Helly Nahmad is out of the clinker. Leonardo DiCaprio’s best friend– and his second friend to go to federal prison– is out and about. The New York Observer reports that Helly got out early. He only served five months of a one year-and-a-day sentence, is now in a Bronx half way house. He may come and go to work, and soon will be free to resume his high flying life.
Benjamin Brafman represented him, the same guy who got Diddy/Sean Combs out of his famous shoot-em-up deal years ago. If you’re ever in trouble and can post Brafman’s retainer, he’s the guy. Art dealer Helly participated in a worldwide gambling scheme. He used $1.5 million of his dad’s money to do it. And yet, the Nahmad Gallery is booming award at Madison and 76th. They had a big set up at Art Basel, and even bigger one in Paris at FIAC.
Anyway, jail is so boring. By New Year’s we’ll see Helly in pix from St. Bart’s. Justice!…
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Meantime, Annette Bongiorno, Bernie Madoff’s assistant, is going to jail for six years. The judge said she knew exactly what was going on, or looked away so Madoff could get away with his crimes. The six year sentence is short, but so is Bongiorno. The judge said he was being lenient because Bongiorno’s height could get her into trouble in jail. Keep that in mind, all short people, when you’re thinking of breaking federal laws!
Meantime, innocent people with no money go to prison for years. They either die there or are saved by the Innocence Project. Then they get out of jail and die. That is life.
