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How Jordan Belfort's 37m superyacht Nadine sank off the coast of Sardinia

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Coco Chanel was famously outspoken on many things, but yachting, in particular, attracted her ire. “As soon as you set foot on a yacht you belong to some man, not to yourself, and you die of boredom,” she was once quoted as saying.

Her solution was to buy her own yacht. A 37m with a steel hull, built by the Dutch yard Witsen & Vis of Alkmaar. The yacht passed through many hands, finally ending up belonging to the Wolf of Wall Street, Jordan Belfort, on whose watch she foundered and sank in 1996.

The yacht was originally built for a Frenchman under the name Mathilde , but he backed out and she caught Chanel’s eye instead. With a narrow beam, a high bow and the long, low superstructure typical of Dutch yachts of her era, she was certainly a beautiful boat. But she was also well equipped, with five staterooms in dark teak panelling, magnificent dining facilities, room for big tenders and, later, a helipad. A frequent sight along the Florida coast, she caught the eye of a young skipper called Mark Elliott.

“In those days, she was the biggest yacht on the East Coast,” he remembers. “Nobody had ever seen anything like it. I needed a wrench once and went up to the boat - Captain Norm Dahl was really friendly.” He didn’t know it then, but Elliott was destined to become the skipper of the boat himself and was at the helm when the storm of the century took her to the bottom off Sardinia.

Coco Chanel died in 1971 and sometime thereafter the yacht was renamed Jan Pamela under the new ownership of Melvin Lane Powers. He was a flamboyant Houston real estate developer, fond of crocodile skin cowboy boots and acquitted of murder in a trial that gripped the nation.

Powers sent Jan Pamela to Merrill Stevens yard in Miami, where a mammoth seven-metre section was added amidships. “We made templates for the boat where we were going to cut her in half, then she went out for another charter season,” remembers Whit Kirtland, son of the yard owner. “When the boat came back in, we cut it just forward of the engine room, rolled the two sections apart and welded it in.”

He remembers how the sun’s heat made the bare and painted metal expand at different rates. “You had to weld during certain time periods – early in the morning or late at night,” says Kirtland.

The result of the extension was a huge new seven-metre full-beam master stateroom, an extra salon and one further cabin – pushing the charter capacity to seven staterooms. During this refit, the boat’s colour was also changed from white to taupe. “No one had really done it before and it was gorgeous,” says Elliott. By 1983, Powers was bankrupt and the yacht was sold on again. She next shows up named Edgewater .

Elliott’s chance came in 1989. He was working for the established yacht owner Bernie Little, who ran a hugely profitable distribution business for Bud brewer Anheuser-Busch. “Bernie Little had always wanted to own the boat,” Elliott says. “He loved it. He bought it sight unseen – and I started a huge restoration programme, including another extension to put three metres in the cockpit.”

It was a massive task, undertaken at Miami Ship. “We pulled out all the windows, re-chromed everything, repainted – brought it back to life,” says Elliott. They also cut out old twin diesels from GM and replaced them with bigger CAT engines, doubling her horsepower to 800. “Repowered, she could cruise at up to 20 knots. She was long and skinny, like a destroyer.”

A smart hydraulic feature was also brought to life for the first time. Under two of the sofas in the main stateroom were hidden 3.6m x 1.2m glass panels giving a view of the sea under the boat. At the push of a button, the sofas lifted up and mirrors above allowed you to gaze at the seabed – from the actual bed.

Now called Big Eagle , like all of Little’s boats, she was a charter hit and her top client was a certain New York financier named Jordan Belfort. He fell in love with her and begged Little to sell to him. But he needed to secure financing, and in 1995, Little agreed to hold a note on the boat for a year if Mark Elliott stayed on as skipper.

With the boat rechristened Nadine after his wife, Belfort set about another round of refit work, restyling the interior with vintage deco and lots of mirrors, extending the upper deck this time, and fitting a crane capable of raising and stowing the Turbine Seawind seaplane.

Nadine also carried a helicopter, a 10m Intrepid tender, two 6m dinghies on the bow, four motorbikes, six jetskis, state-of-the-art dive gear. “You pretty much needed an air traffic controller when all these things were in the water,” says Elliott.

Belfort’s partying was legendary and Elliott clearly saw eye-watering things on board, but as far as he was concerned, he was there to safeguard the boat. “When Jordan Belfort became the owner, he could do whatever he wanted. I was there to protect the note,” says Elliott. “He is a brilliant mind and a lovely person. It was just when he was in his party mode, he was out of control.”

Nadine and her huge cohort of toys and vehicles plied all the usual yachting haunts on both sides of the Atlantic. But Belfort’s love story was to be short-lived. Disaster struck with the boss and guests on board during an 85-mile crossing between Civitavecchia in Italy and Calle de Volpe on Sardinia.

What was forecast to be a 20-knot blow and moderate seas degenerated into a violent 70-knot storm with crests towering above 10.6m, according to Elliott. Wave after wave pounded the superstructure, stoving in hatches and windows so that water poured below and made the boat sluggish. By a miracle the engine room remained dry and they could maintain steerage way, motoring slowly through the black of the night as rescue attempt after rescue attempt was called off.

Nadine eventually sank at dawn in over 1000m of water just 20 miles from the coast of Sardinia. Everyone had been taken off by helicopter, and there was no loss of life. Captain Mark Elliott was roundly congratulated for his handling of the incident. “The insurance paid immediately because it was the storm of the century,” he says. “I took the whole crew but one with me to [Little’s next boat] Star Ship . That was my way to come back.”

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How Accurate Is The Wolf of Wall Street ?

For  The Wolf of Wall Street , his latest collaboration with Leonardo DiCaprio, Martin Scorsese forewent his signature voiceover style in favor of more direct address: Throughout the movie, DiCaprio, playing the lupine financial huckster Jordan Belfort, looks into the camera and speaks right to the audience. Terence Winter, who wrote the screenplay, explains the use of the technique thusly: “ You are being sold the Jordan Belfort story by Jordan Belfort , and he is a very unreliable narrator.”

It’s important to keep that in mind if you decide to dig into the fact and fiction of the film.  The Wolf of Wall Street  is quite faithful to the book by Belfort that it’s based on —though there are differences; the key ones are enumerated below. But how faithful is that book to reality?

It can be hard to tell, especially since some of its more outlandish tales turn out to be true. Nonetheless, below is an attempt to suss out the true-to-life from the merely true-to-Belfort in the film version of his story.

Jordan Belfort (Leonardo DiCaprio)

Leonardo DiCaprio, left, as Jordan Belfort, right

Courtesy of Paramount Pictures / Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images

The broad outlines of Belfort’s story are faithfully rendered by the film: A talented but struggling salesman from Long Island, he got a job at venerable investment firm L.F. Rothschild, then was laid off after Black Monday . He went to work at Investors Center, a penny stock house, and a year later opened “ a franchise of Stratton Securities , a minor league broker-dealer,” in “a friend’s car dealership in Queens.” He and his partner earned enough to buy out Stratton and form Stratton Oakmont, which he built into one of the largest over-the-counter brokerage firms in the country. (As in the movie, he hired some old friends .) He did an enormous amount of drugs—including, yes, Lemmon 714s —employed the services of countless prostitutes, and eventually went to prison for the pump-and-dump schemes that made him rich.

