No one knows and Avenatti won’t say.
If you’ve read up on Avenatti at all, he is a fan of racing and has raced professionally in the past — with Saudi royalty.
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Prince Turki isn’t just any member of Saudi royalty. He lead Saudi Arabia’s intelligence agency for 24 years until the 9/11 attacks.
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NYT also asserts both men “have strong diplomatic and business ties to the United States.”
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Why won’t Avenatti acknowledge these connections?
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