Gilded Lily (41 page)

“There was never pressure on Mr. Maher”
: Olivier Jude testimony, Maher trial, Le Tribunal Criminel de la Principauté de Monaco, November 25, 2002.

Jude said that Ted showed him a photograph
: Olivier Jude testimony, ibid.

Lily organized Edmond's funeral in Geneva
: Interviews with Edmond Safra's former employees, who did not want to be named. Dominick Dunne, “Death in Monaco,”
Vanity Fair
, December 2000.

“She [Lily] didn't want anyone from the family”
: Interview with a Safra family member who spoke on condition of anonymity, March 9, 2009.

“You have brought together people”
: Jon Henley, “Feud that Led to Billionaire's Death,”
The Guardian
, December 7, 1999.

NINE
: “
YEARS OF SORROW AND DAYS OF DESPAIR
”

an informal welcome back to New York
: Aileen Mehle, Suzy,
Women's Wear Daily
, April 20, 2001.

“You have to imagine the scene”
: Michael Griffith, interview by author, March 19, 2009.

“It was like taking candy”
: Jay Salpeter, interview by author, March 2, 2009.

“Summons Served Between Courses”
: Neal Travis, “New York,”
New York Post
, April 20, 2001.

“I suffered shocking and humiliating treatment”
: Heidi Maher, affidavit, Supreme Court of the State of New York, Dutchess County, April 13, 2001.

“The rights of these American”
: Letter from Michael Griffith to Martha Melzow, Consulate of the United States of America in Marseille, France, March 17, 2001.

“When [in] Ted's final speech he apologized”
: Dominick Dunne, “Verdict in Monaco,”
Vanity Fair
, February 2003.

“a court performance worthy of Laurence Olivier”
: Dunne, ibid.

The Torrente children
:
Torrente v. Estate of Edmond Safra
, Supreme Court of the State of New York, December 2, 2002.

“The reason they died”
: Michael Baden, interview with author, March 20, 2009.

“I've escaped”
: Michael Griffith, interview by author, March 19, 2009.

“one of the most staggeringly beautiful houses”
: Aileen Mehle, Suzy,
Women's Wear Daily
, March 8, 2002.

A month later, Lily was spotted in the “chicest of black dresses”
: Aileen Mehle, Suzy,
Women's Wear Daily
, May 2, 2001.

“in dangerous
deshabillé
”
: Aileen Mehle, Suzy,
Women's Wear Daily
, October 29, 2002.

“17th century heavy gold”
: Aileen Mehle, Suzy,
Women's Wear Daily,
December 18, 2002.

another lavish party hosted by Joan Rivers
: Aileen Mehle, ibid.

“she is a happy woman”
: Aileen Mehle, Suzy,
Women's Wear Daily
, February 3, 2003.

“We agreed that a lush garden”
: Preston Bailey, “Thousands of Rose Petals and a Whole Lot of Trellis Make a High-Rise Room a Garden for a Night,”
Elle Décor
, October 2003.

“When the elevator opened”
: Aileen Mehle, Suzy,
Women's Wear Daily
, June 11, 2003.

“I waited in the foyer”
: Bailey, “Thousands of Rose Petals,”
Elle Décor
, October 2003.

After dinner, the guests “lounged”
: Aileen Mehle, Suzy,
Women's Wear Daily
, June 11, 2003.

“that draws every celebrity”
: Aileen Mehle, Suzy,
Women's Wear Daily
, July 18, 2003.

“I believe that Mrs. Safra read part of the book”
: Mark Bolland, Witness Statement of Mark Bolland, in the High Court of Justice, Queen's Bench Division, December 12, 2005.

“If Georgie takes it further”
: Gary Pulsifer in “Dominick Dunne's Diary: Did Someone Say Safra?” Dominick Dunne,
Vanity Fair
, September 2005.

“Lily tried to misuse the laws”
: Lady Colin Campbell, interview by author, August 29, 2008.

“She objected to the fact that Bianca's”
: Lady Colin Campbell, ibid.

“To say the trial”
:
New York Post
, August 18, 2007.

“He was threatened”
: Michael Griffith, interview by author, May 17, 2007.

