We may only be a few weeks into 2023, but we have already been treated to our . And bring Faith, Derbyshire says Maggistro added. Insofar as Jefris argument that he was entitled to deal with these assets as his own, he was correct. Geoffrey Stewart says Zaman and Derbyshire pushed Jefri to sell the hotels and set up dummy corporations to hold the money, from which Zaman would receive a commission. Everybody was drinking Dom Prignon, and there were millions and millions of dollars of tiaras and diamonds and emeralds., According to Derbyshire, After the second wedding, a letter comes through the B.I.A.s lawyers, [essentially] saying, Prince Jefri, sons Prince Hakeem and Prince Bahar, and Princess Hamidah: All of your property in Brunei is being repossessed, and you have until June to vacate. They were given about four weeks. (Richard Chalk confirms the eviction: Title had been transferred, but physical possession hadnt. Jefri has never been held in contempt in Brunei. (The B.I.A. How do you greet your father when you see him?, Jefris youngest son by his first wife, the portly Prince Bahar, 29, was asked. He had presided over Woody Allens 2002 civil case against his former producer Jean Doumanian, and when Allen attempted to respond to a question with a rambling answer, Gammerman interrupted him midsentence, barking, Stop talking Im the director here. Now, slouched behind the bench, he surveyed a surfeit of lawyers in his courtroom: nine attorneys from blue-chip firms on each side, getting hourly fees of up to $1,000 apiece, all paid by the Sultan of Brunei. Prince Jefri is the youngest brother of Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah Mu'izzaddin Waddaulah (the 29th Sultan of Brunei and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam). Worse still for the defense, the judge pronounced that this case is not about the relative wealth of the people. Last update: Jan 23, 2023. Good morning, Prince Jefri, I said to him every day. According to Jefris lawsuit, Even though she had no experience in managing hotels or business operations, after interviewing a few candidates, [Zaman] informed Prince Jefri and Prince Bahar that there were no candidates as qualified as she was and recommended that she be appointed the hotels managing director. (Zamans response: Prince Jefri never let any person dictate to him how he should manage his assets. formally instructed K.P.M.G. 5, Thomas Derbyshire, who specialized in cases involving money-laundering and fraud and who was then representing Terry Adams, one of Britains most notorious gangsters. I hope you intend to pay me the fees weve agreed, replied Derbyshire. Then they moved the carsa total of about 2,300. (Jefri denied employing prostitutes. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Cond Nast. Whenever the prince and his posse were on their way to the disco, a mirrored ball would drop from the ceiling, signaling the women to start dancing. Bahar, for his 16th birthday, received $400 million. His name was Prince Jefri Bolkiah.. Frustrated over still being unable to get full disclosure of his assets, the B.I.A. Les Princes Al-Muhtadee Billah Bolkiah et Jefri Bolkiah, deux des fils du Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah pendant la celebration des 25 annees de regne du. Jefri Bolkiah, Faiq's father, is the younger brother of Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah. Warner particularly wanted Hotel Bel-Air, but it was a trinket in Jefris world, priced at only $200 million (and returning only $3 million in annual profit), whereas the Palace was priced at $600 million and had a $50 million profit. To this day . Zaman had asked her to research banks with a branch in the Cayman Islands, where the funds were banked in Zamans name. Several more meetings ensued, which Jefri always insisted be four-eyes meetings, meaning face-to-face. Once, he asked me about the Macys Thanksgiving Day parade. Schoolfriends contacted by the Herald on Sunday were "not at all surprised" Kelly married into royalty. He wanted Derbyshire to act as his lead attorney, liaise with his other lawyers, and coordinate his defense against his brother and the B.I.A. (When the sultan flew in Whitney Houston for a performance, he is rumored to have given her a blank check and instructed her to fill it in for what she thought she was worth: more than $7 million, it turned out.) Jefri lamented that he had no means of protest, for he was a wazir, the highest officer in a Muslim