Nicolescu and the two others, who were masked during the attack, perpetrated the virus scam in order to exact $8.5 million from Bass, in payment for the antidote. Bass, who is believed to have received more than $150 million in her divorce settlement, refused to give into the demands however, and were left beaten and bruised. Nicolescu worked as a butler in Bass' Kent home until he was terminated a few months before the terrifying incident. He fled the country for a while afterwards, and was only captured this past January. more ›

When model and "wannabe-socialite" Kashmir Snowdon-Jones committed thousands of dollars worth of credit card fraud "to get back at" a friend her peers predicted she'd get out of charges using her feminine wiles and upper Manhattan fortunes. But now, charged with grand larceny and identity theft, it seems unlikely she'll be able to completely evade the consequences of her unauthorized purchases. According to the victim Jennifer Hirsch, "I told my parents that it wasn't going to end. She is going to get away with it like she always does with everyone else's money. I didn't want her to hurt anyone else as she had done to me. So that's when l said, let's go to NYPD." more ›

Like a plotline out of “Gossip Girl” a 21-year-old model and “wannabe socialite” allegedly stole her best friend’s credit card and committed thousands of dollars worth of fraud after the two fought. Among other things Kashmir Snowdon-Jones—who claims Eric Clapton is her godfather— bought an $800 pair of leggings, bathing suits, ballet flats and flowers that she sent to addresses in California. She must have a high metabolism, since she also picked up junk food like burritos and Domino’s pizza. The name on the card was that of Snowdon-Jones’s old friend Jennifer Hirsch; the two had attended private school together but had a falling out in the Hamptons, when according to friends Snowdon-Jones acted “manipulative and negative.” "I made the credit-card charges to get back at my friend," she told cops plainly, according to the Post. more ›

Investigators believe a Manhattan woman killed her 8-year-old son in a failed murder-suicide attempt in a posh Midtown hotel. Police reportedly found 49-year-old socialite Gigi Jordan "babbling incoherently" beside the body of her child, who had been dead for a day, in a room in the Peninsula hotel that was littered with thousands of pills. more ›

Casey Johnson — socialite, Johnson & Johnson heiress, and daughter of NY Jets owner Woody Johnson — has died. TMZ reported the death of the 30 year old last night, saying that she "last tweeted on December 29th," and prior to that had been briefly staying with her fiance, Tila Tequila. The two were allegedly fighting last week, and when Johnson left Tila's house on the 29th, she left her dogs behind — Tila says was unable to get in touch with her afterwards. more ›