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Strangely, none of the Safra bodyguards: Samuel Cohen, Maher trial transcript, Le Tribunal Criminel de la Principauté de Monaco, November 25, 2002.
Cohen complained about interference: Samuel Cohen testimony, Maher trial, Le Tribunal Criminel de la Principauté de Monaco, November 25, 2002.
“Chérie, there are aggressors”: Lily Safra testimony, Maher trial, Le Tribunal Criminel de la Principauté de Monaco, November 29, 2002.
“Have you closed yourself in”: Lily Safra testimony, ibid.
“I don’t know how I got out but I did it”: Lily Safra, Maher trial transcript, Le Tribunal Criminel de la Principauté de Monaco, November 29, 2002.
“He was in quite a panicky state”: Jean-Marc Farca testimony, Maher trial, Le Tribunal Criminel de la Principauté de Monaco, November 22, 2002.
“Sonia, it’s so dark in here”: Sonia Casiano Herkrath testimony, Maher trial, Le Tribunal Criminel de la Principauté de Monaco, November 21, 2002.
“I said I was willing to die for my boss”: Raul Manjate testimony, Maher trial, Le Tribunal Criminel de la Principauté de Monaco, November 25, 2002.
“Cohen seems to have been too aggressive”: Jean-Luc Belny testimony, Maher trial, Le Tribunal Criminel de la Principauté de Monaco, November 25, 2002.
“The firemen arrived”: Samuel Cohen testimony, Maher trial, Le Tribunal Criminel de la Principauté de Monaco, November 25, 2002.
“My mother woke me up shortly before six a.m.”: Adriana Elia testimony, Maher trial, Le Tribunal Criminel de la Principauté de Monaco, November 27, 2002.
“He was incapable of killing a fly”: Lily Safra testimony, Maher trial, Le Tribunal Criminel de la Principauté de Monaco, November 29, 2002.
“I went up the stairs to where my husband’s office was”: Lily Safra testimony, ibid.
“He was covered in soot”: Lily Safra testimony, ibid.
“Upon hearing of the frightening news”: Heidi Maher, affidavit, Supreme Court of the State of New York, Dutchess County, April 13, 2001.
“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, G
ianni, 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
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bsp; 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