According to the Daily Mail, “Tarek Kaituni has previously boasted of his influence over the Duke and attended the wedding of daughter Princess Eugenie in 2018.”
Kaituni reportedly introduced Andrew to Selman Turk in 2019, “before the pair became friends and shared dinners at the alleged fraudster’s South Kensington home.”
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The Sunday Telegraph reports that Sarah’s 60th birthday party, “was partially funded by Mr. Turk.” Sarah and Andrew have been divorced for years but still cohabit in housing provided by his mother Queen Elizabeth. Sarah vocally supported Andrew as he faced a court case in which he was accused of sexual assault of a sex trafficking minor. Weeks ago the case left the headlines after Andrew reportedly paid $10 million dollars to his accuser in an out-of-court settlement.
Turk and Kaitani have been photographed at, “what appears to be Frogmore House, the royal residence in Windsor Great Park, in February 2020,” and, “Turk is alleged to have made payments totaling £1.1m to Andrew, of £250,000 to Sarah and £25,000 to Princess Eugenie.”
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The outlet reports that “it is alleged that this money was stolen by Mr. Turk from Turkish millionaress Nebahat Evyap Isbilen, who had entrusted him with helping her move $87 million out of Turkey as she attempted to avoid political persecution.”
As for the party, celebs including Ellie Goulding, Robbie Williams, and Julian Fellowes were present. Eugenie, “has said she believed the payments to be ‘gifts’ from family friends to assist with the cost of the surprise bash.”
In her words: “In early October 2019 I had received a call from our family friend saying that he wanted to make a financial contribution towards my mother’s birthday party to assist with the catering costs.”
“I suggested that any contribution could be made directly to the caterers, but in the event provided my account details to which two payments were made totaling £25,000, which I then transferred on to the company organizing my mother’s party.”
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