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. 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. 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. In order to give them full and absolute authority to act on his behalf, the prince granted them power of attorney. The eldest son of Sultan . They snapped up real estate like Monopoly pieceshundreds of far-flung properties, a collection of five-star hotels (the Dorchester, in London, the Htel Plaza Athne, in Paris, the New York Palace, and Hotel Bel-Air and the Beverly Hills Hotel, in Los Angeles), and an array of international companies (including Asprey, the London jeweler to the Queen, for which Jefri paid about $385 million in 1995, despite the fact that that was twice Aspreys estimated market value or that Bruneis royal family constituted a healthy portion of its business). [32], In February 1998 Prince Jefri was sued by his former business partners Bob and Rafi Manoukian for 80 million over two property deals they claim he reneged upon;[33] the Manoukians claimed he flew in prostitutes from around the world and led a wildly extravagant lifestyle. Jefri Bolkiah ibni Omar Ali Saifuddien III (born 6 November 1954), is a member of the Brunei Royal Family. Jefri Bolkiah ibni Omar Ali Saifuddien III (born 6 November 1954), is a member of the Brunei Royal Family. 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. 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. [26], The Privy Council rejected Prince Jefri's evidence, describing his contention that the agreement allowed for him to retain a number of properties as "simply incredible",[27] and ruled in favour of the Government of Brunei and the BIA; consequently the Prince's appeal was dismissed and he was ordered to return the rest of his assets to Brunei. Jefri came with Micha Raines, and the sultans son Aziz turned up with Val Kilmer and Jerry Hall. Derbyshire testified that Jefri had said it was nothing personal. Once upon a time there was a prince. However, the case is far from over. Now hes going to go and bus tables?, In October 2009, Jefri returned to Brunei, staying in a hotel until his residence was ready. When Prince Jefri asked a question at his first meeting, he looked at Tom, says Zaman. to provide assistance in connection with the investigation of the withdrawal of assets from the B.I.A. His elder brother is the Sultan of Brunei, Hassanal Bolkiah. The next time Mohamed buzzed the house, hed be appalled and shocked.. He was also Chairman of BIA until removed, together with the rest of the Board, by the Sultan of Brunei on 16 July 1998. (Of the money allegedly given to Jefris children, Stewart says, I dont know any of that to be true.). Should the sultan ever be successful in taking over the hotel, he would have to deal with them for the rest of his life. 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. Insofar as Jefris argument that he was entitled to deal with these assets as his own, he was correct. I was effectively a conduit of information between the different lawyers in all the different jurisdictions around the world, he testified in New York, adding that because this information frequently had to do with the princes frozen and hidden assets, it was necessary to deal with those lawyers in person. The disclosure list provided by Prince Jefri was incomplete and wholly inadequate for a number of reasons, the B.I.A.s lead attorney, Richard Chalk, wrote in an affidavit. He had no access to money himself. Back home, the sultan erected a 1,788-room palace on 49 acres, which is without equal in the world for offensive and ugly display, in the words of one British magnate, and celebrated his 50th birthday with a blowout featuring a concert by Michael Jackson, who was reportedly paid $17 million, in a stadium built for the occasion. [22] However, Prince Jefri claimed assurances were made to him by the Sultan with regards to keeping certain properties to maintain his lifestyle, which BIA denied. In 1983 the sultan appointed Jefri head of the Brunei Investment Agency (B.I.A. Frustrated over still being unable to get full disclosure of his assets, the B.I.A. Once the funding stopped, A.D.C. The words Faithless servants do not do justice to the scope of their perfidy, read Prince Jefris complaint. One British paper said that American girls were no longer invited to Brunei because of the scandal. The first thing that met you was this rock-crystal waterfall, probably 30 to 40 feet high, and in front of it was a life-size statue of Prince Jefri with a polo mallet in solid gold, says Derbyshire. The sultan was picking up not only his brothers legal fees but also the Derbyshires, owing to their role as officers of Prince Jefris Delaware-based entities, which provided indemnities and paid legal fees in work-related claims. Then he didnt return, says Zaman. Hassanal Bolkiah (full name: Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu'izzaddin