arraignment of, 300
arrest of, 18, 19, 295–99, 524
background of, 68–71
Bahamas trips by, 85, 89, 154
Boesky and, 156–59, 253–54, 544n
Carberry’s interrogation of, 308–11
Clabir-HMW takeover and, 142–44, 148
Coastal-ANR deal and, 158, 159
codes used by, 79, 85–86
cover-up plan of, 276–78, 281–82, 287–88
Criton deal and, 91–92
Crown Zellerbach deal and, 160–62
custom résumé of, 154–55
death threat against, 311
at Drexel, 151, 154–58
early career of, 72–74
extravagant spending by, 153–58
Fifth Amendment taken by, 306
“genius plan” of, 294–95
Gleacher’s practical joke on, 89–90
Goldsmith as model for, 159–61
guilty plea by, 312–13
Hill and, 73–76, 86, 89, 90–91
Kay’s bonus interview with, 163
Kay’s perception of, 155–56, 158
Lazard office searched by, 80–81
at Lehman Bros., 88–90
marriage of, 71
media coverage of, 301
Meier’s naming of, 285
in Metropolitan Correction Center, 298–99
Pitt’s naming of, 293–94
at Predators’ Ball, 159
Reich’s relationship with, 81–87, 92–93, 144–45, 147, 148, 314–15
SEC freezes assets of, 295, 305–7
SEC investigation of, 276–78
SEC testimony of, 150–51
sentencing of, 317–18
Shad’s letter to, 286
“60 Minutes” feature on, 530–31
Swiss account of, 74, 85
Textron deal and, 149–51
Wang’s interrogation of, 150–51
Wilkis and, see Wilkis, Robert
Levine, Laurie Skolnick, 71, 72, 163, 295–96, 300
Levine, Philip, 70, 86, 152–54, 306
Levine, Robert, 318–19
Levine, Theodore, 31, 322, 339
Levy, Gustave, 174, 235
Lewis, Drew, 439
Lewis, Reginald, 442, 467
Lewis, Salim B. “Sandy,” 95, 96, 193, 345, 395
L. F. Rothschild, 42
Liman, Arthur, 297, 298, 305–8, 318, 365, 366, 437, 439, 442, 446–49, 463, 465, 467, 469, 474–75, 476–77, 484, 487–88, 502, 508–9, 511, 512, 517, 523
Limited, 148
Lincoln National Life Insurance, 236
Lincoln Savings and Loan, 66, 237, 522
Lindner, Carl, 54, 67, 130, 137, 138, 260, 453
Linton, Robert, 130, 242, 416, 465, 468, 477, 479
Lipper Analytical Services, 503–4
Lipton, Martin, 31, 32, 33, 108, 112, 143, 147–48, 155, 166, 285, 297, 317, 350, 534
liquidity, 54, 57
Litt, Robert, 364–65, 368, 378, 449, 452–55, 466, 469, 484, 485, 486, 487, 509
Little, Donald, 166, 236, 392, 554n
Litton Industries, 141
Lombard, Carole, 58
Lompoc Federal Prison Camp, 431
London Stock Exchange, 125
Long, Arthur, 31
Lorenzo, Frank, 260
Los Angeles Times, 176, 320, 441, 468
Boesky article in, 173
Lowy, George, 161
Ludlum, Robert, 64
Lynch, Gary, 315–16, 320, 338, 392, 431
background of, 273
Bank Leu investigation and, 286–87, 290, 291, 292, 293
Boesky case and, 325–27, 329, 330–31, 332, 344, 346, 395
Drexel investigation and, 371–72, 433–34
Giuliani’s dispute with, 436–38
Joseph and, 296, 372, 482
Levine case and, 295, 306–7, 309, 315
negative press and, 347–48
resignation of, 508
Siegel concessions demanded by, 355–56
McCarthy, Fred, 56, 133, 472, 473–74
McCarthy, Joseph, 363
McCaw, Craig, 260
McCaw, Robert, 273, 322
McEnany, John, 398, 399, 403, 405, 491, 492–93, 494
McGowan, William, 259–60, 442
McGraw Edison, 158
McKim Mead & White, 109
MacPherson Partners, 463, 465, 489, 522
Madonna, 255
Magowan, Peter, 260, 533
Mahoney, David, 260
Malone, John, 260
Manhattan inc., 416–17
Marathon Oil, 47
Mark IV Industries, 234
Martin, Allan, 316
Martin, John, Jr., 289
Martin Marietta, 17, 18, 111–12, 133
Matarese Circle, The (Ludlum), 64
Mattel Inc., 137, 411
