DiCaprio and Kim Kardashian questioned over fugitive financier: ‘My man’

The stars were at the center of one of the biggest corruption scandals

The FBI has questioned actor Leonardo DiCaprio over links to a fugitive Malaysian financier. According to the report, the materials available show that the Hollywood star had a relationship with Jho Low, in connection with the investment fund scandal, and Kim Kardashian was also questioned.

New details have surfaced about actor Leonardo DiCaprio’s links to fugitive Malaysian financier Jho Low, now wanted by international authorities for his links to one of the world’s biggest corruption scandals.

Bloomberg Thursday revealed previously undisclosed details from FBI documents in which authorities questioned DiCaprio in 2018 about his relationship with Lowe, who is accused of being involved in a more than $4.5 billion money-laundering scheme that was taken out of a state-run investment firm. Malaysia Foundation, also known as 1MDB.

According to the report, Leonardo DiCaprio met Lowe at a nightclub in 2010 and the two developed a close relationship.

“I worked for him… and this business also involves communication. And so we saw each other more often and there was more interaction,” DiCaprio told the grand jury, according to the report.

At one point, the two of them discussed the idea of ​​creating a $1 billion megafund to further filmmaking, as well as a Warner Bros theme park in Asia with rides inspired by DiCaprio films. Leonardo DiCaprio and Lowe also discussed the development of an eco-friendly resort in Belize.

According to the report, DiCaprio introduced Low as “my man,” while Low called DiCaprio “L-Dogg.” The report states that the two also met each other’s mothers.

In addition to funding DiCaprio’s 2013 Oscar-nominated film The Wolf of Wall Street, which starred DiCaprio, Lowe also showered DiCaprio with various lavish gifts. According to the report, they included a $600,000 Oscar statuette by Marlon Brandon and a $9 million painting by Jean-Michel Basquiat.

According to a 2018 New York Times report, DiCaprio returned these gifts to the authorities after an investigation into Law’s alleged siphoning of billions of dollars from a Malaysian fund.

During FBI interrogations, Leonardo DiCaprio revealed that he was told that Lowe’s wealth came from an unknown “whale of whales” in Abu Dhabi, and that Lowe was the “Mozart of the business world.”

The Bloomberg report also revealed details from FBI agent interviews with Kim Kardashian about her interactions with Lowe. Kardashian told investigators that she once stayed up until 5 a.m. at a Las Vegas casino with Lowe, where he rejected her attempts to return her $350,000 winnings.

“When Kardashian went to the casino counter to cash out, we learned that she had about $350,000 in chips. The Kardashians were handed a trash bag full of $100 bills valued at $250,000,” the documents say.

In 2021, the Justice Department accused Lowe, who is believed to be hiding in China, of “covert lobbying” to influence the government to stop investigating him and others involved in the 1MDB investment fund scandal.