Much of DiCaprio’s dialogue comes straight from Belfort’s book, as do nearly all of the hard-to-believe misadventures: landing the helicopter on his lawn while stoned, crashing his car while severely high on Quaaludes, insisting that the captain of his massive yacht sail through choppy waters only to have the boat capsize and then get rescued by the Italian navy. Some of these stories are difficult to verify, but, for what it’s worth, the FBI agent who investigated Belfort told the New York Times , “I tracked this guy for ten years, and everything he wrote is true .” (Even  the yacht story checks out .) As for the much discussed tossing of little people, shown at the beginning of the movie: Belfort’s second-in-command says “ we never abused [or threw] the midgets in the office ; we were friendly to them.” That same former exec says there were never any animals in the office, let alone a chimpanzee, and he says that no one called Belfort “the Wolf.” We know, at least, that the nickname was not coined by a Forbes writer . But, for the most part, it’s  Belfort’s word  against his. 

As far as I can tell, Belfort is not a particular advocate of “ sell me this pen ,” a bit of sales interview role-playing that has been around for years . Another minor but notable difference between movie and reality: Belfort, unlike DiCaprio, is a short man, and multiple acquaintances have suggested that his lust for money, power, and attention are evidence of a Napoleon complex . As for the fidelity of DiCaprio’s portrayal otherwise, there are many videos of Belfort you can watch online, including one or two of Stratton Oakmont company parties .

Danny Porush/Donnie Azoff (Jonah Hill)

Photo courtesy Mary Cybulski/Paramount Pictures; Photo courtesy DannyPorush.com

The case of Donnie Azoff (Jonah Hill) is more complicated. For one thing, Azoff is a fictional name, and the character is sometimes described as a composite. His story closely matches that of Danny Porush—but Porush himself has disputed some of the details . Here are the basic facts: Porush lived in Belfort’s building, and he went to work as a trainee under Belfort before Stratton Oakmont. As History vs. Hollywood notes, he did not meet Belfort in a restaurant ; they were introduced by Porush’s wife (and yes,  she was his cousin ; they have since divorced). He has admitted to eating a live goldfish that belonged to a Stratton employee, as depicted in the memoir and the movie, but denies the  three-way with Belfort and a teenaged employee .

Porush was indeed a childhood friend of Steve Madden’s, and the initial public offering for that women’s shoe company was the biggest bit of business Stratton Oakmont ever did. Madden, like Porush and Belfort, served time in prison for participating in the Stratton scheme.

Nadine/Naomi (Margot Robbie)

Photo courtesy Mary Cybulski/Paramount Pictures; Home video still/CNN/YouTube

The names of Belfort’s wives were also changed for the film. Belfort divorced Denise Lombardo, called Teresa in the movie, after meeting Nadine Caridi at a Stratton Oakmont party . Caridi, called Naomi and played by Margot Robbie, was a model who had appeared in beer commercials; in the book, Befort calls her “the Miller Lite girl.” (You can see one of her ads below.) In both the book and the movie Belfort calls her the Duchess of Bay Ridge (or just the Duchess, for short), because she was born in England but grew up in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. She really did have an English aunt (named Patricia, not Emma) who smuggled money into Switzerland on Belfort’s behalf, and who died while Belfort’s money was still in Swiss banks. (Belfort also had a drug-dealing friend with Swiss in-laws who did much of the smuggling—and that friend was later arrested after a botched money hand-off with Porush , just as we see in the movie.)

The scene in which Naomi spreads her legs open and tells Jordan he won’t be getting sex any time soon , only to learn that she is in full view of a security camera, is taken right from the book—as is the fight in which she throws water at her husband repeatedly. Belfort acknowledges hitting his wife in the memoir; he says he kicked her down the stairs. He also threatened to take their daughter away, putting her in the car with him and then crashing it into a pillar on their property. He was high.

Belfort and Caridi have since divorced.

Mark Hanna (Matthew McConaughey)

Graphic by Slate. Images courtesy courtesy of YouTube, Paramount Pictures.

The L.F. Rothschild trader who takes Jordan to lunch and tells him that cocaine and masturbation are the keys to success as a stockbroker is based on a real person whose name is not changed in the movie or the book. Mark Hanna has told his own version of the story on YouTube , and he does not seem to dispute the substance of Belfort’s account. (The lunch scene in the film combines two conversations from the memoir, using nearly identical dialogue.) Hanna himself was later convicted of stock fraud . He did not pound his chest and hum rhythmically, as McConaughey does so memorably in the movie; that flourish is based on an acting exercise that McConaughey likes to do , and was, according to the movie’s press notes, incorporated into the film after DiCaprio and Scorsese noticed the actor doing it on set.

Special Agent Gregory Coleman/Patrick Denham (Kyle Chandler)

Courtesy WolfofWallStreet.com/Photo courtesy Mary Cybulski/Paramount Pictures

Patrick Denham is another made-up name, but there really was an FBI agent who followed Belfort closely for years: Gregory Coleman. He told CNBC in 2007 that he was struck by the “ blatantness ” of Belfort’s financial crimes. As far as I can tell, they did not meet on Belfort’s yacht, as the movie suggests ; in the book, Belfort first meets Coleman when the FBI arrives to arrest Belfort at his home. (The arrest did not take place while Belfort filmed an infomercial—that’s a bit of poetic license on Scorsese’s part.)

The Aftermath After his arrest and indictment, Belfort cooperated with the FBI. In the film, Jordan, while wearing a wire, passes a note to Donnie telling him not to incriminate himself. Belfort did not pass such a note to Porush, but, in his second book, Catching the Wolf of Wall Street , he claims to have done just this for his friend Dave Beall . He ultimately served 22 months in prison and was ordered to pay over $100 million in restitution to his victims ( which he has apparently failed to do ). As the film depicts, he became a motivational speaker after leaving prison; at the seminar in the movie, DiCaprio as Jordan is introduced by the real Jordan Belfort (and, in real life, the actor has filmed a testimonial for Belfort ). Belfort is not the only real-life participant to show up in the movie: A private investigator that Belfort employed, Richard “Bo” Dietl, is also in the film; he plays himself.

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Jordan Belfort Yacht: The True Story and The Wolf of Wall Street Version

The true Jordan Belfort yacht story is as strange and unbelievable as the hit movie The Wolf of Wall Street depicts it to be. There are several insider stories behind the sinking of the mighty yacht that are not widely known but are quite interesting and different from the reel version in several ways.

What happened to the Jordan Belfort yacht Nadine?

As the movie, The Wolf of Wall Street shows, the superyacht Nadine sank close to the coast of Sardinia in 1997 while battling what many calls “the storm of the century”. Jordan Belfort narrates the event in detail in the memoir describing his life in the 90s, which is what the Martin Scorsese movie is about.