“Accusing the victim of having murdered someone”
: Donald Manasse, interview by author, October 19, 2009.

“Why should I stick a knife”
: Ted Maher, interview by author, March 5, 2008.

“America has turned out to be another prison”
: Ted Maher, ibid.

EPILOGUE
: “
WE KNOW EVERYTHING AND WE KNOW NOTHING
”

Artigas had an appetite for money
: Maria Consuelo Ayres, interview by author, August 27, 2006; Vera Chvidchenko, interview by author, January 28, 2008; and Ademar Trotte, interview by author, March 12, 2009.

“Artigas practically lived”
: Vera Chvidchenko, ibid., and Ademar Trotte, ibid.

“I thought his [Alfredo's] death was my fault”
: Carlos Monteverde in Bruno Astuto, “A Nora de Lily,”
RG Vogue
, November 2007.

“But my family is me
,
Carlos”
: Astuto, ibid.

“Sometimes I call to find out about the business”
:
RG Vogue
, ibid.

“Maybe if you find them”
: Maria Consuelo Ayres, interview by author, August 27, 2006.

“I never believed that Fred”
: Vera Chvidchenko, interview by author, January 29, 2008.

even Geraldo Mattos didn't have the stomach
: Sonia Mattos, interview by author, January 10, 2008.

“My father was in charge of Ponto Frio”
: Sonia Mattos, ibid.

“too much tragedy”
: Marcelo Steinfeld, interview by author, October 17, 2007.

“It was a really stupid death”
: Interview with a Safra family member, March 9, 2009.

“Even I am [now] surprised”
: Samuel Bendahan, e-mail message to author, February 9, 2009.

She said she would distribute the $55 million
: “Mrs. Lily Safra to make charitable donations on three continents,” press release, March 6, 2009.

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Abitbol, Al, 52, 57, 73, 74, 78, 149–50

Abramovich, Roman, 286

Aga Khan, Amyn, 192

Aga Khan, Begum, 172

Aga Khan III, 172

Agnelli, Gianni, 190, 191

Aguas Lindas, 43, 54

Albert, Prince (Monaco), 7

Albert I, King (Belgium), 190

Albertin, Maurice, 237

Alencar Castelo Branco, Humberto de, 85

Alencastro Guimarães, Napoleão, 22–23

Alfredo João Monteverde Foundation, 279, 280

Alliance Israélite (Beirut), 105–6

Almaleh, Sem, 221

Alouan, Simon, 156, 194–95, 198, 259, 278, 279

Alves, Waldomiro, 66, 71–72, 76, 95

Aly Khan, Prince, 41

American Express, 110, 178–85, 187–88, 194, 199–201, 208, 224

Trade Development Bank sale to, 166–67

American Express Bank, 180

Amnesty International, 270

Andreazza, Ana Maria, 195, 196

Andreazza, Rubem, 195, 196, 197

Anidjar, Abraham, 171

Anita (Monteverde servant), 61–62, 73–74

Arcadia Books, 267, 268

Arkin, Stanley, 200, 255

Armstrong, Martin, 225

Armstrong, Neil, 168

Arthou, Theodoro, 126

Artigas, José Gervasio, 20

Astor, Brooke, 7

Attia, Eli, 5–6, 12, 111–12, 212, 215–17, 261

Ayres, Maria Consuelo, 9, 45, 48, 62, 67, 68, 70, 73, 74, 76, 78, 82, 90, 94

Alfredo's foundation and, 279–81

Azrieli, David, 216, 217

 

Baden, Michael, 258, 271

Bailey, Preston, 260, 263–64

Banco Excel, 212

Baryshnikov, Mikhail, 192

Bastian Pinto, Jayme, 118, 119, 120, 186

Bastos Belchior, Stelio, 125

Bastos Tigre, Sylvia, 50–51

Behar, José (Zeca), 30

Beit Yaakov synagogue, 215–16

Belny, Jean-Luc, 241

Bendahan, Judah Meir (Merito) (Samuel's father), 138–40, 144, 145, 159, 162

Bendahan, Samuel (Lily's third husband), 9, 12, 131–63, 165, 166, 178, 186, 244

background of, 138–40

current situation of, 285–86

Lily's marriage to, 143–59

Bentes Bloch, Ana, 9, 27, 28, 30, 31, 32, 94, 168

Blair, Mrs. William McCormick (Deeda) 253:

Blass, Bill, 6

Bliss Books, 267–68

Bloch, Adolfo, 167–68, 172, 173, 174, 177

Bloch Editores, 167–68, 171, 173–74, 177

Bloomberg, Michael, 220, 264

Bloomingdale, Betsy, 193

Blot, Georges, 256

Blow, Isabella, 261

B'nai B'rith Anti-Defamation League, 200

Bolland, Mark, 267

Bond, Sir John, 224, 247–48

Bonnant, Marc, 13, 253–54, 257–58, 269–70

Bonnard, Pierre, 120

Bouery, Bruno, 241

Brandeis University, 288

Brittain, Anthony, 246

Burrough, Bryan, 188

BusinessWeek
, 6, 107

 

Caju cemetery, 87, 275–77, 280, 289–90, 291–92

Campbell, Lady Colin, 11, 265–69

Caroline, Princess (Monaco), 191–92

Carracci, Annibale, 219

Caruso (Monteverde aide), 49, 52

Castello Branco, Guilherme, 169–70, 175, 195

CBS (TV network), 259

Charles, Prince of Wales, 220, 252, 261, 267

Chase Manhattan Bank, 104, 113

Chirac, Jacques, 288

Chvidchenko, Vera, 72–73, 277, 281–82

Ciardelli, Luigi, 259

Codman, Ogden, Jr., 190

Cohen, Adriana (Lily's daughter).
See

Elia, Adriana Cohen

Cohen, Claudio (Lily's son), 32, 54, 68, 100, 132, 141, 146, 158, 162, 170, 194–99, 204

auto accident death of, 196–99, 278

children of, 193, 195, 196, 204–5

grave of, 277

memorial to, 288

wedding of, 165–66, 167, 168–74, 175, 176–77

Cohen, Dora (Lily's former sister-in-law), 131, 133, 136

Cohen, Eduardo (Lily's son), 32, 54, 68, 100, 132, 145, 147, 150, 157–58, 161–62, 288

Cohen, Evelyne Sigelmann (Lily's daughter-in-law), 165, 167, 168, 170, 173

death of sister of, 174–76, 177

deaths of husband and son of, 194–98, 206

grave of, 277–78

memorial to, 288

terminal illness and will of, 203–8

Cohen, Gabriel (Lily's grandson), 195, 196

mother's death and, 204–8, 277–78

Cohen, Mario (Lily's first husband), 32–34, 57, 67, 68, 81, 100, 131

Cohen, Peter (Republic executive), 115, 180

Cohen, Raphael (Lily's grandson), 195, 196, 197–98, 199, 277, 278

memorial to, 288

Cohen, Samuel (Schmulik) (security chief), 213, 214, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242

Cohn, Ruth, 79

Cohn, Samy, 35, 79, 99

Colegio Anglo-Americano, 25–27, 31, 276

Colombo, Joseph, 187

Coney, Margareth, 25–26

Conrad, Joseph, 189

Contrucci Pinto Dias, Vera, 54–55, 83, 290

Courtauld Institute of Art, 288

 

Delacroix, Blanche Zelia Josephine, 189–90

Delebois Monteverde, Scarlett (Marie Paule Flore), 35, 61–62, 122, 124–28

Despont, Thierry, 261

Diana, Princess of Wales, 11, 265, 267

Dias, Severino, 174

Dillard University, 287

Duncan, John, 111

Dunne, Dominick, 14, 214, 256, 284

Dwek, Cyril, 115

 

Edmond J. Safra Court, 260–61

Edmond J. Safra Foundation Center for Ethics, 287

Edmond J. Safra Hall, 265

Edmond J. Safra Philanthropic Foundation, 287

Edmond J. Safra Synagogue, 261–62

Einstein, Albert, 218

Elia, Adriana Cohen (Lily's daughter), 32, 54, 68, 100, 132, 136, 157, 193, 198, 229, 235, 253–54, 288