Waddaulah ibni Al-Marhum Sultan Haji Omar 'Ali Saifuddien Sa'adul Khairi Waddien Sultan and Yang di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam; born 15 July 1946) is the 29th and current Sultan and Yang di-Pertuan of Brunei, as well as the Prime Minister of Brunei, making him one of the last absolute monarchs. I think its fair to say that, between 2004 and probably August 2008, there were still instances where suddenly we would become aware of blatant breaches by Prince Jefri of the freezing order, where an asset had obviously been sold, says B.I.A. Aston Martin - 11 cars. Get the latest chatter, from Kensington Palace and beyond, straight to your inbox. . (Stewarts response: Much less. He borrowed money from his daughter Hamida Hes been living on borrowed money for a long time.), In the court case regarding the sultans attempt to seize the Palace hotel, Jefris attorney argued that the sultan had taken the princes two Brunei palaces without cause and that Jefri should be entitled to the value of at least one of the homes or an equivalent palace somewhere else. (Buckingham is not for sale? deadpanned the judge. 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). This wasnt necessarily a bad strategy, because soon it seemed that only a simpleton would not have noticed the blatant chicanery he was accusing these attorneys of committing. And that really put the kibosh on it.), Derbyshire continued: So I was asked to give a written opinion indicating that there were no court orders in existence anywhere in the world which affected Prince Jefri or the sale proceeds. 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? Zaman alerted the hotels bankers about her concerns that Jefri would asset-strip the hotel before the B.I.A. Jefri then hosted a second wedding for Hamidah in the ballroom of Londons Grosvenor House, near the Dorchester, the sultans hotel. (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.) I think everybody was lying to some extent. But the jury didnt buy Prince Jefris depiction of himself as a financial neophyte. He wanted to keep his personal financial affairs private. In London alone, the Manoukians charged, he kept 40 prostitutes at the Dorchester hotel and spent $34 million for the former Playboy Club at 45 Park Lanemore than four times the market price, according to the brothersso that he could house more hookers and secretly indulge his passion for gambling. Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei's daughter had a week-long wedding. Objectively, you can say theres been a history of concealing assets. [38] However, they contended no money was taken and all the contested purchases were for the use of the Prince and his family,[39] and counter-sued for US$12 million they claim they were owed. He claimed that one of his previous attorneys had taken out the mortgage and sold the properties without his consent. They raced their Ferraris through the streets of Bandar Seri Begawan, the capital, at midnight, sailed the oceans on their fleet of yachts (Jefri named one of his Tits, its tenders Nipple 1 and Nipple 2), and imported planeloads of polo ponies and Argentinean players to indulge their love for that game, which they sometimes played with Prince Charles. Yes, Faiq's father is the megarich Prince Jefri Bolkiah . By then, he claims, his outstanding fees exceeded $10 million, and he and Zaman were owed hundreds of thousands of dollars in expenses. Faiq Bolkiah is a Bruneian professional footballer.He hails from a Royal family and currently plays for the Thai club named Chonburi. And they wanted a written opinion from me. (Stewart says the UBS Zurich account had been disclosed to the B.I.A., and the B.I.A. Prince Bahar, also known as Yang Amat Mulia Pengiran Muda Bahar, is the son of the Sultan's younger brother, Prince Jefri . Faisal said the incident happened during dinnertime on Sunday, at the hotel in Manila where they are billeted. The staff alone would be a quarter-million dollars a month.. I thought there was no time to lose, Jefri wrote of sending Derbyshire, Zaman, and Jay Maggistro to the New York Palace. A hotel video of Zaman rolling out two boxes at four A.M. was shown at the trial. And we have Rocio Zobel to thank for that. KEY POINTS: Her parents owned a corner dairy - now Claire Kelly is living the lifestyle of the rich and famous as the wife of a royal billionaire. Jefri Bolkiah ibni Omar Ali Saifuddien III[1] (born 6 November 1954),[2] is a member of the Brunei Royal Family. According to Geoffrey Stewart, Prince Jefri is appealing. So, it shouldn't come as a big surprise to anyone that a Brunei royalty would have more money than other wealthy footballers. . Why didnt they inform the court or anyone else about what they saw as Jefris alleged duplicity? His zodiac sign is Scorpio. On December 1, 2006, Jefri filed a complaint in New York charging the Derbyshires with pervasive