Before getting into the details of the sinking, it is worth noting that the 37m yacht had a long and interesting history. She carried renowned celebrities like Coco Chanel before reaching Jordan Belfort (played by Leonardo DiCaprio in the movie) and was one of the largest yachts in the East Coast’s waters.

While the yacht was initially manufactured for a French native and given the name Matilda, he backed out of the deal. This led Coco Chanel to buy the beautiful yacht with the low superstructure that Dutch yachts are famous for.

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The yacht took on different names as it passed through famous hands, even those of the murder trial acquitted Melvin Lane Powers. Belfort named the yacht after his wife and renovated it with the capacity to carry a helicopter, 6 Jetskis, 4 motorbikes, and much more. Under Belfort’s ownership, the yacht witnessed a series of wild parties that were like unlimited glamour and fun in a package until disaster struck unexpectedly.

Did the yacht scene in The Wolf of Wall Street actually happen?

The Jordan Belfort yacht sinking scene in The Wolf of Wall Street was heavily inspired by a real-life event, though the movie did take some creative liberties. For one, the yacht was called Naomi in the reel version since the name of Belfort’s wife (played by Margot Robbie ) was changed in the movie. In reality, the yacht was named Nadine.

The movie further depicts Belfort’s helicopter getting thrown off the yacht by strong waves. In reality, the yacht’s crew went up to the deck and pushed off the helicopter so that Italian navy seals would have a space to land. The yacht’s itinerary was altered a bit by the movie’s director Martin Scorsese to add to the drama, though the power of the storm was scarily accurate.

Belfort admitted that the yacht’s captain Mark Elliot explicitly warned them not to sail to Sardinia on that fateful night. But according to the movie, there was a business opportunity in the city that Belfort could not bear to miss out on despite his wife’s protests.

Some sources claim that in reality, the passengers were simply eager to hit the golf course at Sardinia the next morning. They refused to pay heed to the captain’s warning and asked him to go through the storm, which eventually led to the famous Jordan Belfort yacht sinking incident. Therefore, unfortunately, if someone wants to have a yacht rental in Dubai or any other destination, they have missed their chance with this yacht.

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Interesting insights on the sinking as portrayed in the movie

The movie captures the fear and stress that each passenger felt when the yacht got caught up in the 70-knot storm. There is some hilarity when Belfort starts yelling for his drugs to avoid the horror of dying sober.

Several rescue attempts were made, but due to rising risks, each of them was called off. By some twist of luck, the yacht’s engine room remained mostly undamaged for a while, because of which they were able to make their way through the sea.

In the end, everyone survived the incident without any major injuries. At dawn, the Nadine made its way 1000m under the water only 20 miles away from Sardinia’s coast. Now, the movie’s audience gets to watch the Jordan Belfort yacht story unfold on the screen with a pinch of humor.

The Nadine’s captain Mark Elliot’s heroic actions did not go unnoticed. He was praised for leading all the passengers to safety, though he was able to get out of the yacht only 10 minutes before it sank. The captain also admitted that the insurance was granted immediately considering the ferocity of the storm. As for the yacht, many still wonder about the highly expensive equipment that had to be thrown into the water and is probably rusting away at the bottom of the sea.

The best features of the Jordan Belfort yacht Nadine

The 167 ft Nadine, as its former passengers claim, was a beautiful yacht. When owned by Coco Chanel under the name Matilda, the yacht had five staterooms, large dining areas, and a helipad. The interiors were furnished with dark teak paneling. Each new owner customized the yacht’s name and interiors based on their tastes.

Belfort decorated the Nadine lavishly with a variety of mirrors and set a vintage deco theme. He renovated the upper deck to fit a crane that was able to stow his Turbine Seawind seaplane. The yacht carried the best dive gear available in the market plus a variety of Belfort’s ‘toys’ such as his motorbikes and jetskis.

Which model was portrayed as the Jordan Belfort yacht Nadine in the movie?

Martin Scorsese got the yacht Lady M to represent Nadine onscreen. While Nadine actually had a luxuriously vintage charm to it, Lady M is a modern vessel with contemporary features. Lady M was manufactured in 2022 by Intermarine Savannah, while Nadine was built in 1961 by Witsen & Wis. The 147 ft Lady M is currently worth $12 million and is similar to Benetti yachts in its glamorous design.

Jordan Belfort’s life today

The entrepreneur and speaker Jordan Belfort’s shenanigans are well-known thanks to his detailed memoir and the hit movie based on some parts of his life. He spent 2 years in prison and now, at 59 years of age, has a practically negative net worth. Yet, his extraordinary motivational speaking skills continue to attract and inspire people even today.

It is easy for anyone watching the movie to wonder if many of the incidents are exaggerated. But considering Belfort’s eccentric life, even the Nadine sinking incident remains another regular anecdote shared in the movie.

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Jordan Belfort's ex-wife speaks out on how accurate The Wolf of Wall Street portrayed their relationship

Nadine caridi was the inspiration for margot robbie's character in the wolf of wall street, and now she's offered her side on the hit film.

Nadine Caridi, the ex-wife of Jordan Belfort – better known to movie audiences as the Wolf of Wall Street – has lifted the lid on how accurate the movie was when depicting their relationship.

The film has been out for nine years now, so we don’t need to give you a spoiler alert on this front – but just know that the truth of the matter isn’t exactly like Martin Scorcese filmed it, according to the woman who inspired the character nicknamed ‘The Duchess’.

Portrayed by Margot Robbie in the film under the name Naomi Lapaglia, Caridi was married to Jordan Belfort – himself played by Leonardo DiCaprio – during the time that the film spans.

Of course, the film wasn’t supposed to be a true-to-life depiction of Caridi, but the comparisons are still evident.

Over the time of their marriage, Belfort embarked on a career defined by drugs, women, and white collar crime .

It didn’t end well for him, as he ended up spending a number of years in prison.

However, upon his release, he wrote the book that became the film and suddenly he has become a bit of a cult hero, despite not coming across as the nicest bloke in the world during the movie.

Anyway, since her split from Belfort, Caridi has moved on with her life significantly, and is able to reflect on some of the things that formed the plot of the movie.

On TikTok, she said: “So, can you imagine having a movie made about your life, about your love life, that was a Greek tragedy?

“It’s not fun, but guess what – I had that happen. How accurate was the movie?

“I think that if you look at it through Jordan’s lens it was really accurate.

“I think that if you look at it through my lens it wasn’t, and that makes sense because that was actually how our marriage was.

“However, I went to therapy, I became a therapist, actually got my PhD, and became an expert in relational trauma.

“And so, I am able to discern his truth, my truth, and everything in between, so stay and watch."

She’s right too – Caridi went from her life with Belfort to living in California with – she claims – no support from her husband.

Then, she enrolled at the Pacifica Graduate Institute and earned her Masters in counselling as well as a PhD in Somatic and Depth psychology.

She’s also remarried and is – as she rightly suggested – a relationship expert.

