Jury Convicts Former Rapper In Plot to Funnel Illegal Campaign Donations to Obama

The actor, who is not under suspicion for any illegal actions, informed the jurors that he met Low in 2010 and was present at numerous lavish parties hosted by the financier. Low’s parties, held at upscale nightclubs and luxury yachts, were attended by A-listers like Alicia Keys, Paris Hilton, and Britney Spears. Low’s influence was so extensive that Spears once emerged from a cake to offer him birthday wishes.

“I understood [Low] to be a huge businessman with many different connections in Abu Dhabi and Malaysia… He was a prodigy in the business world and ultra-successful,” DiCaprio testified in court.

As for the American political connection, “Michel allegedly took large sums of dirty money from Low then donated the cash through straw donors to Obama’s 2012 reelection campaign,” the Daily Mail reports.