Lawsuit: Real Estate Deal Funneled Money to Observer

If there's a Kushner, there's a controversy! The former head of the financing arm of real estate developer Kushner Companies is suing his former employer and claims money from commission of the purchase of 666 Fifth Avenue (for $1.8 billion) actually went to keep the Observer, owned by Charles Kushner's son Jared, afloat. Swill also claims that other money was put into trusts for Kushner's kids and to pay off family loans--and that some money also went to Mark O'Donnell, aka boyfriend of former Governor Jim McGreevey and a Kushner employee. The Kushners' spokesman denied the accusations, calling Swill a "disgruntled employee." Well, this is interesting, but not as good at when Charles Kushner hired prostitutes to seduce his sister's husband and his accountants so he could blackmail them, but only his brother-in-law took the bait.

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By Jen Chung in News on December 2, 2008 12:17 PM

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inoyourider

And lets not ignore the payoff to McGreevey's boyfriend, a former employee.

longacre

He looks like a gray haired Lex Luthor.

sinisterteashop

Oh, no, no, no, no... this is a Kushner family drama and that is NOT to be missed.

Charles Kushner, if you believe the allegations, hired a prostitute to blackmail a member of his family by taping him in the act. Kushner also arranged for Golan Cipel, former member of the Israeli Defense Force, to come to the U.S. to, literally, twist the balls of the Governor of New Jersey. Now the Governor's live in love works for Kushner.

The man is a titanic combination of chutzpah and sleaze. I think I'm in love.

http://nymag.com/images/2/daily/intel/08/02/11_charleskushner_lgl.jpg

fugothamist

english please

NannyState

I'm still trying to figure out that last sentence but it all sounds like typical family-owned business crap. If you ever work for a kooky mogul, you expect this stuff.