According to her YouTube channel Dr Nae’s Talking Bar, she shows off ‘people who thrived after overcoming challenging painful experiences and demonstrate how adversity transformed them, enrich their lives, and help them reach their unique potential.’

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Tom Wood is a LADbible journalist and Twin Peaks enthusiast. Despite having a career in football cut short by a chronic lack of talent, he managed to obtain degrees from both the University of London and Salford. According to his French teacher, at the weekend he mostly likes to play football and go to the park with his brother. Contact Tom on [email protected]

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Jordan Belfort’s Ex-Wife Nadine Caridi and Mother of His Two Kids

Nadine Caridi aka Dr. Nadine Macaluso is a former Britain model, who currently works as a marriage and family therapist. She is very famous for being a ex-wife of an American author and former stockbroker, Jordan Belfort. 

She was born on December 24, 1967, in London, England, UK, and her zodiac Scorpio.

Here are 10 facts about Nadine Caridi's life; 

What's her Net Worth? 

Nadine Caridi has accumulated a massive net worth of $2 million through her professional career as a marriage and family therapist. Her income from a previous modeling career also contributes to her huge fortune. 

In addition, Caridi's husband, John Macaluso has a huge net worth of $5 million as an entrepreneur based in New York City. 

Endorsement 

Nadini Caridi, who also has official website , has been endorsed by numbers of top companies like Miller Lite. She has been featured as a model in several Miller Lite ads including in the popular Miller Lite Monday Night Football commercials in 1990's.

Husband - John Macaluso 

The man behind Nadine Caridi's cheerful face is none other than her husband John Macaluso. The pair had their wedding ceremony in Manhattan Beach in the presence of close friends and family.

The couple liked one another from their first meet and started dating. The duo is considered to be an ideal match and has been living a happy married life. 

John Macaluso is a former businessman based in New York, who served as a CEO of Wizard World.

Ex Husband - Jordan Belfort 

Caridi was married twice, where Jordan Belfort was the first husband of Nadine Caridi. The former lovebirds were introduced by Caridi then-boyfriend, Wilzig at the part conduct by Belfort. 

The duo fell instantly for each other after their first met, even though Belfort was married to Denise Lombardo.  In 1991, following Belfort's divorce, the couple tied the knot in the Caribbean. The pair had wonderful memorial moment throughout their marriage and shares two children together. The two got divorced in 2005.

Past Relationship and Dating Affairs 

Caridi was in a relationship with Alan Wilzig, during the beginning days of her modeling career. The lovebirds dated for the couple for years before she met her first husband Jordan Belfort.  Alan Wilzig is a former American race car driver and chairman of the Trust Company of New Jersey . 

Five Children 

Nadine Caridi and John Macaluso are parents of five children; four daughters Frankie Macaluso, Allie Macaluso, Nicky Macaluso, and Chandler Belfort, and a son Carter Belfort. 

Allie, Nicky, and Frankie are children of John Macaluso from his first marriage. 

Chandler and Carter are children of Caridi with Jordan Belfort. The family has been a healthy relationship and spend quality of time as a weekend trip, family picnic, and vacation.

Body Measurement 

The 51 -year-old Caridi is the mother of the beauty with glamorous looks. She has a sizzling hot figure of 36-26-37 inches of bust, waist, and hip respectively. 

She is tall about 5 feet 4 inches (1.62m) in height and weighs around 60 kg (132Ibs). Her grey eyes are elegant and she has remarkable blonde hair.

Education - Alma Mater

Talking about Caridi's education, she studied and earned a high school certificate from John Dewey High School located in Gravesend, Brooklyn, New York City. 

She has completed her Master's degree in Clinical Psychology from the Pacifica Graduate Institute and PhD in 2015.

Social Work 

Besides Caridi's busy schedule, she is actively involved with social organizations and volunteers in charity functions. She joined P.S. I Love You Foundation in 2017 as the members of the board of the director. 

Yacht Gifted by Jordan Belfort

Nadine Caridi was gifted a lavish Yacht by her former husband Jordan Belfort in 1961 and named after his wife after purchase.

The yacht was previously owned by Coco Chanel, who was a famous French fashion designer and founder of the brand "Chanel". In 1997, the yacht got sink off on the east coast of Sardinia.

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Where is Jordan Belfort’s ex-wife, Nadine Caridi today? Wiki

• Nadine Caridi was born in London, England and moved to New York, US as a child • She obtained her Masters degree in Psychology and later pursued a PhD • She met her former husband, Jordan Belfort, through her boyfriend at the time and married him in 1991 • They had two children and lived an extravagant lifestyle before their divorce in 2005 • After divorcing Belfort, she remarried John Macaluso and has a net worth estimated to be close to $5 million

• 1 Have you heard about Nadine Caridi?
• 2 Her early life
• 3 Nadine’s Education
• 4 Her Career and achievements
• 5 Her marriage, divorce and children
• 6 Nadine’s awards and recognition
• 7 Controversies and Scandals
• 8 Nadine’s hobbies
• 9 Her physical features
• 10 Her net worth
• 11 Where to find her

Have you heard about Nadine Caridi?

Though her marriage to former stockbroker and writer, Jordan Belfort, brought her fame and fortune, it also came with its downsides. Nadine has continued to prove herself as a hard worker who has turned her life around, and is now living a healthy happy life.

Her early life

Nadine Caridi was born on 6 November 1962 under the Scorpio sun sign, in London, England. She is both American and British by nationality, and is also Caucasian. She moved to New York, US as a child together with her parents, and spent most of her childhood there. There is no detail about the identity of her parents, if she has any siblings, or how life was for her growing up.

Nadine’s Education

She attended John Dewey High school in her state before enrolling at Pacifica Graduate in Santa Barbara, Californis, from where she obtained her Masters degree in Psychology. She later returned to pursue a PhD, awarded in 2015, and has been working as a therapist ever since.

Her Career and achievements

Before she became Dr Nadine, she earned a living through modelling gigs, including as the cover girl for the alcoholic drink ‘Miller Lite’ . This brought her some attention, and she continued to work in the fashion industry and several ad campaigns. Her fling with Jordan Belfort, who was suspected to be in a shady stock business at the time, focused a lot more attention on her, which didn’t necessarily translate to more contracts or jobs.

Her marriage to him further put a halt in her career, because she accompanied him on his many travels.

Her marriage, divorce and children

The pair met through Nadine’s boyfriend at the time, an expert car racer named Alan Wilzig, who had taken her to a party hosted by Jordan. He was known for living large and hosting many parties which were alleged to be fuelled by drugs, drinks and women. He was born Jordan Ross Belfort on 9 July 1962, in New York, US. His parents’ names are unknown, but he is said to have been raised in a Jewish household, and attended a local high school. Jordan had always had business acumen, raising up to $20,000 before he enrolled in college through his sale of ice. He graduated with a Biology degree from American University, then paid his way to dental college with the money he and his best friend made from their sales.

