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The Gothic Tudor-style mansion, which has an area of 20,000
square feet (1,858 square meters), was listed earlier this year
for $200 million, Reuters reported in January.
Metropoulos is a principal at private equity firm Metropoulos &
Co. He did not respond to a request for comment.
"We can confirm that the Playboy Mansion is in escrow with Daren
Metropoulos as the buyer. Due to confidentiality restrictions,
we are not able to comment on any specifics, including what
contingencies need to be cleared to close the sale," the Playboy
spokesman said in an emailed statement.
In addition to a tennis court, free-form swimming pool and other
amenities, the estate is home to the Playboy grotto, which over
the years was the setting for some of Hefner's most lavish
parties.
The mansion was built in 1927 and purchased by Playboy in 1971
for a reported $1.1 million, a figure property agents said was
the largest real estate transaction in Los Angeles history at
that time.
(Reporting by Lauren Hirsch in New York; Editing by Matthew
Lewis)
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