argumentative.”

Newberry also awarded Cabo Platinum nearly $294,000 in attorneys’ fees and $17,000 in costs, writing that any claimed inability to comply was “self‑created, strategic, and the result of voluntary acts to avoid compliance.”

Oancea’s attorneys — Alex LeVeque, Ross Evans, and Michael Desmond — argued in a filing that the case had spiraled far beyond a routine contract dispute, calling it “a cautionary tale about the district courts’ enormous contempt powers.”