The billionaire is enthusiastic about his mission — to find justice for the men wronged by MeToo.
Inside a stuffy Los Angeles Superior courtroom, Alkiviades “Alki” David, the British-Greek billionaire heir to a Coca-Cola bottling fortune, held forth, stomping around in Louis Vuitton combat boots, purple jeans and a Ramones T-shirt that did little to conceal his body atlas of tattoos. David, who is the man behind the dead-celebrity-resuscitator Hologram USA and a slew of internet streaming services, was representing himself against accusations of sexual harassment.
The Taylor sexual harassment case was one of seven filed against David since 2012. Many are set to go to trial this year; a suit filed in 2016 was settled out of court. In April, a California jury ordered David to pay another employee, Chasity Jones,More Column One stories “Being disruptive is invention is creation is the essence of what we are,” says Alki David, with the Billie Holiday Hologram Show behind him.
The man who calls himself the “Pablo Escobar of Hemp,” first has to sort out legal troubles on the island of St. Kitts. In May, David was arrested for allegedly smuggling some $1.3 million worth of cannabis plants, seeds and products on a private jet. He posted $220,000 in bail and pleaded not guilty to the charges, which he attributed to a misunderstanding.
Eventually, David settled with the networks for $1.6 million and with Diller, who declined to comment. “Remember I was like a Greek kid from London… just trying to cause trouble and make a name,” David recalled. “So this seemed like a good idea.” “Mr. David is obsessed with me and my mother but that’s not what the case is about,” said Bloom during the Taylor trial.Bloom has come under fire recently thanks to revelations in “She Said,” the new book by New York Times reporters Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey, that when Bloom was representing Harvey Weinstein as he faced accusations of sexual misconduct she offered to help discredit his accusers. Bloom later tweeted an apology, saying she had made a mistake. She declined to comment further.
In her complaint, Jones chronicled many occasions when she said David inappropriately rubbed her neck and shoulders without her consent and rubbed his crotch against her butt. She also described an incident when David called her into his office to ask about her sick mother and then proceeded to put his hand under her skirt.
Throughout the trial, an entertainment blog called Shockya! published near-daily coverage, inarguably favorable to David with headlines like “Alki David Strikes Blow Against Lisa Bloom’s Fake #MeToo Machine.” Thelists its owner as David’s Anakando Media Group. When asked if he owned the site, David said, “I plead the Fifth.”
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