Kimora Lee Simmons Fights to Keep $25M Beverly Hills Mansion Purchased With Funds Her Estranged Husband Admitted Were Stolen
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#KimoraLeeSimmons is fighting in court to keep a $25 million Beverly Hills mansion that her estranged husband admitted was purchased with stolen 1MDB funds.
The legal battle between Kimora and 1MDB over ownership of the 1MDB mansion has dragged on for years and is now approaching another key court date. The seven-bedroom estate at 25 Beverly Park Circle was bought in 2017 by former Goldman Sachs executive Tim Leissner.
In sworn testimony during a 2022 federal trial in Brooklyn, Leissner acknowledged the money used to buy the property came from 1Malaysia Development Berhad, known globally as 1MDB. The fund became the center of a massive international fraud investigation involving billions of dollars.
“I bought the property… with $25 million that had been stolen from the Malaysian people,” Leissner testified under oath.
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