Edmond's death and, 14–15, 241–42, 243, 244

guardianship of Claudio's son and, 205, 207

marriage of, 162

mother's marriage to Bendahan and, 145, 147, 151

Elia, Lily (Lily's granddaughter), 235, 288

Elia, Michel (Lily's son-in-law), 14–15, 162, 241, 259, 289, 290

Elle Décor
, 263

Ertegun, Ahmet, 6, 172, 183, 208, 209, 264, 265

Ertegun, Mica, 6, 172, 183, 190, 208, 264, 265

 

Fairchild, John, 193, 210–11

Fanto, Christina (Rosy's daughter), 94, 121, 266

Fanto, Rosy Grunberg (Alfredo's sister), 37, 38, 40–41, 42, 49, 50, 51, 58–59, 68, 95, 101, 131–32, 152

brother's death and, 79–81, 84, 87–94, 95

legal suits of, 117–28, 149, 151, 162

marriage of, 43

Farca, Jean-Marc, 239–40

Fernandes, Hélio, 29, 83

First International Bank of Israel Ltd., 217

Firyal, Princess (Jordan), 192, 264

Flynn, Errol, 40

Fox, Michael J., 265, 287

Freeman, Harry L., 200–201

Friedman, Milton, 12

Furnish, David, 261

 

Gallo, Joe, 187

Gambarini, Jean-Yves, 237

Garrincha (soccer star), 47

Gates, Bill, 186

Getty, J. Paul, 9

Giametti, Giancarlo, 192

Gire, Joseph, 28

Givenchy, Hubert de, 129, 166, 171, 209

Globex Import and Export, 42, 44, 48, 94, 279, 290

share ownership in, 121, 124–25, 128

Globo media, 171

Goldschmid, Maria Luisa, 51, 56, 58, 97

Gomlevsky, José, 29

Gomlevsky, Lygia Hazan, 29–30

Grimaldi family, 7, 15, 191–92

Griscom, Nina, 193

Gruenbaum, Conrado, 73, 75, 79–80, 82, 86, 94, 281

Gruenbaum, Elza, 146

Grunberg, Alfred Iancu.
See
Monteverde, Alfredo

Grunberg, Iancu (Alfredo's father), 37, 38, 49, 90–91

Grunberg, Regina Rebecca Leff.
See
Monteverde, Regina

Grunberg, Rosy.
See
Fanto, Rosy Grunberg

Grupo Safra, 103–4

Guimarães, Paulinho, 82, 84, 94

Guinle, Octavio, 68

Gutfreund, John, 172, 178–79, 181, 183, 192

Gutfreund, Susan, 172, 183, 192

 

Hadassah-Brandeis Institute, 288

Hakim, Albert, 185–86

Harvard University, Safra gifts to, 214–15, 287

Hasson, Nathan, 216

Haswell, Nicky, 279

Hayes, Billy, 270

Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 288

Hekhal Haness synagogue, 248

Herkrath, Sonia Casiano, 4, 14, 232–33, 234, 239, 240, 245, 246

Hernandez, Israel, 145

Herrera, Carolina and Reinaldo, 264, 265

Higdon, Robert, 252, 264, 265

Hirsch, Baron Maurice de, 17–18

Hitchcock, Alfred, 190

Hospital Cantonal de Geneve, 200

HSBC (Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation), 5, 220, 221, 224–26, 238, 247, 248, 249

Hullin, Jean Christophe, 269

Hurley, Elizabeth, 261

 

Imola racetrack (Italy), 218–19

International Banking Corporation, 166, 180–81, 182–83

International Committee of the Red Cross, 200

International Legal Defense Counsel, 270

International Sephardic Education Foundation, 166, 210, 287

Israel Museum (Jerusalem), 218

Izidor (Lily's teenage beau), 31, 32

 

Jackson, Michael, 168

JAR (artist-jeweler), 192

Jewish Colonization Association, 17–18

Jewish Defense League, 187

John, Elton, 7, 261, 264, 265

Jornal do Brasil
, 87, 104

Jude, Olivier, 244–45, 247

Julius, Anthony, 267–68

 