fraud, breach of contract, conspiracy, and criminal enterprise. He launched a simultaneous assault in the international media, hiring a London public-relations firm to publicize his lawsuit. He bought mansions around the world, 1700 luxury cars, 17 aircraft, hoards of jewellery and a fleet of yachts - including a 60m superyacht he called Tits. Faiq Bolkiah, a man who even the most diehard fans were unlikely to have heard of, was apparently the richest footballer in the world. . How do you greet your father when you see him?, Jefris youngest son by his first wife, the portly Prince Bahar, 29, was asked. The defendants claimed that he had used his stolen billions to finance a 10-year orgy of extravagance and deceit, which culminated only when his brother the Sultan of Brunei set out to recover the fortune Jefri had supposedly hidden. Landing at midnight, Zaman went straight to the Palace and collected her belongings, even though hotel officials had called her to say she couldnt remove anything from her office unless Jefris London attorney was present. 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. Plus, she has mastered looking low-key sexy while being classy at the same . The day the couple left for New York, they and Maggistro signed a letter that would later be repeatedly shown in the New York courtroom. Palace Insiders Say Prince William Is Already Furious About Prince Harrys Memoir Leaks, Prince Harry alleges Prince William attacked him over Meghan Markle in a new excerpt from, Inventing Ivana Trump: Her Improbable Rise and Tragic Death. His life, he said, was run by a tangle of teams of lawyers around the world, defending him against the B.I.A. However, Judge Ira Gammerman soon decreed that the case was not about the prince or his extravagant lifestyle but strictly about whether Zaman and Derbyshire had stolen money from their client. Derbyshire and Zaman were eventually able to produce documents with the signatures of Prince Jefri or Prince Bahar on them that seemed, to some extent, to exonerate the couple. An infuriated Judge Gammerman promptly issued a gag order, forbidding attorneys and witnesses to speak to reporters. entire inventories of stores such as Armani and Versace, buying 100 A regular at the trendy Les Mills gym in downtown Auckland, Kelly moved to Paris on her OE and got a job chaperoning the Sultan of Brunei's wives. By. A collection of 48 rare supercars, including 27 Ferraris, was rumored to have been shipped out of Brunei for sale in Singapore. Of the couples contention that Prince Bahar signed both leases, Jefri insisted that Bahar didnt recall signing either one. Why didnt the prince report him? lawyer who attended the trial, told me over lunch one day that it was all about recovering assets. had also heard rumors of the impending sale of the hotels. We have a very amicable chat, and he says he is going to his office and will be with us again in a few minutes, says Derbyshire. Its called trickle feeding: selling off assets bit by bit, in this case to avoid B.I.A. He found it in 1997, when a former Miss USA named Shannon Marketic sued Jefri and the sultan for $10 million, claiming that she and six other young women had been hired for $127,000 each to travel to Brunei for professional appearances, supposedly involving intellectual conversations with visiting dignitaries, but instead were forced to serve as sex slaves. Her passport was seized, she claimed, and she was made to undergo testing for sexually transmitted diseases and to report to all-night parties where women of many nationalities, for fees spiraling up to $1 million, danced, sang karaoke, and warred for the attention of Prince Jefri in a massive disco-cum-sports-complex he had installed in his home, called Assurur Palace. of Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey in London 1953. Zaman flew to New York, and Derbyshire flew to Los Angeles. Jefri and his friends would then invite their favorites to tea (code for sex). was going to be coming after him, and I think his view was Why create trouble for myself? . Meanwhile, Islamic fundamentalists were jockeying for power. [citation needed] He has been married 6 times and divorced 4 wives [7] and has nineteen children. He has, for instance, been sued by a former US model over charges that he used her as a "sex slave". Someone had to be lying, and for weeks the jury tried to decide who that was. There is a lot, he answered when asked how many companies were in his name. Pangiran Anak Zakiah binti Y.A.M. 