>According to the Justice Department, certain donations to the Oscar winner's charity came directly from a multibillion-dollar embezzlement drama in Southeast Asia.
>On the evening of July 20, under a tent at a vineyard in St. Tropez brimming to his specifications with booze, billionaires and babes, Leonardo DiCaprio was preparing to host one of the glitziest charitable events of the year: the third annual fundraiser for his Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation. Earlier that same day, under far less glamorous auspices half a world away, the U.S. Department of Justice was filing a complaint with the U.S. District Court in downtown Los Angeles that suggested the recent Oscar winner is a bit player in the planet's largest embezzlement case, totaling more than $3 billion siphoned from a Malaysian sovereign wealth fund called 1MDB.
>While the complaint does not target DiCaprio — he's referred to twice in the 136-page document and only as "Hollywood Actor 1" — the scandal shines an unfamiliar light on the charitable foundation of the most powerful actor in Hollywood thanks to the way the LDF has benefited directly from DiCaprio's relationship with key figures in the saga. And much like the gala in St. Tropez, with its expressions of one-percenter excess ostensibly in support of saving the environment (guests helicoptering in to dine on whole sea bass after watching a short film about the dangers of overfishing), a closer look at the LDF itself raises questions about its ties to the 1MDB players as well as the lack of transparency often required (or offered in this case) for the specific structure the actor has chosen for his endeavor.
Oh wow, he turned out to be another liberal hypocrite. Who knew?
>A source familiar with the plans said that Timberlake and Biel now will host the event at their home, after DiCaprio was unable to return to Los Angeles before Wednesday because he has to complete a project in time for it to premiere at the Toronto Film Festival on Sept. 9, the source said. DiCaprio asked Biel and Timberlake to host the event after he couldn’t make it.
>DiCaprio is producing a climate change documentary, “Before the Flood,” with Brett Ratner, Fisher Stevens and Rick Yorn. The documentary is an account of how society can prevent the demise of endangered species, ecosystems and native communities across the globe.
He's making a documentary about those issues and supporting Hillary simultaneously. I think there's a word for that... It's really quite amazing.
Gabriel Reyes
if I had his money I would've put hits out on Soros years ago
Jaxon Sanders
Why are almost all charities scams?
Sebastian Stewart
FUCK YOU IT'S ONLY BAD WITH CONSERVASHITS DO IT, LIBRALS 4 LYFE
Jeremiah Miller
>guests helicoptering in to dine on whole sea bass
Chili and sea bass??
Jordan Brooks
i also thought about this movie
Benjamin Bailey
Because it's an easy way to take advantage of people. People are usually generous and will gladly give to "good causes" without a second thought, but since there's very little way to know where the money is going once they hand it over, it's really very easy to use it any way you like.
Isaac Martin
>*teleports behind you with a private jet >MMMMMUH GLOBAL WARMING
Isaac Phillips
chilean sea bass**
Blake White
Does each generation really discover these things on their own from scratch? This has been happening since forever, did you think the world you see on the TV or when you go outside and talk to people was actually real?
Landon Bailey
Wait talking to people isn't real? Am I in the Matrix?
Jordan Howard
what are you babbling about cuckboi
John Gomez
EVERY FUCKING TIME
It's never enough for these people
Nolan Rogers
>Dumbfucks thinking Leonardo knew anything about that shit >Implying they siphoned the 1B solely in his charity Holy fuck, it's like you guys are dumbfucks.
Levi Sanchez
>rich doing rich people shit
who would have thought
you don't get to that level of money and power without doing some shady stuff at some point
James Mitchell
Leonardo did nothing shady here. It's flat out written there. He's only mentioned because he's famous. He didn't do anything, in fact.
Kayden Campbell
yea sure in this instance he is. ofc leo cant control who he receives donations from for his charity but this type of shit happens all the time where the person is aware as well.