Because John Duffy, the Chief Executive Officer of investment bank Keefe, Bruyette & Woods is a married man, some people, such his estranged wife, would like to know why he “lavished millions of dollars’ worth of homes, jewelry and sexy outfits from Victoria’s Secret on stunning women in three different countries.” Kathy Duffy thinks she already has the answer (the trinkets were part of his “public and notorious adulterous relationships”) and for that reason has chosen to demand more than $20 million in divorce proceedings that have taken place so far. But she’s wrong! John AKA “Duff” wasn’t cheating on her with these ladies and his reason doesn’t even involve invoking the law of different area codes. Those homes he bought in Yonkers and CT? Those Rolexes and “educational supplies” and the mesh chaps? Those weren’t gifts for his gal-pals, those were investments! Continue reading »
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Formula 1 Heiress Views Buying Aaron Spelling’s $85 Million House A “Great Investment”
By Bess Levin
Last month, the California housing market got a huge boost when the younger daughter of Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone decided to buy Candy Spelling’s 57,000 square foot house. At the time we noted that despite what the haters had to say (that this was “a gift from daddy to his spoiled little girl”), Petra clearly purchased the spread not simply because it’d be a nice vacation house when she visits the states (her primary residence is a a six-story house in London’s Chelsea neighborhood purchased for £56 million) but as a shrewd business decision that would be a boon not only to California but her own portfolio. Over the weekend, Ecclestone confirmed just that, telling an interviewer “It was a great investment. It’s prime real estate and I got a really good deal.” Continue reading »