BMW heiress blackmailed by survivor's grandson
Reports are surfacing from Munich where Susanne Klatten, the richest woman in Germany and heiress to the Quandt family fortune, is alleging she has been blackmailed. The Quandt family, which owns controlling interest in BMW, was outed in a recent documentary outlining the family's wartime activities that included close ties with Adolf Hitler and the use of slave labor during the Holocaust to make batteries and munitions for the Nazis.
According to the reports, Klatten, now married with three children, met a man in a bar with whom she entered into an affair. With the aid of an accomplice, the man secretly filmed their encounters and tried to extort some $51 million from Klatten to keep the matter quiet. The accused blackmailer, Helg Sgarbi, has reportedly done the same with other wealthy German women, but in this instance has claimed motives stemming from his Jewish grandfather's subjugation in the Quandt's factories during the Holocaust. Klatten approached state prosecutors when the ransom demands grew, and Sgarbi is now being held in police custody.
[Source: Inside Line]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
LoneWolf 8:57AM (11/07/2008)
Old news.
Reply
John P. 9:26AM (11/07/2008)
This Helg dude must have some great pick-up lines. He should write a book.
Reply
DJ 9:42AM (11/07/2008)
One of the richest women in the world needs to find sexual companionship in a bar? Doesn't she own a computer? Hasn't she ever heard of CraigsList or e-Harmony.com?
Reply
ken_aisin 9:59AM (11/07/2008)
So you use craigslist or e-Harmony to find someone for an affair? ;)
Just to clarify, CraigsList is sometimes used for prostitution, while e-Harmony.com is for serious relationship with commitment.
dukeisduke 10:06AM (11/07/2008)
This guy claimed to be a wealthy Swiss, when in reality he worked in a restaurant.
Reply
Carlos 10:35AM (11/07/2008)
Where is the link to said video?
Reply
Nick 3:43PM (11/07/2008)
Actually, he pressed around €41m, but the very dumb part of the story is that the not-really-attractive guy previously achieved to successfully extort €7million .... which had to be satisfying enough regarding his 'looks'
Reply
Fyrewerx 8:37PM (11/07/2008)
I smell the makings of a blockbuster movie.
Reply
Richard 8:46AM (11/08/2008)
This is a bit out of date - read about this in local papers around 1 week ago!
Reply