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. According to Geoffrey Stewart, the prince is conflict averse. Stewart speculates, Any kind of public proceeding sooner or later would get back to the B.I.A. Rod Stewart performed at one of Hakeems birthdays, and when Bahar turned nine, the sultan threw a bash at Claridges in London, transforming a ballroom into a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle headquarters. He has no concept of money that Ive seen. [4], The decision of the Privy Council did not end the litigation between Prince Jefri and the BIA. After that, the charge would be $500 a month, with an option to renew for 51 years. [16], Prince Jefri has had a number of legal issues with the state of Brunei, which have amounted to the most costly legal battle in the world. Jefri claimed that the sultan had authorized all withdrawals (It is inconceivable that this $40 billion could have been withdrawn without anyone having noticed it over the previous 15 years, he wrote); the sultan countered that Jefri had embezzled the money. Good morning, Prince Jefri, I said to him every day. Photograph: Bloomberg via Getty Images. First, they say, because they felt sure payment would eventually come. After Jefri came under siege by the sultan, he made Raines his aide-de-camp: she acted as his spokesperson, especially with women. Because only a member of the British Queens Counsel can be heard in Brunei courts, and because the Derbyshires contend that by then many of Jefris lawyers refused to work for him, owing to not being paid, the couple enlisted Sir John Nutting, a friend of Prince Charless, to travel with them to Brunei. ), 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. Koenigsegg - 134 cars. 40 feet high, and in front of it was a life-size statue of Prince 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. (Raines could not be reached for comment.) Prince Jefri cemented his playboy status with a massive spending spree during his time as Finance Minister of Brunei from 1986 to 1998. [3] Prince Jefri was the finance minister of his oil-rich country from 1986 to 1997. [31], In 1997 Shannon Marketic, a former Miss USA, accused Prince Jefri and the Sultan, among others, of flying her and many other women to Brunei under false pretenses to be part of a harem, and that she was abused by those in the royal court. Prince Jefri Bolkiah, full name His Royal Highness Pengiran Digadong Sahibul Mal Pengiran Muda Jefri Bolkiah ibni Al-Marhum Sultan Haji Omar Ali Saifuddien Sa'adul Khairi Waddien [1] (born 6 November 1954), is a member of the Brunei Royal Family. According to Derbyshire, Jefri said he intended to pay in full, as soon as funds become available. They signed the termination documents, after which, Derbyshire told the court, we were politely asked to leave., Derbyshire claimed in his affidavit that, prior to their dismissal, we were very concerned about what we had gotten ourselves into. (In 2006, the case was decided against Jefri and in favor of the B.I.A.). Armed troops searched Jefris palace, and he was ordered to turn over his passport until he signed a settlement agreement in which he promised to return assets including over 600 properties, over 2,000 cars, over 100 paintings, 5 boats and 9 aircraft, as well as billions of dollars in possessions he had stored in 21 warehouses. 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. Although Bahar had the title of president of the New York Palace hotel and had signed off on many of the contracts and leases the defendants were accused of wresting from his father, he testified that he had only skimmed the documents and would sign whatever Zaman placed in front of him. Zaman, meanwhile, claimed that the two boxes contained personal effects, most notably an urn holding the ashes of her unborn son, whom she had lost to a miscarriage during her time in the princes employ. Caught in a feud between the prince and the sultan, they ended up in a court battle over $23 million. Facing a potential two-year jail term, Prince Jefri became a fugitive December 27, 2009 5:00am. But Claire was a lovely girl too, not stuck up at all," remembered one. The contempt proceeding was scheduled for a hearing in June 2008, but the Prince did not attend, instead going to Paris. She and her husband were soon living out of suitcases, flying to wherever the prince, his sons, or his lawyers ordered them. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Cond Nast. Our job was to work with a group of Jefris advisers and carry out Jefris instructions. or himself, I felt his request had to be carried through. When the transfers didnt occur fast enough, extreme measures were taken. The sultans biggest extravagance turned out to be his love for his youngest brother, Jefri, his constant companion in hedonism. He has been raised to preside over things as a prince. The Sultan of Brunei, one of the world's richest men, spared no expense when it came to the nuptials of his daughter, the beautiful Princess 'Azemah Ni'matul Bolkiah of Brunei, who tied the knot with her first cousin, Prince Bahar ibni Jefri Bolkiah of Brunei, earlier this month at the Istana Nurul Iman, the sultan's opulent official residence, just outside the capital city of Bandar Seri . Its a lawyers dream, but not good for the system, one attorney