Maultasch, Cary, 214, 334, 367, 415, 431–32, 464
as cooperating witness, 451–52
in Drexel-SEC suit, 461
Fifth Amendment invoked by, 435
incriminating tape of, 411, 434, 451
Milken’s meeting with, 342
as Milken’s mole, 62
Maxwell, Robert, 260
Maxxam Group Inc., 217
May, Peter, 260
MCA Inc., 213–14
MCI Communications, 442, 481
MDC Corporation, 334
Mead Corporation, 160–61
Meier, Bernhard, 156, 158, 274–76, 287, 290–92, 298
Levine named by, 285
Levine’s cover-up plan and, 277–78, 281–82
Pitt’s meetings with, 278–80, 283–85
Merger Mania (Boesky), 226, 320
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, 25, 26, 95, 96, 99, 189, 234–35, 245, 248, 275, 361, 362, 379, 471, 530
Caracas letter to, 269–72, 374
Princeton-Newport and, 407
Metromedia, 222
Metropolitan Correction Center, 299, 379–80, 429–30
Metzenbaum, Howard, 256
MGM/United Artists, 216, 217
Milken, Gregory, 57
Milken, Lori Anne Hackel, 52, 61, 118, 223, 489, 510, 518
Milken, Lowell, 128, 213, 236–37, 240, 258, 334, 341, 363, 365, 367, 370–71, 458–59, 461, 469, 476, 478, 482, 484–85, 486, 497, 502, 510, 516, 522, 523, 525
Boesky disliked by, 118
Michael’s hiring of, 64–66
Otter Creek partnership and, 128–29
Milken, Michael:
in agreement to leave Drexel, 484
altered lifestyle of, 222–23
apologists for, 533
army of lawyers of, 365–68, 521
background and childhood of, 51–53
Beatrice deal and, 224–25
black support sought by, 468
blue book of, 258, 341–42, 458–59
Boesky’s arrangement with, 213–17, 218–22
Boesky’s indebtedness to, 236–41
Boesky’s indictment and, 340–42
Boesky’s relationship with, 114–15, 117–19, 234–35, 258, 262, 370
Boesky’s “wired” meeting with, 335–37
bonus taken by, 243–44
captive clients of, 256–58
civil lawsuits filed against, 521–24
confession of, 511–12
congressional testimony of, 444
Crash of 1987 and, 417–18
customer network of, 66–67
Dahl and, 58–63, 212–13, 341, 363–64
Dahl’s plane ride with, 460
Diamond Shamrock deal and, 211–13
Drexel-SEC settlement and, 497
Drexel’s media blitz and, 416–17
early career of, 52–57
Engel and, 120, 131–32, 414
fainting episode of, 66
Fischbach takeover and, 122–26, 542n
“genius” myth of, 53
guilty plea of, 511–12, 5
19, 542n
Harris Graphics deal and, 217–19
high-yield conferences and, 134–37
hiring practices of, 223–24
Joseph’s bonus dispute with, 243–44
Joseph’s doubts about, 465–66
Joseph’s final phone conversation with, 484
Joseph’s introduction to, 49–51, 53
lack of remorse of, 364, 519, 532
legal expenses of, 502
Lowell hired by, 64–66
loyalty to, 436
marriage of, 52
Maultasch as mole for, 62
Maultasch’s meeting with, 342
MGM deal and, 216, 217
move to California by, 58
“national treasure” image of, 415, 440
nickname of, 64
obsessiveness of, 61–62
Otter Creek partnership and, 128–30
Pacific Lumber-Maxxam deal and, 216–17
personal and family wealth of, 258–59, 524–25, 527
personality of, 61, 66
plea bargain of, 485–88, 509–11, 523–25, 559n
plea negotiations and, 485–88
in prison, 519, 532
public relations campaign mounted by, 438–43, 519–20, 532
on RICO law, 488
sales methods of, 54–55
Sandler and, 365–66, 368
sentence of, 516–18, 519, 520
Siegel’s meeting with, 248–50
Storer deal and, 215
Texas International and, 57
Turner and, 215–16, 217
U.S. Attorney’s indictment of, 486–88
Viacom and, 432–33
Wall Street Journal parody reaction of, 225
Williams hired by, 363–65
at Williams’s funeral, 449
