Kimora Lee Simmons is refusing to move out of her $25 million Beverly Hills mansion that was bought with stolen money.
The 50-year-old entrepreneur and reality TV personality lived in the home with her ex-husband, Tim Leissner, who purchased the house with money he stole from 1MDB — a Malaysian sovereign wealth fund.
The lavish, 7-bedroom, 9-bath mansion can be seen on Kimora’s new reality TV series, “Kimora: Back in the Fab Lane.”
She claims her ex-husband – a former Goldman Sachs banker – sold the house without her permission. The new owners want to take possession of the home – but Kimora says she’s not leaving.
In 2022, Leissner testified under oath that he bought the property with $25 million that he stole from the Malaysian people.
His former Goldman Sachs colleague, Roger Ng, is serving a 10-year prison sentence for his role in the fraud.
But the mastermind of the fraud, a Wharton dropout named Jho Low is currently a fugitive on the run.
Low maintains his innocence but he surrendered around $700 million in assets to the U.S. Department of Justice.
Actor Leonardo DiCaprio, who was gifted millions of dollars in art and property by Low, surrendered paintings by Picasso and Basquiat worth a combined $12.2 million to the DOJ.
DiCaprio also turned over to the U.S. government Marlon Brando’s Oscar Award worth $600,000 that was given to him by Low.
