WASHINGTON, April 4 — Actor Leonardo DiCaprio told a Washington jury yesterday that Malaysian financier Jho Low revealed his plans to donate up to US$30 million to help US...
WASHINGTON, April 4 — Actor Leonardo DiCaprio told a Washington jury yesterday that Malaysian financier Jho Low revealed his plans to donate up to US$30 million to help US President Barack Obama’s 2012 re-election campaign in what prosecutors allege was part of an illegal foreign influence operation.
The financier, who was known to pay Hollywood celebrities to party with him, supported DiCaprio’s charitable foundation and helped fundThe Justice Department in 2018 reached a civil settlement with the film’s production company, which forfeited US$60 million that was believed to have been stolen from 1MDB.He managed to enter and leave the courthouse yesterday without being spotted by news crews who had been staking out his arrival.
Actor Leonardo DiCaprio testifies in the trial of rapper Prakazrel ‘Pras’ Michel of The Fugees hip hop group, who is accused of illegally taking tens of millions of dollars to lobby the US government on behalf of a Malaysian financier and the Chinese government, in this courtroom sketch in US District Court in Washington April 3, 2023. — Reuters pic
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