Winnick and, 57–58, 61, 224
workday methods of, 58–66
Millstein, Ira, 413, 445, 461, 476, 478
Mizel, Larry, 334, 337
Mobil, 97
Montgomery, Walter, 443
Monzert, Pamela, 461
Mooradian, Rusty, 221
Mooradian, Setrag, 43–44, 103, 105, 123–24, 169, 207, 220–21, 238–41, 262, 319, 326, 336, 338–39, 373–74, 377, 422, 451, 463, 529
as cooperative witness, 375–76
“DBL” file identified by, 405
Moran, John, 91
Morgan, J. P., 26
Morgan Guaranty Trust, 275
Morgan Stanley, 25, 26, 33, 49, 108, 111, 132, 142, 150, 154, 155, 178, 186, 188, 203, 244, 246, 247–48, 259, 290, 470
Morger, Joseph, 93
Morvillo, Robert, 317
Mudge Rose Guthrie Alexander & Ferdon, 352, 387
Mulheren, John, 95–96, 157, 169–70, 173–74, 193, 201, 263–64, 305, 323, 330, 333, 373, 394, 395, 508, 530, 531
arsenal of, 421
background of, 95–96
Boesky’s arrangement with, 206–10
Boesky’s first meeting with, 95–96
Boesky’s indictment and, 343
Boesky’s relationship with, 96–97, 100–101, 104–6, 171, 265
Cities Services deal and, 104–6
crash of 1987 and, 423
described, 95–96
deteriorating mental condition of, 421–25, 427–28, 430
Gulf + Western takeover attempt and, 232, 233–34, 426, 514
Gulf Oil deal and, 168–69
in jail, 429–30
Jamie Securities founded by, 206
lifestyle of, 99
Obermeier’s confrontation with, 427
reversed conviction of, 528
son rescued by, 205
Springsteen befriended by, 204–6, 209–10, 423, 429
trial of, 513–14
weapons charge arrest of, 428
Mulheren, Nancy, 95, 96, 205, 343, 427, 429
Murdoch, Rupert, 137, 138, 185, 187, 222, 259
Murdock, David, 183, 260
Murphy, Eddie, 41, 116
Myerson, Bess, 440
Nabisco Brands, 158, 286
Naftalis, Gary, 301–2, 313, 392, 393
Nagle, Reid, 225–26, 228, 235, 236, 240, 241, 263, 322, 338
NASDAQ, 55
National Can Co., 126–27, 128–30, 138, 258, 444
National Gypsum, 245
National Lead, 314
Natomas Co., 164, 167, 171
NBC, 390
Nestlé, 171, 249
net capital requirements, 207–8, 547n
Newberg, Bruce, 62, 407, 408, 410, 411, 434, 435, 436, 451, 462–63, 484, 490–91
Newman, James, 550n–51n
New Republic, 230
Newsweek, 301, 344, 530
New York Daily News, 467
New York Post, 344, 362, 467
New York Stock Exchange, 28, 42, 55, 99, 102–4, 170, 201, 207, 270, 418
Carnation Co. and, 170
Drexel bankruptcy and, 505–7
Drexel-National Can investigation of, 129
New York Times, 88, 202, 216, 303, 310, 360, 441, 442, 467, 489
Nixon, Richard M., 97
NL Industries, 314, 316
Noriega, Manuel, 423
Northern Trust Co., 236
Northview Corporation, 117, 118, 228, 235, 322, 327, 337
Northwest Industries, 138
Nussbaum, Bernard, 316
Nye, Richard, 201, 495
Oakley-Sutton, 406
Obermaier, Otto, 273, 422, 426–27, 430
Occidental Petroleum, 105, 106, 211–12, 457
One Hundred Black Men Society, 468
O’Neill, Brian, 449, 489–90
Oppenheim, Appel, & Dixon, 43, 228, 238, 240
Oppenheim, Steve, 103, 105, 228, 239–40
options trading, 95
Otter Creek partnership, 128–30, 258–59, 444
Ovitz, Michael, 52
Owen, Richard, 307
Pacific Asset Holdings, 224
Pacific Lumber, 216–17, 220, 233, 245, 370
Pacific Stock Exchange, 102
“PacMan” defense, 112
Pahlevi Foundation, 169
Paley, William, 447
Palmieri, Victor, 30
Paltrow, Scott, 441
Pan American, 253, 255
Pantry Pride, 246
Paramount Petroleum, 499
Paramount Pictures, 135, 230
Pargas, 173–74
Parton, Dolly, 255
Paschall, Robert, 309, 357, 360, 362, 379, 385, 395
