called 1Malaysia Development Berhad fund and going on a wild spending spree — both to impress celebrities like Leonardo DiCaprio, Miranda Kerr and Kim Kardashian and to launder the funds.Pras and Low first met at the PM nightclub in the meatpacking district in 2006,They stayed in touch and in 2012, at around the time Pras was invited by Frank White Jr., an Obama fund-raiser, to a $40,000-per-person dinner with Obama, Low decided he wanted in.
Both Pras and Low are charged with illegally funneling millions of dollars in contributions to Obama’s 2012 campaign. The plot of the sprawling, complex saga thickened even more on March 15, just 10 days before Michel’s trial was scheduled to start whenby the FBI at his $65 million Manhattan apartment at the palatial Sherry-Netherland Hotel overlooking Central Park.
“In 11 days, a hip hop star is on trial alongside a fugitive Chinese Spy. 2 US Presidents, 2 US national security advisors, White House Chief of Staff, 2 Presidential Campaign Chief Fundraisers and Leonardo DiCaprio are called witnesses,”Two major media outlets, Bloomberg and Rolling Stone, did cover it fairly recently, in two splashy, largely sympathetic profiles of Pras done with his cooperation.
Born Prakazrel Samuel Michel, the rapper grew up in what he once said was a strict family in Irvington, NJGetty Images for Forbes Australia
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