U-Billionaire Ron Burkle washiya i-bagboy waya kwi-Bill Clinton kuphela iqabane loshishino. Endleleni, uzame ukugcina phantsi kwe-radar-nokuba uyathenga Iradar -Kodwa ngoqhawulo-mtshato olonakeleyo, ukumangalelwa eCalifornia, kunye nokusekwa kohambo lwePhepha Sixer uJared Paul Stern, kunzima ukugcina igama lakhe lingabikho emaphepheni. Kwaye ke Umjongi ‘S UJason Horowitz uxele iinkcukacha kwi-jet-set kunye negqwetha elilungele uRonald Burkle.
URonald Burkle wasuka ebhegini kwivenkile katata wakhe wabaleka eClaremont, eCalifornia wayongamela ubukhosi bevenkile enkulu yaseCalifornia eyamtyala kwesinye sezangqa ezityebileyo nezinamandla emhlabeni.
Kwiminyaka engama-21, uMnu. Burkle watshata uJanet Steeper oneminyaka eli-19 ubudala, umzukulwana wabazalwana bakaWright. Kumashumi eminyaka alandelayo, wayeza kwenza eyakhe inqwelomoya, ephethe ihelikopta yeSikorsky kunye ne-Boeing 757 jet esetyenziswa rhoqo ngumhlobo wakhe kunye neqabane lakhe kwezamashishini uBill Clinton kangangokuba owayesakuba nguMongameli eqhula ngokubiza ngokuba yi-Air Force ezimbini. Ekugqibeleni umtshato kuNks Steeper wawuza kuwa, kwaye, ngokwenza njalo, waba liziko ledabi lomgaqo-siseko eCalifornia. Inqwelomoya iya kuvela kwinto engaboniyo kwiNew York Post; kuyo, i-grocery billionaire kunye nokuvala u-Clinton pal wayesaziwa ngeemodeli ezindizayo ezijikeleze i-jet yakhe yangasese.
Le nto yamcaphukisa uMnu. Burkle, 53, owayecinga ukuba njengeqabane likaMnumzana uClinton kuphela, wayengumgcini wokuthenjwa kukaMnu.Clinton, kwaye nangayiphi na indlela wayengafuni ukuhlazisa owayesakuba ngumongameli, utshilo umthombo onolwazi kaMnu. Burkle iimvakalelo ngalo mbandela.
Kwaye le nto yayisesinye sezizathu zokuba uMnu. Burkle ancede ekusekeni umsebenzi wobugqwetha, okokuqala ngamagqwetha akhe, emva koko ngeofisi yegqwetha laseMelika kunye ne-FBI, awayekholelwa ukuba iyakubamba. INew York Post UJared Paul Stern osebenza yedwa kwisenzo sokwenza ulwaphulo-mthetho.
Ukusukela iNew York Daily News inike ingxelo ngeetheyiphu ezirekhodwe kwikhitshi likaMnumzana Burkle iTriBeCa, abathi abanye babonisa uMnu Stern eshukumisa uMr. Burkle phantsi ngenjongo yokukhuseleka kwiphepha lesithandathu-Mnu. I-Stern, enye yesangqa esincinci esaziyo imixholo yeeteyiphu, ibango ngolunye uhlobo-umthombo wathi uMnu Burkle uphazamisekile lilinge likaMnumzana Stern lokujija iitafile kwaye ukhule exhalabile elinde i-ofisi yegqwetha lase-US ukuba lisebenze.
Umthombo uthe uMnu.Burkle uziva ngathi ukwindawo emnyama ngokuhlwa, elinde igqwetha laseMelika ukuba lenze into ekufuneka beyenzile.
Kodwa ngaphambi kokuba igama likaMnu Burkle livele kwiPhepha lesiThandathu, ngaphambi kokuba adibane noMnumzana uClinton, wayengumfundi ophuma esikolweni wamazinyo esiba sisityebi kwiivenkile ezinkulu.
Ngo-1986, waseka iiNkampani zeYucaipa, inkampani yabucala yotyalo mali. Enkosi kwinxalenye yezibophelelo ze-junk zikaMichael Milken, ukwazile ukuqala ukuthenga amakhonkco evenkile ezinje ngeFood 4 Less, uFred Meyer noRalph's. Uguqule iRalph’s yaba yenye yezona venkile zithengwa kakhulu eSouthern California. Ngo-1998, wathengisa ukubamba kwakhe kwiNkampani yaseKroger, wenza iibhiliyoni kwisivumelwano. Ngo-2000, ngokweNew York Times, wazama ukubuyisela uMnu Milken ngoncedo awayenalo kwangoko ngokucela uMongameli uClinton ukuba anike uMnu Milken uxolelo. Imizamo yakhe ayiphumelelanga.