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, 252, 297, 305, 308, 365, 367, 368, 442, 446–47, 449, 453–54, 457, 466, 469, 474, 485–86, 502, 509, 511
Peabody, Francis, 25
Pecora, Ferdinand, 27
Pedowitz, Larry, 308, 316, 350–51, 352, 353, 380, 383, 385–86, 492
Peizer, Terren, 258, 340–42, 458–59, 469, 486
Peltz, Nelson, 120, 130, 138, 260, 365, 344
Pennsylvania Engineering, 119, 121–22, 125
Pennzoil, 165, 365, 439
Perelman, Ronald, 120, 130, 132, 154, 193, 222, 245, 246, 259, 296, 345, 365, 413
Peretz, Martin, 230, 236
Perlmutter, Louis, 80
Peters, Ianthe, 210, 338
Peterson, Peter G., 142
Philip Morris, 199
Phillips Petroleum, 213, 222
Pickens, T. Boone, 101, 105, 115, 137, 138, 168, 197–98, 206, 213, 222, 259, 384, 415
Picower, Jeffrey, 236
Pictet & Cie., 77, 85
Pincus & Co., 146–47
Piper & Marbury, 300
Pitt, Harvey, 276–77, 286–88, 290, 291–94, 297, 325, 326, 328, 329–30, 335, 339, 364, 373–74
Bank Leu visit of, 280–81
Boesky debriefed by, 320–25
Meier’s meetings with, 278–80, 283–85
SEC negotiations of, 286–88, 291–93
Pletscher, Bruno, 276, 278, 280, 281–83, 287, 292–93, 294, 295, 298
/> “point,” explanation of, 55
“poison pill,” 166
Pollack, Milton, 461
Pomerantz, Mark, 368
Posner, Steven, 119–20, 461
Posner, Victor, 119–27, 132, 133–34, 236, 344, 364, 412, 461, 542n
background of, 119
Engel and, 121, 130
Fischbach takeover and, 121–26
National Can deal with, 126–27, 129–30
SEC suit against, 119
Powell, Adam Clayton, 363
Pownall, Thomas, 17
Predators’ Ball, 19, 222, 255, 414, 435, 443, 446, 480, 496–97, 499
evolution of, 134–37
Predators’ Ball, The (Bruck), 446–48, 467
Prime Computer, 499
Princeton-Newport Partners, 194, 406–8, 434, 436, 450, 484, 490, 494, 528
government raid of, 409–12
incriminating tapes of, 411–12, 462–63
Pritzker, Jay, 260
Pritzker, Robert, 260
Pritzker family, 120
Puccio, Thomas, 508–9, 513–14
Queen Elizabeth II, 264–65
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) (1970), 371, 450, 467, 471, 473, 478–79, 488, 528
Milken on, 488
Raiders of the Lost Ark (film), 460
Rainwater, Richard, 181
Rakoff, Jed, 273, 352–58, 359, 364, 386, 389, 396, 399, 402, 434–35, 491, 496, 515
Rapid-American Corporation, 45
Rather, Dan, 35
Rattner, Steven, 88
Rauch, Michael, 280–81, 282, 284, 291, 293, 294, 322–23, 325
Ray, Johnny, 45, 340
Reagan, Ronald, 96, 97, 228, 273, 439
Regan, Donald, 96
Regan, James, 194, 406, 408, 411, 435, 450, 484, 490–91, 494, 507, 530
Reich, Ilan, 91, 145–49, 153, 253, 254, 309–14, 350, 353
American-Jewel deal and, 145
background and personality of, 82–84
Clabir-HMW takeover and, 142, 143, 144–45
guilty plea of, 317
Levine’s relationship with, 81–87, 92–93, 144–45, 147, 148, 314–15
in prison, 529
SEC subpoena of, 316–17
sentencing of, 317
suicidal episode of, 304, 314
Reich, Yaron, 82–83
“restricted lists,” 175, 187
Revlon, 38, 222, 244, 246, 298, 365
Revson, Charles, 38
R. H. Macy, 199–200, 244
Riklis, Meshulam, 45, 54, 130, 235, 498
Ritch, Hal, 189–92, 251, 391, 401
River Club, 192
R. J. Reynolds, 158
RJR Nabisco, 470–71, 476, 480
Roberts, George, 200, 259, 388
Robinson, Jim, 439
Robinson, Lake, Lerer & Montgomery, 438–43, 446–47, 467–68, 476, 490, 497–98, 504, 508, 510, 516, 519–20, 533
Robinson, Linda Gosden, 438–41, 442–43, 446–47, 460, 468, 469–70, 476, 510
Roche, John T. “Jack,” 183–84, 381, 393, 394, 400, 554n
Rockefeller family, 192
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