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He followed up on his plan by enrolling at the University of Maryland School of Dentistry, but dropped out after his Dean informed him that dentistry wasn’t the best career choice to get very wealthy. He started going from house to house as a salesman of fish and meat, which turned out be a success, but lost it all when he was just 25. A series of setbacks and disappointments pushed him into a fraudulent lifestyle, with the organisation named ‘Stratton Oakmont’ serving as his stockbroking establishment. He generated billions of dollars through his activity, by defrauding many individuals of their money.

Meeting Nadine must have been memorable to him because though he was still married to his now ex-wife Denise Lombardo, he showed interest in Nadine, and not long afterwards, took her away from her boyfriend.

He divorced his wife, and in 1991 re-married to Nadine. The former model had to retire and stay at home to cater to her family, as the pair welcomed two children, a girl and a boy by the name Cater and Chandler respectively.

They lived an extravagant life, with reports that Jordan bought a yacht which was formerly owned by Chanel, and named it after his wife, “Nadine”. Later in 1996, Jordan took the vessel on a cruise together with his wife and their friends without heeding the Captain’s advice not to sail due to the weather condition. It began to sink while they were close to a coastal area in Italy. Luckily, no one was hurt as they were all rescued safely by naval officials from Italy.

This incident drew more attention from the public, with the media becoming more interested in their source of wealth, and many speculating that they were probably involved in illegal activities to sustain the opulent lifestyle they were living.

This also drew the attention of the authorities, who began investigations into their activities for years before Jordan was caught red-handed.  In 2003, he was sent to jail for four years, but spent less than two years inside due to his good conduct, and was put on parole with restitution of about $110 million which would go to over 1,500 who fell victim to his fraudulent activities. This was later modified to $10,000 monthly for the rest of his life, due to his financial circumstances.

At this time, the government had seized almost all his possessions leaving him with barely anything, and so he turned to drugs and alcohol for succour. He also began to assault Nadine, and indulge in affairs which led to her decision to divorce him in 2005.

Jordan moved on with his life and became sober. He also wrote the memoir ‘The Wolf of Wall Street’, which he also produced and is based on his life.

It was later adapted to a movie with the name retaine, featuring some of the best in Hollywood, including Leonardo DiCaprio portraying Jordan and Margot Robbie starring as Caridi. It became a huge success and garnered several awards. He has since released another memoir entitled ‘Catching the Wolf of Wall Street’ which was so successful that it was translated into almost 20 languages! He continues to motivate others through his story, though some people are still not entirely trusting of him.

Despite the sour treatment she received from her ex-husband, Nadine didn’t give up on love.  She later met John Macaluso, a one-time Boss at ‘Wizard World’, and soon the two began dating. The 22-year gap between them was not an issue, and they later married.  They don’t have children together, but John has three children from a previous marriage.

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Nadine’s awards and recognition

The psychologist is yet to receive any award or recognition from her past years in modelling, or as a therapist, but as a hard-working person it may not be long before she gets some.

Controversies and Scandals

Since Nadine got away from the lavish lifestyle and public divorce from a former money launderer, she has remained under the radar, focusing on her degree and career as a marriage counsellor.

Nadine’s hobbies

When she’s not working, Nadine loves cooking and eating Italian food, reading her favourites novels, painting, and travelling to luxurious places.

She also loves animals, especially dogs and her favourite colour is red.

Her physical features

The former model is still quite stunning decades after she stopped working, with a height of 5ft 8ins (1.78m ) and weighing 140lbs (64kgs), keeping her slim figure through dieting.  Her blonde hair and beautiful blue eyes complement her facial features perfectly; her shoe size is seven.

Her net worth

Nadine’s net worth is estimated to be close to $5 million, earned largely through her work as a Psychologist. Her husband on the other hand has a net worth estimated to be about $15 million, which he amassed through a robust career in film making.

Where to find her

She does not shy away from the media and even has a website that is linked to her job as a psychologist. She is also quite active on Instagram, on which she uploads inspirational quotes which her over 9,000 followers like and share.  She also does the same on Twitter, since she joined in 2012, writing motivational and uplifting messages to her over 1,000 followers.

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It’s no secret that Hollywood has a tendency to glamorize real life into action-paced, yet fictionalized retellings that often pander to audiences rather than honor truth. With films that contain especially controversial or shocking content, audiences may feel more wary about potential exaggerations and fudging of truths. One such film that invites this questioning is The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), with its depictions of raunchy office parties, mind-boggling wealth and equally reckless management thereof, and rather extreme characterizations. So what is the true story behind the now famous and praised film ? Let’s delve into and sort out fact and fiction.

The Real Jordan Belfort

In the 2013 film, The Wolf of Wall Street , we meet a young Jordan Belfort at a crossroads in his budding career. His past ventures have not succeeded, leading him to take a job as a penny stockbroker in Long Island. He’s a guy that keeps his head down and his voice low, who dutifully comes home to his wife after a day of making an honest living. This naive version of Belfort quickly evaporates as he becomes embroiled in fraudulent schemes and an increasingly profligate lifestyle; but was Belfort ever the redeemable character we meet in these opening scenes? Jordan Belfort was born to two modestly successful accountants in Queens, New York. He enjoyed a traditional upbringing, and met his future first wife while attending Bayside High School. This high school sweetheart is restyled in the film as Cristin Milioti’s Teresa Petrillo.

The ambition that would later consume Belfort, was burgeoning even early on. The summer after high school, Belfort and his friend profited a whopping $20,000 from simply selling Italian Ices on the beach. This young man had an evident knack for sales and admirable drive, but even he nearly missed his calling in business. Belfort initially enrolled in college at the University of Maryland School of Dentistry, a dream that died on the very first day of class. The professor warned that dentistry was no longer a particularly profitable field, and surely not suitable for anyone just looking to get rich. Belfort did not need to hear more on this front, and promptly dropped the program.

This brings us to where we meet Belfort in the film. Belfort innately possesses something that the other penny stockbrokers do not. His assertive confidence and manufactured gravitas lures many shareholders into ill-advised investments. Enjoying high commission rates from these sales, Belfort is immediately a rising star, priming the environment for his rise as a leader in the field. Before long, Belfort launches his own enterprise, and the infamous Stratton Oakmont is born.

The rapid rise of Stratton Oakmont seemingly changes the nature of Belfort’s character, as per the film. Director Martin Scorsese and screenwriter Terence Winter poise Teresa Petrillo as a sort of last link between the old, more virtuous Belfort, and the money hungry libertine we see from then on. As Belfort sheds the last of his connections to his previous life, he also becomes evermore embroiled in the indulgences and arguable depravities of life among the top one percent.

What was this lifestyle really like? According to Belfort , it was just like the movie, which of course was based on his own book. According to some, such as the FBI detective that primarily pursued Belfort, the author exaggerated the grandeur of and reverence paid to his character in real life. Even former associates and close friends of Belfort confirm that no one used to actually call him “The Wolf” and that this title was largely self-imposed. As for the scandalous parties and strange office practices, it seems that most of what is portrayed on screen is fairly accurate. While the dwarf tossing scene is entirely fiction, a detail even Belfort warned was too outlandish, the employees of Stratton Oakmont really did engage in copious amounts of drug consumption and solicitation of sex work. This lifestyle and office culture was not unique to Belfort’s firm, however, as this culture excited in varying degrees at many such offices.

