DR1 Daily News - Dominican Republic

Paris Olympic Games gold medalist Marileidy Paulino has turned down an offer of an apartment from Canadian businessman Antonio Carbone. Paulino announced via social media that her team contacted Carbone’s representative to formally decline the donation.

In her statement, Paulino suggested that Carbone consider donating the property to a nonprofit organization instead.

Carbone had announced he had given instructions to his architects and engineers to repair Paulino’s family home while they prepared the plans for a dwelling he was gifting to Paulino. He made the announcement before contacting Paulino.

Carbone is known for his connections to the casino industry and had been released in February 2024 after serving nine years in a Dominican prison. He had been sentenced to 20 years for attempted murder, accused of hiring a hitman to kill Dominican Fernando Báez Guerrero...