Jason Itzler
American businessman, pimp, and convicted criminal
Jason Lubell Itzler (né Sylk; born February 23, 1967), also known as Mr. Based, is an American livestreamer, felon, and former prostitution ringleader and pornographer. Itzler has an extensive criminal record, having been imprisoned multiple times for drug crimes, prostitution, assault, and money laundering and having been charged with aggravated assault with a weapon, burglary, and stalking in Florida.
Early life and education
Jason Lubell Itzler was born as Jason Lubell Sylk and is the only son of Leonard Allen Sylk and Ronnie Lubell. Itzler is of Jewish descent. Following his parents' divorce, Itzler moved to New York with his mother. While growing up, Jason was influenced by his grandfather, Nathan Lubell, who was a founding partner in the Riviera in Las Vegas. Jason's mother remarried a lawyer, Ron Itzler, and they later moved to the suburbs of New Jersey. Itzler attended a number of private schools in his youth, including the Elisabeth Morrow School, the Dwight-Englewood School, and the Hotchkiss School. Jason spent many of his evenings at the New York Friars Club, and summers in the Catskills, where he worked as a cabana boy at the Concord Hotel.
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