Kanarek, Brian, 131, 132, 133, 134, 142, 145

Kanarek, Jo, 159

Keil, Jeffrey, 180, 224, 247

Kelly, Grace, 190

Kennedy, Robert, 112

Kheel, Theodore W., 112–13

King's College (London), 288

Kings Lafayette Bank (Brooklyn), 155, 186–87

Kissinger, Henry, 209

Kissinger, Nancy, 209, 264

Klabin family, 29

Klein, Felix, 73, 152–53, 155, 156–67

Knesset (Israel), 210

Knox, Charles, 110–11

Knox, Edward, 111

Knox Hat Company (N.Y.C.), 110–11

Kubitschek, Juscelino, 167

 

Lacerda, Carlos, 47, 85

LaChapelle, David, 261

Lacroix, Caroline, 189–90

Lagerfeld, Karl, 6, 166, 193

Landau, Giacomo, 121

Lauder, Evelyn, 220, 252

Lauder, Leonard, 252

Lauderdale Road Synagogue (London), 145

Lawrence, Mary Wells and Harding, 209

Lawrence, Pamela, 209

Leão, Danuza, 55

Leff, James J., 162

Léger, Fernand, 120

Leme Lopes, José, 75

Leopold II, King (Belgium), 7, 189–90, 191

Levy, David, 247

Lichnowsky, Michael von, 68

Lily Safra Internship Program, 288

Lima Souto, Edson Luís, 84

Linley, Viscount, 220

 

Magalhães de Freitas, D., 121

Maher, Heidi, 228, 229, 231, 232, 251, 252–56, 259, 270, 273

Maher, Ted, 2–3, 227–39, 254–61, 263, 285

arson charge of, 248, 249

background of, 3, 227–30

confession of, 244–47

escape from jail by, 259–60

job conditions and salary of, 10–11, 231–32, 233

return to United States of, 270–73

trial of, 13–14, 229, 232–33, 238, 256–58, 261, 269, 271, 284

Manasse, Donald, 259, 271

Manjate, Raul, 240

Marcondes Ferraz, Regina, 171

Marcos (Caju cemetery administrator), 289–90, 292

Marinho, Roberto, 171

Matarazzo, Ermelino, 172

Mattos, Geraldo, 48–49, 63, 68, 73, 82, 83–84, 153, 280, 281–83

Mattos, Lourdes, 48–49, 62–63, 68, 82, 84

Mattos, Sonia, 282

Mayrink Veiga, Carmen, 171

Mehle, Aileen, 6, 209, 262

Mehta, Zubin, 220

Mendes, Sergio, 191

Mesquita, Jeronimo José de, 21–22

Michael, Princess of Kent, 220

Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research, 287

Millfield School, 38, 47–48, 100, 141, 198

Miranda, Carmen, 40

Miranda Jordão, João, 126

Mischon de Reya (law firm), 267

Mongiardino, Renzo, 190

Monterosa, Masha, 58, 63, 90

Monteverde, Alexandra (Alfredo's adopted daughter), 52, 127

Monteverde, Alfredo (Lily's second husband), 35, 40–53, 61–64, 95–96, 277

accomplishments of, 42, 43–46, 49, 122

adopted children of, 51–52, 122, 127

assets inventory of, 120, 235

background of, 37–38, 40–42

death of, 65–79, 82–94, 153, 278, 280, 281

fortune of, 35, 49, 54, 74, 75, 82, 86, 94–95, 96, 99–102, 116–28, 136–37, 148–53, 157, 162, 276, 290

funeral and grave of, 82–84, 87, 289–90

heirs of, 74, 86, 94, 100, 117, 119–22, 276, 290

household staff of, 60–66

installment credit innovation of, 45–46

Lily's marriage to, 12, 34–36, 53–62

name change of, 43

philanthropy of, 46–48, 279, 280

remembrance campaign for, 290–92

Safra bank and, 97, 98, 117, 157

Monteverde, Carlos (Alfredo's adopted son), 52, 54, 67, 68, 86, 129, 132, 204, 276, 280