government, a pillar of support for the Sultan, as he wrote in his affidavit. [4], An independent investigation was undertaken into the circumstances of these special transfers, concluding that in round figures, US$14.8 billion were paid to the accounts of Prince Jefri, US$8 billion to accounts of the Sultan and US$3.8 billion for Government purposes; the destination, purpose and recipients of the remaining transfers were not established. Revising the Bruneian constitution in order to have absolute rule over his brother, the sultan, starting in 2000, froze Jefris assets through injunctionsto little effect. The fight with his brother had escalated from a legal battle to a personal war. After their first encounter was over, she wrote, he slapped her ass, bolted out of bed, and said, That was very nice for me. Hes a prince in a dictatorship, used to getting his own way. In this respect, Prince Jefri had incurred the enmity of another of his brothers, Prince Mohamed, whose views are cast in a much more conservative and religious mold. Watching his brothers from the wings, Mohamed, who had only one wife and flew commercial, waited for his chance to stop the party. Faiq Jefri Bolkiah is the son of Prince Jefri Bolkiah, the brother of Hassanal Bolkiah, the current Sultan of Brunei. had filed a motion to force Jefri to comply with the settlement agreement he had signed back in 2000 and return all property. Kiss his hand, he replied. It was an intricate game that involved moving billions of dollars among individuals, accounts, and companies around the worlda game that, Jefris attorney Geoffrey Stewart insists, Zaman and Derbyshire would come to orchestrate. They said they discovered that during Jefris 15 years as head of the agency $40 billion in special transfers had been drawn from its accounts: $14.8 billion had been paid to or used by Jefri himself, $8 billion had gone to the sultan, and $13.5 billion remained unaccounted for. His elder brother is the Sultan of Brunei, Hassanal Bolkiah. All of these accusations, Derbyshire and Zaman contended, were the princes own maneuverings to pay his lawyers and his lifestyle expenses. He had no credit card, no checkbook, no liquid assets, and he said he relied upon the generosity of family members and friends who supported him financially. According to Derbyshire, Jay became the royal hairdresser when Jefri was Bruneis minister of finance, and he flew Jay all over the world.. Relationships. When Hakeem turned 18, his father gave him $1 billion as a birthday present, according to one of Zamans affidavits. According to the Derbyshires attorney, distributions from the Palace to Argent International, one of the princes companies, began flowing again, overseen by John Segreti. It only happened for two months. According to Geoffrey Stewart, Prince Jefri is appealing. Zaman did not inform [Prince Bahar] that she was to receive 5% of GOP, Jefri later wrote in an affidavit, insisting that Bahar didnt fully read the agreement before signing it. Plus, she has mastered looking low-key sexy while being classy at the same . Jefris spending continued unabated abroad, causing one B.I.A. She did not want to see him committed to prison for contempt [should it be] discovered he was selling assets which he had never disclosed, according to an affidavit submitted by Derbyshire, who called a meeting in Paris with Jefri and Claire Kelly. representative to say that unless the prince had won the lottery or had some good evenings in the casino his lifestyle must still be funded by his B.I.A. There were insufficient monies to fund the commitments entered into by A.D.C. Zobel is the youngest daughter of Inigo Zobel (he ranked 18th on Forbes ' Philippines 50 Richest 2020) and Maricris Cardenas-Zobel. Next assignment: representing the prince before the Brunei supreme court. Pengiran Muda Jefri Bolkiah; Pengiran Di-Gadong Sahibul Mal: Potret oleh Reginald Gray (1997) Keputeraan 6 November 1954 (umur 68) . by means of the special transfers. I own them; I do not run them, he added. (Prince Jefris lawsuit claimed that it was Zaman and Derbyshire, not he, who suggested they be given power of attorney in order to work most effectively on his behalf. Jefri countersued, charging that the brothers had breached their fiduciary duty by marking up the goods they sold him by anywhere from 100 to 600 percent. Y.M. Caught in a feud between the prince and the sultan, they ended up in a court battle over $23 million. ), Zaman and Derbyshire later alleged that they had unearthed documents showing that the hotel had been making large payments to individuals and companies that performed no services that they could determine. Teodoro del Rosario 3-Dayang Puan Jefridah binti Mohammed Louis 4-Puan Ayen Munji 5-Puan Salma binti Abdullah ne Claire Kelly 6-Puan Jamilah binti . Ferrari - 452 cars. When defense attorney Mark Cymrot attempted to discredit the characterization of Jefri as a business neophyte by showing a slide of a diagram he claimed documented Jefris blinding constellation of holdingsincluding 250 companies, seven hotels, and 150 residential properties in 12 countriesthe judge went ballistic. 