Thread by @WendySiegelman

Thread on Paolo Zampolli, a close friend of the Trumps who managed Melania's modeling career and claims he introduced her to Donald

Zampolli has links to Trump's real estate business including Trump Soho and an interesting link to Icelandic group that financed Trump & Bayrock

Paolo Zampolli was a partner at modeling agency Metropolitan Models and secured a work visa for Melania Knauss (Trump) in the 1990s
cbsnews.com/news/former-mo…

Zampolli says he introduced Melania to Donald and, per this NY Times article, after the modeling business Zampolli entered the real estate business as Trump's director of international development before Zampolli went on to found Paramount Group

nytimes.com/2016/09/01/fas…

Zampolli's Paramount Group, short for The Paramount Realty Group of America Corp, did business with Trump Soho partners Bayrock and The Sapir Organization, here's a sales commission invoice posted by @USseriously

https://twitter.com/USseriously/status/1116065017852563458?s=20

As @usseriously noted Paolo Zampolli's company Paramount sold 14 units at Trump Soho to Magda Pozzo and Giampaolo Pozzo for $10,856,547

He and Trump Soho partners Bayrock Group and Bayrock/Sapir were sued for fraud for taking another broker's commission

https://twitter.com/USseriously/status/1116069856556797955?s=20

Here are some of the 2015 legal filings in lawsuit by Domus Arbiter Realty Corp - related to the 2013 sale of 14 Trump Soho units for $10.8 million - against Paolo Zampolli, Paramount, Bayrock/Sapir and others HT @usseriously

iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDoc…

iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDoc…

Here's my chart showing key partners in Trump Soho deal

While I followed Trump Soho closely, I had missed info above about Paolo Zampolli's involvement through his company Paramount Realty Group of America Corp & this week found another interesting item
wsiegelman.medium.com/trump-soho-dra…

A 2010 story said Zampolli's Paramount sued an Icelandic couple for installing a cheap IKEA kitchen in his rental

The husband sued, Jón Ásgeir Jóhannesson, had run Baugur Group a co-owner of FL Group which financed several Trump deals including Trump Soho
nbcnews.com/id/wbna35583786

This 2007 press release described the joint venture agreement between FL Group and Bayrock Group to invest $50 million in US based real estate projects including Trump Soho, Trump Lauderdale and others - and notes that Baugur was 18% owner of FL Group

globenewswire.com/news-release/2…

After 2008 financial crash Baugur's Jon Asgeir Johannesson was charged with criminal offenses & later found guilty of tax evasion

In 2010 he told London judge he only had 1 mil pounds despite recently paying off $10 mil mortgage on Gramercy Park apartment
nypost.com/2010/07/27/gra…

This piece by @sigrunda provides an excellent overview of the financial connections between Trump, Bayrock and FL Group - and the role Jón Ásgeir Jóhannesson had at Baugur starting in 2002 in creating FL Group

medium.com/@sigrunda/icel…

There's nothing showing Paolo Zampolli had business ties to Jón Ásgeir Jóhannesson other than renting an apartment and suing Jón & his wife

But it's interesting he was their tenant & Baugur co-owned FL Group which financed Trump Soho & Zampolli later sold units at Trump Soho

I first learned about Paolo Zampolli from @annmarlowe - he is often featured on Fashion TV, which is an international fashion station that is part owned by Russian billionaire Oleg Boyko

https://twitter.com/annmarlowe/status/959284461912260608?s=20

Paolo Zampolli makes a small cameo appearance in this story by @AnnMarlowe on how Cambridge Analytica fueled a shady global passport bonanza

https://twitter.com/annmarlowe/status/1153124224082616329?s=20

Zampolli also partnered in charity joint venture with Ghislaine Maxwell per @annmarlowe

https://twitter.com/annmarlowe/status/1153123339357052929?s=20

Thanks to @braisincapital who initially mentioned Zampolli's company Paramount and the Trump Soho lawsuit to me, which led me to docs posted by @USseriously

https://twitter.com/WendySiegelman/status/1446952271435255817?s=20

A more recent update on Zampolli who moved to DC the end of 2020 and mingled with Erik Prince

https://twitter.com/WendySiegelman/status/1321263223874723840?s=20

Bizarre 2013 story HT @braisincapital

18 oversized fiberglass tigers worth total $635,000 were stolen from Zampolli's Gramercy Park home while he was at Art Basel

They were stolen on a flatbed truck

Zampolli planned to donate 4 tigers to the Kremlin

pagesix.com/2013/03/04/tig…

The bizarre stories continue per @StacyJannis Paolo Zampolli & Tether founder Brock Pierce - who hired ex Cambridge Analytica exec Brittany Kaiser as his campaign manager for his 2020 presidential run - recently burned a valuable painting to create an NFT

https://twitter.com/StacyJannis/status/1446964230448685064?s=20

https://twitter.com/WendySiegelman/status/1284220084702138369?s=20

Interesting item in Zampolli thread by @DerWouter - in 2015 around same time Zampolli was being sued for allegedly taking another broker's commission at Trump Soho - he was sued by Douglas Elliman for hiding $4 million in commissions

https://twitter.com/DerWouter/status/890403823352774657?s=20

Photo from @DerWouter from Fashion TV shows Paulo Zampolli hosting a party with guest Rotem Rosen

Rotem Rosen was in Trump Soho chart above & partnered with Alex Sapir & Bayrock

Rosen was married at Mar-a-Lago & was in Moscow w/Trump & Sapir in 2013

https://twitter.com/DerWouter/status/890416354892931072?s=20

In 2013 Paolo Zampolli, Rotem Rosen and Alex Sapir all partnered with Michele Luzzo to open kosher Pizza Luzzo

nypost.com/2013/09/15/kos…

This 2012 story describes two deals that Paolo Zampolli brokered with Rotem Rosen and Alex Sapir to open Japanese restaurant Zuma and and to open Koi Soho, in the Trump Soho hotel

nypost.com/2012/09/17/jap…

In 2015 Alex Sapir and Rotem Rosen bought a Madison Ave. townhouse for $18.5M where they planned to build a 10-story luxury condo building with retail and a restaurant

Paramount Realty Group's Paolo Zampolli represented the buyers in the deal

therealdeal.com/2015/02/02/sap…

This thread is jumping around a bit, here's more @USseriously just shared with me

Zampolli referred at least three different victims of Harvey Weinstein to Weinstein’s lawyer Brafman under the guise that he was representing women against Weinstein

https://twitter.com/USseriously/status/1116144022689595392?s=20