Embindini ka-1990’s, malunga nexesha elifanayo uMnu Stern waqalisa ukuququzelela ama-gossipy soirees akhe angama-21 kunye neCafe Loup kwisitrato se-13, uMnu. Burkle waqala ukubamba ezakhe iisalon ezinamandla amakhulu.
Iindwendwe zibandakanya uNobhala Jikelele we-UN uKofi Annan, uJimmy Carter kunye noMongameli uBill Clinton. Bathethile nabaphulaphuli beenkokheli zeshishini kunye nabahlobo kwindawo yakhe yaseBeverly Hills Green Acres, eyakhe yeyenkwenkwezi engacacanga uHarold Lloyd.
Makhe ndithethe ilizwi elikhethekileyo lombulelo kuRon nakuJan Burkle ngokusivulela ikhaya labo, utshilo uMnu.Clinton ngoSeptemba 1996. Senze iziqhulo ezininzi ngayo ngokuhlwanje, kodwa lendawo bubutyebi besizwe.
Okanye ubuncinci ubuncwane kwiiClintons, ezazisoloko zisebenzisa indawo yokuhlala kubaxhasi bezimali. Kwinyanga kaNovemba ka-2004 yokunyusa ingxowa-mali, izibini eziziDemokhrasi zahlawula i-100,000 zeedola ukuya
Ngo-2002, iSunday Times yaseLondon yacaphula ingxoxo phakathi kukaMnumzana uClinton kunye ne-Nkulumbuso u-Tony Blair. Uxelela uMnu. Spielberg ukuba usela iti kunye naye, uMnu.Clinton uxelele uMnu Blair, kodwa ndilapha elunxwemeni eSanta Monica ndisela ikofu kunye noRon Burkle, ebonisa ukuba iCalifornia inefuthe elingaphezulu kwelaseBritane okanye Urhulumente wase-US.
Ngo-Okthobha u-2005, u-Yucaipa, esebenzisana ne-Dubai Investment Group-ephethwe ngurhulumente wase-Dubai- wenza ibhidi engama- $ 828 yezigidi ze-Refco, ifemu eyabangela ukuba uNkosazana Clinton aqaqanjelwe yintloko xa wayetyholwa ngokuba ungquzulwano lomdla xa etyala imali. kwikamva ngekamva ngo-1979. UMnu. Clinton wasuswa kuso nasiphi na isenzo esingalunganga, kodwa inkampani yahlawuliswa.
Umnumzana Burkle usebenzise ifuthe lakhe ekhaya. Usebenze njengosihlalo wezezimali we-Senator Dianne Feinstein wokukhankanya ukhetho, kwaye ube ngumntu othanda imali kubantu abagqatswa beDemokhrasi, kubandakanya noHillary Clinton.
Umnumzana Burkle ungumxhasi owaziwayo weDemokhrasi kwaye siyayibulela inkxaso yakhe eqinileyo kuSenator Clinton, utshilo uWoward Wolfson, isithethi seSenator Hillary Clinton.
Umnumzana Burkle waqesha u-Clinton ngo-Epreli 2002 njengomcebisi omkhulu kwiimali ezimbini zotyalo-mali zaseYucaipa ezijolise ekuphuhliseni amashishini anengeniso ephantsi.
Uxabiseke kakhulu, uMnu. Burkle uxelele iVanity Fair ngo-2004. Mna ke ndingoyena mthengisi mkhulu kwa-McDonald e-United States, ukanti xa sinemibono malunga nezinto esifuna ukuzenza, ezinye iiprojekthi kunye noMcDonald's, uMongameli uClinton mhlawumbi uyifowuni engcono. ndibize kunam.
Umnumzana Burkle usebenzise nefuthe lakhe kubahlobo bakhe.
NgokweChicago Tribune, inkampani yotyalo-mali kaMnu Burkle yaqesha uKarin Stanford, owaye wazala umntwana ka-Mfu Jesse Jackson, umhlobo kaMnu. Burkle owayetshate nelinye ibhinqa ngelo xesha.