12:00 AM MYT. Jefri shot back that the sultan, in an unwritten pact he wanted kept secret, had allowed him to support himself by retaining six properties as lifestyle assets: the New York Palace hotel; Hotel Bel-Air; two palatial London residences, St. Johns Lodge and Clavell House; his home at 35 Place Vendme, in Paris; and PT4200, a trust fund maintained by Citibank. Koenigsegg - 134 cars. Pengiran Muda Besar Omar Ali Saifuddin, 26. It was the kind of hunger you could never really feed, the kind that keeps you up until five A.M. every night, the kind that drives you to fuck girl after girl, to buy Maserati after Maserati. Jefri would give his favorites bonus boxes of jewelry (one woman auctioned off a gift necklace at Christies for $100,000), pay their rents back home, and approve boob jobs, according to Lauren, who so pleasured him in bed that he paid her the ultimate compliment: passing her on to the sultan, who flew her across his kingdom by helicopter to a hotel where, she wrote, she honored him with a blow job. obtained a temporary restraining order against the prince in a New York court. Jefri Bolkiah was born in Brunei Town, Brunei on November 6, 1954.. On Popular Bio, Jefri Bolkiah is one of the successful Royalty. (According to Stewart, the prince sent Derbyshire to sell the artwork, which had been a wedding gift to Claire Kelly.). "She was an incredible piano player, an absolute genius," remembered Sarah O'Sullivan, a high school friend. He greeted them in the lobby, and they presented letters of introduction and their power of attorney and requested to review the books. women for several years, which included the writer Jillian Lauren, who published Some Girls: My Life in a Harem about her experiences. By February 2005, Jefri had regained full control of his biggest asset, the New York Palace, and installed Zaman to represent his interests there. Casa De Meadows Inc. v. Faith F. Zaman, 601685- 2007, New York State Supreme Court (Manhattan), Last edited on 25 February 2023, at 21:26, YAM Pengiran Muda Haji Abdul Hakeem Bolkiah, List of honours of the Bruneian Royal Family by country, Royal Family Order of the Crown of Brunei, Order of Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah, "Istiadat Berkhatan Bagi Dua Orang Putera2 Baginda Di-Langsongkan Hari Ini", "Is the party over for runaway billionaire Prince Jefri of Brunei? Shopping, restaurants, enjoyed life, he replied when asked how he had spent his time while performing his seemingly minimal duties in New York. [22] Between 1983 and mid-1998 some US$40 billion of what were called "special transfers" were made from the accounts of the BIA. Jefri Bolkiah is a married man. It was Prince Bahar he had been called about, but within a short time he was styling Prince Jefri too. Why didnt the prince report him? ), which manages the countrys vast oil revenues. He has had five wives, two of whom he is divorced from and three to whom he is still married, and eighteen children aged between around 4 to 37 in 2008. The payments made to the B.I.A. He has, for instance, been sued by a former US model over charges that he used her as a "sex slave". Nutting won an adjournment of the sultans case against Jefri until the following February. [4], The decision of the Privy Council did not end the litigation between Prince Jefri and the BIA. She claims in an affidavit that she paid consulting fees to Princes Hakeem and Bahar of between $500,000 and $1.5 million a month. Good morning, he always replied. [2] Prince Jefri was the finance minister of his oil-rich country from 1986 to 1998. Prince Jefri was the finance minister of his oil-rich country from 1986 to 1997. Ive never seen him add numbers. The lawyers argued that Zaman and Derbyshire had stolen nothing, and that the princes charges against them were part of an elaborate