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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,883 posts)
Thu Jul 23, 2020, 10:15 PM Jul 2020

David Koch's Lying Wife Hid Real Estate Purchase, Locked Him Up During Party, Bodyguard Claims

Billionaire David Koch’s wife repeatedly schemed against the Republican megadonor in the months before he died, forcing his nurses to lock him in a room during a dinner party and using code words to hide real estate and travel plans, the couple’s former bodyguard claims.

The stunning allegations against Julia Koch, 58, were leveled in an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission complaint filed last week by Felicia Racine, a 29-year-old former Koch bodyguard. In the complaint, which was obtained by the New York Daily News, Racine alleged the billionaire’s wife subjected her to gender-based discrimination and forced her to go along with several duplicitous schemes during her employment for the Koch family between January 2018 and April 2020.

“The deception and lies for sure made me fearful of losing my job if I did speak up,” Racine said in an interview with the Daily News on Thursday. “I was always under the impression that they had so much money, if you don’t just bite your tongue and go along with things, they’ll get rid of you.”

Racine, a U.S. Air Force veteran, recalled several times the billionaire’s wife allegedly duped her husband before he died last August—including one 2019 dinner party where Julia Koch locked her husband in his bedroom. The complaint alleges that when Koch, 79, left his bedroom during the party—and said “I love her” while putting his arm around his wife—Julia Koch instructed another staffer and some nurses to take the billionaire away.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/david-koch-lying-wife-hid-170036252.html

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David Koch's Lying Wife Hid Real Estate Purchase, Locked Him Up During Party, Bodyguard Claims (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 2020 OP
What a lovely family PatSeg Jul 2020 #1
I know, Pat, I'm so jealous of the character and spirit of these fine people... Leghorn21 Jul 2020 #2
They remind me of the rich and powerful PatSeg Jul 2020 #5
It does My Heart Good to Know that Asshole Died a Cuckold... Stallion Jul 2020 #3
She seems nice. Marie Marie Jul 2020 #4
I don't get it. BGBD Jul 2020 #6
yup Skittles Jul 2020 #7
David Koch meets Karma. no_hypocrisy Jul 2020 #8

Leghorn21

(13,524 posts)
2. I know, Pat, I'm so jealous of the character and spirit of these fine people...
Thu Jul 23, 2020, 10:23 PM
Jul 2020

...OR AM I??!?

barfs all around, LOSERS

PatSeg

(47,370 posts)
5. They remind me of the rich and powerful
Thu Jul 23, 2020, 11:37 PM
Jul 2020

in movies and TV shows. After reading Mary Trump's book about her family, I'm beginning to see that the stereotypes we see on screen aren't terribly far-fetched. Too much money really does corrupt many people.

Stallion

(6,474 posts)
3. It does My Heart Good to Know that Asshole Died a Cuckold...
Thu Jul 23, 2020, 10:35 PM
Jul 2020

...can't wait for the HBO movie

"The former bodyguard added that staff also kept the 58-year-old’s “boyfriend,” Charles Manger, under wraps from the billionaire industrialist. “Manger typically visited with Julia at several Koch residences, while David Sr. was still alive, including the Southampton residence,” the complaint states, noting that the former bodyguard “provided some security for both Julia and Manger together as a couple.”

 

BGBD

(3,282 posts)
6. I don't get it.
Fri Jul 24, 2020, 12:01 AM
Jul 2020

What is the complaint?

I worked for assholes and was worried they would fire me if I didn't do what they said? That's pretty much every job isn't it?

They were married in 1996, he was 56 and she was 32. If you are a rich guy who marries a woman 25 years younger than you, expect that when you are old and dying she's going to lock you in a room and spend her new money. It's just the trade off you get.

no_hypocrisy

(46,074 posts)
8. David Koch meets Karma.
Fri Jul 24, 2020, 06:12 AM
Jul 2020

What I don't understand is how his wife/widow has escaped the wrath of his brother, Charles Koch.

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