Ngo-1996 kwenye yeendibano zakhe zeGreen Acre apho uMfu Jesse Jackson wayesisithethi sembeko, uMnu. Burkle wanceda ukwazisa unyana kaMnu Jackson, uYusef, ku-Agasti Busch IV, amchaze njengomhlobo wakhe osenyongweni. Umnumzana Burkle kamva wacebisa ukuba uMnu. Busch aqeshe unyana kaMnu Jackson, nto leyo awayenzayo.
Umnumzana Burkle ukhusele isivumelwano sika-Anheuser-Busch kwiChicago Tribune, esithi uxelele uMnu. Jackson ukuba ndizakubakhangela.
Abantu benza ishishini nabantu ababaziyo, utshilo.
Isithethi sika Mnu Burkle wazichitha izityholo zokuba wasebenzisa ifuthe lakhe ukufumana uMnu Jackson umsebenzi wakhe.
UMnu Burkle angazingca ukuba bekunjalo, uMichael Sitrick, osisithethi, wabhala nge-imeyile. UMnu Jackson ungumhlobo olungileyo kwaye unerekhodi entle. Umnumzana Jackson wadibana noMnu. Busch kwindlu ka Mnu Burkle. Kunyaka kamva, uMnu. Jackson wathenga usasazo eChicago. Wathenga enye yezona zinto zazisasazwa kakubi wasiguqula. Umnumzana Burkle angazingca ngokutyala imali kunye noMnumzana Jackson kodwa khange alifumane ithuba lokwenza njalo.
Kwiminyaka yakutshanje, uMnu. Burkle uye wadibana noYusef Jackson kwiibhidi zokuthenga zombini iqela lesizwe laseWashington baseball kwaye ngokweCrain's Chicago Business, iChicago Sun-Times. Iingxelo zithi bobabini babenomdla wokuthenga iMagazini yeRadar. Umnumzana Burkle ucele ngoMatshi nge-12 Knight Ridder Inc. kumaphephandaba.
Ewe, okoko wathengisa iivenkile zakhe ezinkulu ngasekupheleni kweminyaka yoo-1990, uMnu Burkle ubonakala ngathi unomdla kwimithombo yeendaba. Kunyaka ophelileyo, ngokungxama wafuna iikopi zeLos Angeles Business Journal, kodwa ngesizathu esahlukileyo.
Ukusukela ngoJuni ka-2003, uMnu. Burkle ebebandakanyeka kuqhawulo-mtshato olukhohlakeleyo oluye lwaphumela kwindlu yowiso-mthetho yase-California. NgoDisemba ka-2004, uMnu. Burkle, ecaphula umthetho omtsha owapasiswa yiNdlu yowiso-mthetho yase-California njengomthetho ongxamisekileyo, wacela ukuba irekhodi lakhe loqhawulo mtshato litywinwe.
Abagxeki bawubiza umthetho ngokuba awuhambisani nomgaqo-siseko, njengoko wawuthintela ingqiqo yezomthetho ekutywinweni kwamaxwebhu, kwaye bathi ukugqitha kwawo okukhawulezileyo kungaphezulu kwe-1 yezigidi zeerandi kwimirhumo uMnu. Burkle ayenze kubenzi bomthetho beDemokhrasi.
Ke umnumzana uBurkle usenokungabi ngumphambukeli kwinkcubeko yokuhlawula, ukudlala inkcubeko efanayo ngoku ahlasela nayo noMnumzana Stern njengembonakalo yayo.
Ezi zityholo aziyonyani, ziyinyani, utshilo uMnu Sitrick. Uziva ngathi iyahlekisa into yokuba umthetho oyilwayo upasiswe ngamxhelo mnye zombini izindlu.
U-Arnold Schwarzenegger, otyikitye lo mthetho ufumene ngaphezulu kwe- $ 200,000 kwiminikelo yephulo evela kuMnu. Burkle.
Kodwa ngaphambi kokuba umthetho othanda impikiswano kaMnumzana Burkle ngemfihlo ungasebenza, iinkcukacha zoqhawulo-mtshato zaprintwa kwiLos Angeles Business Journal, eyayidibanisa iirekhodi ngaphambi kokuba zitywinwe. Ukuphendula, uMnu. Burkle wayalela abasebenzi bakhe ukuba bathenge iikopi zengxelo.
Umthombo onolwazi ngeemvakalelo zikaMnumzana Burkle wathi uMnu. Burkle uluthiyile uluntu kwaye uyakucaphukela ukuba negama lakhe ephepheni.