scheme to funnel money through them in all manner of nefarious ways to fuel his insatiable need for cash. Little has been revealed of his wife. [28], The BIA also re-opened collateral litigation in the British High Court. Unleashed from obscurity and unable to tell friends from sycophants, the sultan, then 41, quickly gravitated to the gambling clubs of London and began transforming men into moguls: bankrolling the early exploits of the Saudi arms dealer Adnan Khashoggi, allegedly financing the purchase of Harrods department store, in London, for the Egyptian entrepreneur Mohamed Al Fayed. I just thought, This is the most ludicrous thing I have ever heard. Rocio Zobel. That was on a crane that was being swung out the front doors, probably to be chopped up and sold. They packed up art, furniture, and jewelry. According to Fortune, when Hakeem wanted to learn football, Jefri imported N.F.L. I need someone who is loyal, Zaman recalls Jefri saying. But one hurdle remained: where to bank the money? Gorgeous KC is also the face of J.Cat Beauty makeup line, and a fashion-degree holder from London. The sultan and the B.I.A. Jefri and his friends would then invite their favorites to tea (code for sex). Oct 22, 2020. The sale would be a breach of the Brunei freezing order, which Derbyshire says he explicitly explained to Jefri, thinking that the deal would be off. Was Tiffany involved? Of the couples contention that Prince Bahar signed both leases, Jefri insisted that Bahar didnt recall signing either one. Diamonds and gold were sold through brokers in Britain, according to Derbyshire and Zaman. But weve gotten to the position where hes sort of said, Well, Ive told you everything, and if unbeknownst to me I become aware of something else I will of course hand it over. Because this is a man who in many respects is not completely aware of everything he had., Once this convoluted case was handed over to the jury, last December, they returned after a scant three hours, surprising everyone not only by the brevity of their deliberations but also by their verdict: they found for Zaman and Derbyshire on all charges. "Her story is phenomenal, but so is Claire," Bolger said from Australia yesterday. He's been married 5 times but divorced twice. Prince Jefri Bolkiah, 53, of Brunei - married to New Zealander Claire Kelly - lives with her and their two young sons in St John's Lodge, a London mansion in Regent's Park. Still, he didnt think anything very serious was wrong, and the termination was amicable. had also heard rumors of the impending sale of the hotels. He was also Chairman of BIA until removed, together with the rest of the Board, by the Sultan of Brunei on 16 July 1998. The revelations that have leaked from Prince Harrys memoir, How Screwed Are Donald Trump and His Adult Children, and Other Questions You Might Have About the Staggering Fraud Lawsuit Against Them. And he had hidden assets so well that the sultan, with all of his resources and all of his private investigators, couldnt find [them]. The assets were registered in layer upon layer of bearer shares, according to Derbyshire, with nominee directors in jurisdictions around the world. Meanwhile, Islamic fundamentalists were jockeying for power. Faiq has also served as the captain of the Brunei National Football Team. AFTER 17 years of marriage, the Sultan of Brunei's brother Pengiran Muda Sufri Bolkiah has divorced his Malaysian wife Pengiran Bini Mazuin Hamzah, a . . [17], Brunei is a gas and oil rich state ruled by the Sultan in a constitutional sultanate;[18] the Sultan has control over every aspect of life in Brunei. Discover your ancestry - search Birth, Marriage and Death certificates, census records, immigration lists and other records - all in one family search! His elder brother is Sultan of Brunei Hassanal Bolkiah. Published on January 25, 2023 03:47 PM. [4] Due to the secretive nature of the state and the blurred lines as to where the royal familys finances and the state finances began and ended, establishing the true course of events is very difficult. [6] His personal holdings included a huge art collection, the British jeweller Asprey, the New York Palace Hotel, Hotel Bel-Air in Los Angeles and Plaza Athne in Paris. Losing this case would bankrupt them and destroy their reputations. [1] He also served as chairman of the Brunei Investment Agency (BIA) which invests much of the country's wealth[4] and was responsible for overseas investments. As he testifiedfor the first time in a courtroomthere was no hint of the high-flying Jefri whose well-publicized expenses had once been estimated at $50 million a month. She claimed her annual salary included 5 percent of the hotels gross operating profit, a car allowance of $100,000 per year, and free use of the company credit card for personal expenses, and she showed Prince Bahars signature on her employee agreement. But despite once being one of the wealthiest men in the world, Prince Jefri has told the Wall Street Journal he fears becoming homeless and forced into bankruptcy. Prince Harry on Williams Hairline and Their Wicked Stepmother. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement and Your California Privacy Rights. When Prince Jefri asked a question at his first meeting, he looked at Tom, says Zaman. I never even knew of the existence of the third-floor apartment at The New York Palace Hotel, he wrote in an affidavit. However, once the gag order was lifted, I was able to interview Zaman and Derbyshire as well as lawyers for the B.I.A., including Richard Chalk, and Jefris attorney Geoffrey Stewart. Prince Jefri Bolkiah was the Minister of Finance of Brunei until he resigned in February 1997. could actually take over, she refused to pay the invoices and says she told Jefri and Prince Bahar why. By then, he claims, his outstanding fees exceeded $10 million, and he and Zaman were owed hundreds of thousands of dollars in expenses. There are three things of significant value, he said, enumerating back salaries (which, in Zamans case, included 5 percent of the gross operating profit of the New York Palace during her year as managing director) and the couples leases on the hotels private apartment and steak house, which all together Chalk valued at almost $50 million. Their first visit was in late 2004. Headlines blazed again in 1998, when a lawsuit was filed in London by Bob and Rafi Manoukian, Armenian brothers whom Jefri had enriched after frequenting their London tailor shop, called Vincci, in 1981. Since marrying the Prince and raising their children, she spends most of her time at luxurious homes in Paris or London, where armed guards patrol the perimeter of St John's Lodge in exclusive Regent's Park. BruneiTales of Brunei's prince Jefri Bolkiah are numerous including salacious stories of his "harem". [27], In November 2010, pictures of statues the Prince had made of him and his fiance, Micha Raines, having sex were leaked. Another schoolfriend, Angelique Bolger, the niece of former PM Jim, last saw Kelly in the lift of the Heritage Hotel in Auckland in January - on an advertisement for the hotel bar. We consulted with 50 to 70 independent advisers in various jurisdictions over the years., In November 2005, as part of Zamans contract with the New York Palace, she claimed in her affidavit, Jefri gave them a 17-year lease on a 2,800-square-foot apartment on the third floor of the hotel, which rented as a suite for $20,000 a night. Before the couple left for Brunei, Jefri named Princes Hakeem and Bahar as directors of the New York Palace. Jefri came with Micha Raines, and the sultans son Aziz turned up with Val Kilmer and Jerry Hall. In short, the couples mandate, they claim, was to streamline and obtain an accounting of Jefris empire of businessesa difficult process, since most of them were registered in the names of persons or companies acting on his behalf, barriers of protection that would make it hard for his brother to seek to take the assets from him, Derbyshire alleges. She's beautiful but a beautiful person too." Having no reason to disbelieve Prince Jefri, Derbyshire and Zaman say, they continued to petition the courts on his behalf, eventually winning a ruling that he was indeed the owner of the New York Palace. While he determined that the hotel was in good financial order, he found that at least $10 million worth of Jefris supposedly frozen properties in California had been sold. They discovered that the managing director and a former director had filed a temporary restraining order in a New York court against Jefri to prevent him from asset-stripping the hotel, Derbyshire wrote in an affidavit. After five minutes of small talk, the meeting was over. There was no real proof that he didnt know what was going on and he didnt approve these dealings, the juror said. A temporary restraining order against the Prince before the Brunei National football Team of about 2,300 B.I.A... 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