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Donnie Azoff, portrayed by Jonah Hill , was one of the more fictionalized characters in the story . Belfort did have a close friend and business associate named Donny Porush, a man who really was married to his cousin, frequently had relations with sex workers; introduced Steven Madden into the business, and swallowed a coworker’s goldfish. Other than this, much of his character is embellished, or simply subject to having the stories of less significant figures woven into his own. He did not sell children’s furniture, nor did he plead for a job with Belfort after seeing how much he could make. Porush ultimately served twenty months in prison.

Steve Madden was likewise involved in Stratton Oakmont, though as less of a hapless and inadvertent collaborator as he is portrayed in the movie. In reality, the renowned shoe designer willfully and extensively colluded with Belfort and his associates, eventually being sentenced to over three years in prison.

Like Denise Lombardo, Belfort’s second wife, Nadine Caridi, is renamed in the movie adaptation. Margot Robbie embodies Nadine under the name of Naomi Lapaglia, effectively capturing the allure of this Bay Ridge-raised beauty. The film also captured, in part, the abusive nature of the relationship, a topic which Caridi delves into on her Tik Tok page. Her recounting of the relationship tells of a relationship that was far more complex than in the on-screen portrayal, with Belfort essentially stalking and love-bombing Caridi, using highly manipulative tactics throughout the courtship and eventually the marriage. She implies on her page that the film is mostly accurate from Belfort’s point of view, but that her character was rather simplified. She prides herself on the fact that she “ walked away from the marriage with nothing ”.

How Belfort's Downfall Really Played Out

Much like in the film, Belfort’s downfall came about when the SEC began to investigate trading practices, leading to Belfort being stripped of his shares in the company and consequently, the exacerbation of his drug habit. Once it became clear that his former collaborators were working with the FBI on the money laundering charges, Belfort agreed to cooperate with the investigation. One detail that has been fictionalized is the attempt at bribing FBI agents aboard his yacht, when Belfort actually had no interactions with the lead agents until much later in the story. Jordan Belfort ultimately served just under two years of his four-year sentence, paying over $110,000,000 in restitution to victims.

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Where Are They Now?

Having served his time, albeit a relatively reduced sentence, on account of his cooperation with the FBI’s investigation, Jordan Belfort is now a free man. Following his release from prison, he penned his autobiography, the apt title of which would later be shared with the film. Today, one may find him giving motivational speeches or creating content on Tik Tok, a platform that he uses primarily for opinion pieces and to respond to fans. Yes, Jordan Belfort, a man who defrauded countless people out of their life’s savings, has quite a following of young men that admire and look up to his former lifestyle. Subsequently, some discourse has been had on whether the entire point of The Wolf of Wall Street , a cautionary tale about greed and excess, may have gone over an entire demographic’s heads .

Nadine Caridi, now named Nadine Macaluso , is a licensed clinical psychologist, and is likewise active on Tik Tok. She, on the other hand, uses the platform to share her insights as a clinician and to tell her own truth about her relationship with Belfort, using the relationship as a real life example of the sort of psychologically harmful relationships women can become trapped in. Contrastingly, Belfort’s first wife is entirely out of the media’s scrutinizing gaze, consistently declining to comment and maintaining a private life.

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Nadine caridi wiki, bio, married life, affairs, family, net worth, facts..

Nadine Caridi is former model who currently works as Marriage & Family Therapist. This British born lady was involved in modeling in 80’sand 90’s. During the time she appeared in ads of beer brand “Miller Lite” including featuring in its Nationwide Tv commercials in Monday Night Football. Although, her modeling days are well behind in the past, and so the fame associated with it. Still, this lady finds herself in the media spotlight for quite a different reason, her several years of a marriage relationship with ex-husband Jordan Belfort . Read below to learn everything about former stockbroker mogul Jordan Belfort’s second wife, Nadine Caridi.

Wiki/Bio Facts

Early Life and Education

She was born in London, United Kingdom on December 24, 1967, which makes her age 50 years now.  Although she spent her earlier years in the UK, she was brought up in Bay Ridge, a neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York. She attended John Dewey High School and graduated there.

Nadine was a bright student in high school, alongside academics, she was curious about making a career in modeling hence followed after high school. She learned different prospect of the modeling also her captivating looks, and impressive body helped her ease in the profession. As a model, she appeared for several ads commercial of American Beer manufacturing company “Miller Lite.”

Later in her life, she endeavored for master study in Pacifica Graduate Institute getting a degree in Counseling Psychology and also completing Ph.D. in Somatic psychology and Neuroscience in 2015.

Personal Life

Nadine has been through few broken relationships, one thing she knows is how to tackle with heartbreak and move on for good. So far she has been hitched twice, Jordan Befort is her first husband and current John Macaluso is her second husband.

Nadine Caridi love affair and married life with Alan Wilzig

Before her high profile relationship with Belfort, Alan Wilzig was the man in her life. The two became a thing after Alan was out of college and Nadine was emerging as a model in the industry. The couple dated for one complete year even lived together, and then they had on and off relationship for another year.

Although Nadine has not shared about her time with him, Alan side of the story reveals their second-year affair was kind of tense. In a Facebook post shared by Alan he wrote ;

“We lived to together over a year and it was nice and then went on and off which was anything but nice. Like highschool but more adult-vicious.”

After the breakup, the two remained as friendly exes and kept in touch. Even Caridi new love life with Belfort is down to opportunity she had through Alan.

Nadine Caridi love affair and married life with Jordan Belfort

In late 80’s Nadine had come to attend 4th of July Westhampton Beach House party with Alan, by then were ex-lovers. She met Belfort at the party who was still married to high school sweetheart Denise Lombardo .

Belfort was famous for lavish lifestyle hosting parties and was involved with a lot of girls outside marital relationship, mostly they were short-lived. However, that changed once he met Nadine and their love affair quickly escalated. Belfort divorced his wife in 1991 and the same year took wedding vow to marry Caridi.

Back then Jordan affectionately had given her a nickname  “The Duchess of Bay Ridge.” Even named  his yacht after her, “Naomi.” The yacht sank off the east coast of Sardinia in June 1996.

As the years went on their marriage was also trading a thin line. Belfort was heavily hooked on to drugs especially methaqualone, and it did take a toll on the marriage. Nadien claimed he was abusive towards her and had affairs with other women before divorcing him in 1998.

Belfort himself has admitted some disturbing events from his marriage. In the memoir, he has written kicking his wife Nadine down the stairs while he was holding his daughter. Also about endangering their daughter Chandler as he put her in the front seat of the car without a seatbelt on before crashing while high on the substance.

From the marriage, Nadine had two children a son Carter Belfort and a daughter Chandler Belfort. After the divorce, Nadine moved to California with their children. The couple has kept their cool and remained friendly ex. When Belfort came out of jail after serving 22 months, his actual human contacts were Nadine and their children.