told me, adding that the legal fees on the case were then up to $100 million. Name in home country: Faiq Jefri Bolkiah Date of birth: May 9, 1998 Place of birth: Los Angeles, California Age: 24 Height: 1,75 m Citizenship: Brunei Darussalam. He was also accused by his brother of embezzling $15 billion from the Brunei Investment Agency which resulted in a protracted legal battle that played out in the UK courts. In his affidavit, Prince Jefri maintained that it showed Zaman tricking her way into the New York Palace, retrieving the boxes of prohibited material. [4][22], In accordance with the settlement agreement signed in 2000, the prince began to return his assets to the state, including more than 500 properties, both in Brunei and abroad, more than 2,000 cars, 100 paintings, five boats, and nine aircraft. Micha Raines sent a fax to Zaman on September 18, 2005: You and your husband are saving his life now and that is something we are grateful for. According to Richard Chalk, We wrote a warning letter [to Ty Warner] that you ought to be aware that this is beneficially owned by the B.I.A. Prince Jefri never knew she had a credit card, either); a $28,000 Cartier watch Zaman bought for one of Bahars girlfriends; a $200,000 diamond-encrusted watch from Jacob & Co. (My wives and children do not require such items to be purchased by either Ms. Zaman or Mr. Derbyshire, Jefri wrote in an affidavit. Published on January 25, 2023 03:47 PM. Maggistro declined to respond concerning specific issues of the case.). ), In February 2006, John Segreti, the managing director of the Palace, dropped dead of a pulmonary embolism. [22] Between 1983 and mid-1998 some US$40 billion of what were called "special transfers" were made from the accounts of the BIA. ), Meanwhile, Prince Jefri was convinced that Mohamed and his men were spying on him, both when he was in Brunei and abroad, according to Stewart. Born on 6 November 1954 in Malaysia, Jefri Bolkiah, Prince of Brunei started his career as royal . Jefri had registered the hotel in a limited partnership in New York owned by two Delaware corporations, which in turn were owned by a third Delaware corporation, followed by two shell corporations in Labuan, the tax haven off the coast of Malaysia, and finally ending in a Malaysian trust company. Jefri has never been held in contempt in Brunei. (The B.I.A. I think so, he responded in a falsetto voice when asked if he had attorneys spread all over the world. 5 one evening in 2004, Derbyshire was interrupted by a knock on the door. INSATIABLE: Prince Jefri of Brunei (above) bedded but later tired of Jillian Lauren, one of 40 women in his harem. [2] Prince Jefri was the finance minister of his oil-rich country from 1986 to 1997. Jefri reportedly lived quite the life of excess, reportedly blowing around 10billion in 15-years as head of the Brunei Investment agency. and the sultan and place the funds in his secret accounts in order to support his exorbitant lifestyle and pay his far-flung lawyers. (One of the princes lawyers insists that the statues were meant to depict an anonymous couple, not Jefri and Raines.) Aside from posting her ~*extra*~ lifestyle (she is royal, after all), her Instagram grid is the perfect resource for posing ideas. . Princess Azemah and her new husband, Prince Bahar ibni Jefri Bolkiah, kicked off their week of wedding celebrations in the independent sultanate on the island of Borneo in Southeast Asia on January 8. Four years passed, with detours through courts in London and Delaware, before a jury heard the case in New York City. Turn that off! he boomed. and Jefri by then heard that the B.I.A. HRH Prince Haji Jefri Bolkiah was born 1954. Their uneasiness turned to panic when they pored over the list of assets Jefri had drawn up for them, in which he had promised to include everything. He got three marriages. Crowned at the Lapau di-Raja, Brunei Town, 31 st May 1951. As word spread of the sultans gaping wallet, merchants from all corners of the globe swarmed into Brunei, selling him practically everything they had to offer17 private jets, thousands of luxury cars, what one diamond dealer called a Smithsonian of major jewels, and a trove of art masterpieces, including a Renoir for a record $70 million. Hassanal Bolkiah ibni Omar Ali Saifuddien III (Bandar Seri Begawan, 15 de julho de 1946) o atual sulto e Yang-di Pertuan desde 1967 e primeiro ministro de Brunei desde 1984, sendo o monarca absoluto de Brunei.. E filho e sucessor do sulto Omar III, aps sua abdicao em 5 de outubro de 1967.. O sulto foi classificado entre os indivduos mais ricos do mundo. had not seized. She's the daughter of billionaire Prince Jefri Bolkiah, brother of the current Sultan of Brunei . (Stewart denies that Jefri declared the eviction notice an act of war.) Jefri was upset over the eviction notice, according to Zaman and Derbyshire. 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