1MDB: Leissner's forfeited Celcius shares belong to me, ex-wife tells court

Shuman VasuPublished: May 6, 2023 2:28 AM | Updated: May 6, 2023 2:36 AM

Model cum entrepreneur Kimora Lee Simmons has claimed that shares worth about US$93 million (RM413 million) that a US court ordered her ex-husband Tim Leissner to forfeit in connection with the 1MDB scandal actually belonged to her.

In a filing before a federal judge in Brooklyn, New York on Friday, Simmons said that the 892,732 shares in Celsius Holdings Inc, a fitness drink maker, were purchased with her money earned from her modeling career and her Baby Phat clothing line.

“Simmons has established that...

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