Life after divorce: Nadine Caridi and John Macaluso

After Belfort was out of the picture, John Macaluso came into her life. John is an entrepreneur and formerly Ceo of Wizard World. They married in a Manhattan Beach wedding on September 29, 2001. So far their relationship is said to be a blissful one. Together they are parents of 5 grown up children.

Career and net worth

Nadine started modeling in her Teenage years. She can be seen on several “Miller Lite” bear brand TV commercial during 90’s. After marriage to Belfort, she was involved in a fashion firm. In 1993 she founded Maternity Fashion Company with a partner. Later after divorcing Belfort, she moved to California to help run the firm.

Over the years Caridi has changed her line of work. This lady has a Ph.D. in counseling and somatic psychotherapy, especially honoring the mind-body connection. She currently operates as licensed Marriage & Family Therapist in California. In her official website, she says being in the practice since 2008. Now, the information about her net worth is not available.

Nadine Caridi and Involvement in Jordan Belfort illegal activities

Nadine Caridi has not been accounted for helping her then-husband Belfort in unlawful activities. However, Belfort used her aunt who lived in England for money laundering purpose, although she did not know his intention. Also, he used Nadine’s mother as a courier for transporting large amounts of cash to Switzerland without reporting sum over $10,000 to U.S. customs. Law could have punished her before death took her life in 2001.

Nadine Caridi and Wolf of Wall Street

Former con men Belfort is no hero but a villain to many, in late 80’s and 90’s he defrauded his clients in penny stock scam causing them to lose approximately $200 million. Many lost their house and livelihood. Belfort served 22 months jail time relating to scam and his other unlawful practice. What he did was wrong, but still, it was an impressive feat inspiring few Hollywood movies as well as biopic hit “Wolf of Wall Street.” The movie is based on his memoir starring actor Leonardo Dicaprio as Belfort. Actress, Margot Robbie plays Nadine as Naomi Lapaglia.  Nadine herself has no onscreen involvement while Belfort has a cameo appearance in the final scene of the movie.

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Where is Nadine Caridi Now? Everything about Jordan Belfort’s ex-wife?

Nadine Caridi, also known as Nadine Macaluso, is a former model, psychotherapist, author, and social media star. She was married to Jordan Belfort, the infamous stockbroker and financial criminal who inspired the movie The Wolf of Wall Street. But where is she now and what is she doing with her life? In this article, we will explore everything about Nadine Caridi, from her relationship with Belfort to her current whereabouts and activities.

Who is Nadine Caridi?

Nadine Caridi was born on December 24, 1967, in London, England. She grew up in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, and graduated from John Dewey High School. She started her career as a model and appeared in several advertisement campaigns, such as Miller Lite, Seagram, and Wrigley. She was represented by Elite Petite Management and became known as the poster girl of Miller Lite.

Nadine Caridi’s Relationship with Jordan Belfort

Marriage and divorce.

Nadine Caridi met Jordan Belfort at a house party in Westhampton Beach, New York, in the late 1980s. Belfort was already married to his first wife, Denise Lombardo, but he soon divorced her and married Caridi in 1991. They had two children together, a daughter and a son.

Belfort was the founder and CEO of Stratton Oakmont, a brokerage firm that engaged in fraud, money laundering, and market manipulation. He earned millions of dollars and lived a lavish lifestyle with Caridi, who was nicknamed the “Duchess of Bay Ridge” by the press. They owned a luxury yacht, originally built for Coco Chanel, that Belfort renamed Nadine after his wife. The yacht sank off the coast of Sardinia in 1996 after Belfort ignored the captain’s warnings about bad weather.

Belfort was arrested in 1998 for his involvement in a securities fraud scheme and agreed to cooperate with the authorities in exchange for a reduced sentence. He also tried to hide some of his money in a Swiss bank account using the name of Caridi’s aunt. Caridi filed for divorce from Belfort in 2005, citing domestic violence, drug abuse, and infidelity as the reasons for their split. She received no financial support from Belfort, who was ordered to pay $110 million in restitution to his victims.

Abuse allegations

Caridi has claimed that Belfort was physically and emotionally abusive towards her during their marriage. She said that he once kicked her down the stairs of their Long Island mansion and broke her ribs. She also said that he was addicted to drugs, especially cocaine and Quaaludes, and cheated on her with multiple women. She revealed that she suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression as a result of the abuse.

Belfort has admitted that he was a “terrible husband” and a “drug addict” who mistreated Caridi. He has also apologized to her and their children for his actions and said that he has changed his ways. He wrote a memoir, The Wolf of Wall Street, in 2007, which was adapted into a film in 2013, starring Leonardo DiCaprio as Belfort and Margot Robbie as Caridi (renamed Naomi Lapaglia in the film). Caridi has said that the film was accurate from Belfort’s perspective, but not from hers.

Life After Jordan Belfort

Relocating to los angeles.

After her divorce from Belfort, Caridi moved to Los Angeles, California, with her two children. She wanted to start a new life and pursue her own interests and passions. She also met her second husband, John Macaluso, a former CEO of Wizard World, a company that organizes comic book conventions. They got married in 2008 and have a blended family of five children.

Finding passion and purpose

Caridi decided to go back to school and further her education. She enrolled at the Pacifica Graduate Institute and earned a master’s degree and a doctoral degree in counseling and somatic psychology. She became interested in the field of psychology after going through therapy herself and realizing the benefits of healing and growth. She also wanted to help others who have experienced trauma and abuse in their relationships.

Becoming a therapist and author

Caridi became a licensed marriage and family therapist and opened her own private practice in Hermosa Beach, California. She specializes in treating individuals, couples, and families who are struggling with relational trauma, such as domestic violence, infidelity, divorce, and addiction. She uses a holistic and integrative approach that combines somatic, cognitive, and emotional techniques.

Caridi also became an author and wrote a book titled Run Like Hell: A Therapist’s Guide To Recognizing, Escaping, And Healing From Trauma Bonds. The book is based on her personal and professional experience and aims to help readers identify, break free, and heal from abusive and toxic relationships. The book was published in 2021 and received positive reviews from readers and critics.

Current Whereabouts and Activities

Private practice as a therapist.

Caridi continues to work as a therapist and runs her private practice in Hermosa Beach. She offers online and in-person sessions to her clients and helps them overcome their challenges and achieve their goals. She also provides consultation and supervision to other therapists and students who want to learn from her expertise and experience.

Writing a book about abusive relationships

Caridi is currently working on her second book, which is a sequel to her first one. The book will focus on the recovery process and the steps to heal from abusive relationships. She said that she hopes to inspire and empower her readers to reclaim their lives and happiness.

Social media presence and impact

Caridi has a strong social media presence and impact. She has over 200,000 followers on TikTok, where she posts videos about various topics related to psychology, relationships, and self-care. She also has over 50,000 followers on Instagram, where she shares photos and stories of her personal and professional life. She also has a YouTube channel, Dr Nae’s Talking Bar, where she interviews people who have thrived after overcoming challenging and painful experiences. She said that she wants to use her social media platforms to educate, entertain, and inspire her audience.