NgoJanuwari, 2005, inqaku leLos Angeles Business Journal, uJanet Burkle wathi uMnu Burkle wafihla izigidi zeedola kwimpahla yabo kwisivumelwano sokuqala sokuhlawula. Wema ngelithi abazahlulwanga ngokusesikweni de kwaba li-2002; Uthe bohlukene malunga neshumi leminyaka ngaphambili. Ngelixa uMnu. Burkle esithi wabeka ubomi bomnye wabantwana babo abathathu engozini ngokulala nomntu oqeqeshiweyo onerekhodi lolwaphulo-mthetho, uNksk. Burkle waphikisa wathi uMnu. Burkle wamgada ngeliso lakhe nesithandwa sakhe ngelo xesha.
Umyeni wam akakwazi ukukunyamezela ukuphulukana nayo nantoni na! UJanet Burkle uthe kwisibhengezo senkundla esenziwe ngoqhawulo mtshato.
Kumaxwebhu asenkundleni, uMnu. Burkle wathi irekhodi kufuneka litywinelwe ukugcina umfazi wakhe engazisi ngemicimbi yakhe yeshishini kumajelo eendaba, kunye nokuqinisekisa ilungelo lakhe labucala.
Umyeni wam usisityebi kakhulu kwaye unamandla, watsho uJanet Burkle kumaphepha enkundla. Uqhele ukwenza ulawulo kubo bonke abantu adibana nabo.
Ngokutsho kwebali leLos Angeles Business Journal, umtshato kaMnumzana Burkle waqala ukuqhawuka ngeminyaka yoo-1990. UJanet Burkle wafuna umthetho wobundlobongela basekhaya ngokuchasene noMnumzana Burkle, emtyhola ngokuba nabaphandi babucala bamlandela bangaphaya konyaka. Umnumzana Burkle wamtyhola ngokuxhwila abantwana babo.
Kodwa amaqela axoxisana namaxwebhu anomdla ngakumbi kukufikelela kunakwisixhobo.
Kuyinto engaqhelekanga kakhulu, utshilo uSusan Seager, igqwetha elimele I-Los Angeles Times, i-California Newspaper Association kunye ne-Associated Press kumzamo wokutyhila amaxwebhu. Ucacisile ukuba abamangaleli banokusebenzisa umthetho ukunqanda ukujongwa luluntu.
Ngokwe Los Angeles Times, ijaji yabucala eyongamele uqhawulo mtshato, iJaji yeNkundla ePhakamileyo ethathe umhlala-phantsi uStephen Lachs, yaqokelela i-73,000 yeedola kwisithuba nje esingaphezulu konyaka kwityala laseBurkle. UMnu Lachs naye waqeshwa ukuba alamle ukuqhawula umtshato kukaMichael Jackson, ekwagxekwa ngenxa yokungabikho kophando oluzimeleyo.
Iirekhodi ezininzi azifakwanga, utshilo uNksz Seager. Imiboniso, ukulingwa kwetyala, zonke izishwankathelo zomthetho, izinto ezikuxelela ukuba kuqhubeka ntoni, zazitywiniwe ngaphezulu konyaka. Yinto engaqhelekanga kuqhawulo mtshato oluqhelekileyo.
Ngokwegosa losasazo leNkundla ePhakamileyo yaseLos Angeles, ishumi elinambini okanye elininzi leerekhodi zoqhawulo mtshato zaseBurkle ezigcinwe kwigumbi le-112 kwiofisi yeNorth Hill Street, ubuncinci abathathu bahlala betywinwe, nangona iNkundla yesiBheno yesi-2 yaseCalifornia ibize umthetho ongahambelani nomgaqo-siseko nge-20 kaJanuwari ka-2006.
Umnumzana Burkle usabhenela kweso sigqibo kwiNkundla ePhakamileyo kaRhulumente, kwaye isigwebo sinokufika nanini na. Ngeli xesha, omnye umthetho oyilwayo owenzelwe ukuthintela ukufikelela koluntu kwiirekhodi zenkundla wavunywa yiKomiti yezeMithetho yase-California.
Abamangaleli boLungiso lokuQala bayanyanzelisa ukuba lo mthetho uyilwayo, owenziwe ngu-Sen. Kevin Murray, ulungile kuMnu. Burkle. Umnumzana Murray khange abuye neefowuni zokubeka izimvo.
—UJason Horowitz
