Leonardo DiCaprio was in Washington Monday - not to press lawmakers on his environmental causes or to film another blockbuster hit, but rather to testify in a political corruption trial featuring a 90s hip-hop star and a disgraced Malaysian financier.
star, called to testify by the prosecution, is not accused of wrongdoing in what has become one of the biggest embezzlement cases in the world.
DiCaprio said he and Low first met around 2010 at a party in Las Vegas, though the actor, smiling, said he didn't quite remember everything from the evening. "I understood him to be a huge businessman with many different connections in Abu Dhabi, Malaysia... a sort of prodigy in the business world, incredibly successful," said DiCaprio.When Low eventually expressed interest in financing DiCaprio's 2013 film, the actor's lawyers and a private detective looked into the Malaysian financier, who is also known as Jho Low. They ultimately gave a thumbs-up on the deal.
Low, who is said to have fled to China and remains at large, allegedly used the 1MDB funds to subsidise his luxurious lifestyle, invest in DiCaprio's film, rub shoulders with the rich and famous and influence politics.
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