Nadine Caridi is a former model, psychotherapist, author, and social media star. She was married to Jordan Belfort, the notorious stockbroker and financial criminal who inspired the movie The Wolf of Wall Street. She divorced him in 2005 after enduring years of abuse, infidelity, and drug addiction. She moved to Los Angeles and remarried to John Macaluso. She pursued her passion and purpose in psychology and became a therapist and author. She wrote a book about abusive relationships and is working on a sequel. She also has a large and loyal following on social media, where she shares her wisdom and insights. She is a survivor, a healer, and a role model for many people who have faced similar situations. She is living a happy and fulfilling life with her family and friends.

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Luxury yachts and other myths: How Republican lawmakers echo Russian propaganda

Two senior Republican lawmakers, the chairs of the House Intelligence and Foreign Affairs committees, say their colleagues are echoing Russian state propaganda against Ukraine.

Researchers who study disinformation say Reps. Mike Turner, R-Ohio, and Michael McCaul, R-Texas, are merely acknowledging what has been clear for some time: Russian propaganda aimed at undermining U.S. and European support for Ukraine has steadily seeped into America’s political conversation over the past decade, taking on a life of its own.

McCaul, chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, told Puck News he thinks “Russian propaganda has made its way into the United States, unfortunately, and it’s infected a good chunk of my party’s base.”

Turner, chair of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, told CNN that anti-Ukraine messages from Russia are “being uttered on the House floor.”

For the past decade, since Russia’s first military incursion into Ukraine in 2014, Moscow has spread propaganda and disinformation in a bid to undercut U.S. and European military support for Ukraine, according to U.S. and Western officials.

Some of the arguments, distortions and falsehoods spread by Russia have taken root, mostly among right-wing pro-Trump outlets and Republican politicians, researchers say, including that Ukraine’s government is too corrupt to benefit from Western aid and that the Biden family has alleged corrupt ties to Ukraine.

Russia, in keeping with traditional propaganda techniques, seeks to make its case and tarnish Ukraine through a mixture of outright falsehoods, half-truths, inferences or simply amplifying and promoting arguments already being made by American or European commentators and politicians, researchers say.

The propaganda is sometimes spread covertly, through fake online accounts, or openly by Russian officials and state media. As a result, the origin of some allegations or criticisms is often opaque, especially when a certain accusation or perception has gained wide acceptance, leaving no clear fingerprints.

Early in the war, a false story boosted by Russian propaganda — that the U.S. had helped Ukraine build biological weapons labs — gained traction on right-wing social media and was touted by then-Fox News host Tucker Carlson.

Russia also is conducting a parallel propaganda campaign in Europe. Belgium’s prime minister said Thursday that his government is investigating alleged Russian bribes to members of the European Parliament as part of Moscow’s campaign to undermine support for Ukraine. Czech law enforcement officials last month alleged that a former pro-Russian member of Ukraine’s parliament, Viktor Medvedchuk, was behind a Prague-based Russian propaganda network designed to promote opposition to aiding Ukraine.

Here are some examples of Republican lawmakers using arguments often promoted by Russian propaganda:

Buying yachts

When Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with members of Congress behind closed doors in December to appeal for more U.S. help for his country’s troops, some lawmakers raised questions about Ukraine allegedly buying yachts with American aid money.

Zelenskyy made clear that was not the case, according to Republican Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina, a strong supporter of arming Ukraine. “I think the notion of corruption came up because some have said we can’t do it, because people will buy yachts with the money,” Tillis told CNN. “[Zelenskyy] disabused people of those notions.”

Where did the yacht rumor come from?

Pro-Russian actors and websites promoted a narrative alleging Zelenskyy bought two superyachts with U.S. aid dollars. One Russia-based propaganda site, DC Weekly , published a story last November that included photos of two luxury yachts, called Lucky Me and My Legacy , which it alleged were bought for $75 million.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., a vocal opponent of military aid to Ukraine, in November retweeted a post about the alleged yacht purchase from the Strategic Culture Foundation, a Russian-based propaganda outlet directed by Russia’s intelligence services, according to the Treasury Department. The U.S. has imposed sanctions on the organization, accusing it of spreading disinformation and interfering in U.S. elections.

Another outspoken critic of aid to Ukraine, Republican Sen. J.D. Vance of Ohio, also made a similar claim.

In a December interview with former President Donald Trump’s White House adviser Steve Bannon, Vance claimed that members of Congress wanted to cut Social Security benefits to provide more aid to Ukraine, and that money would allegedly be used for Zelenskyy’s ministers to “buy a bigger yacht.”

“There are people who would cut Social Security, throw our grandparents into poverty. Why? So that one of Zelenskyy’s ministers can buy a bigger yacht?” Vance said. “Kiss my ass, Steve. It’s not happening.”

The tale of Zelenskyy’s luxury yacht, however, turned out to be totally false . The yachts cited in the DC Weekly article remain up for sale , the owners told The Associated Press.

Two academics at Clemson University, disinformation researchers Darren Linvill and Patrick Warren, found that DC Weekly ran numerous stories copied from other sites that were rewritten by artificial intelligence engines. The articles had bylines with fake names along with headshots copied from other online sites. DC Weekly appeared to be a Russian effort to launder false information through a seemingly legitimate news site as part of an attempt to undermine U.S. support for Ukraine, according to the researchers .

Asked by reporters about Vance’s comments, Tillis said: “I think it’s bullshit. ...If you’re talking about giving money to Ukrainian ministers — total and unmitigated bullshit.”

Greene’s office did not respond to a request for comment.

Vance’s spokesperson said the senator was making a rhetorical point about how he opposed sending U.S. assistance to what he sees as a corrupt country, but was not asserting the yacht stories online were accurate.

Vance’s office referred NBC News to an earlier response to the BBC on the same topic:

“For years, everyone in the West recognized that Ukraine was one of the most corrupt countries in the world. Somehow everyone forgot that just as we started sending them billions of dollars in foreign aid.”

Enabling ‘corruption’

Russian state media for years has painted Ukraine as deeply corrupt, and has argued that the U.S. and its allies are wasting money and military hardware by assisting such an allegedly corrupt government.

“This is absolutely a line that they have pushed, and then once it appears in the Western ecosystem, other [Russian] media picks it up and it gets recycled back,” said Bret Schafer, a senior fellow at the Alliance for Securing Democracy.

This line of argument has gained traction partly because Ukraine does face a genuine corruption problem.

Russia’s effort to focus attention on corruption in Ukraine reflects a long-established propaganda method of using facts or partial truths to anchor a broader assertion or accusation, sometimes making a leap in logic, Schafer and other researchers said. Russia’s message amounts to: Ukraine is corrupt, therefore U.S. and Western aid will be stolen and wasted.

Schafer said it was ironic for Russia, a country mired in corruption and kleptocracy, to be leveling accusations about corruption.

Republican Rep. Mary Miller has said she strongly opposes more assistance for Ukraine because it amounts to sending cash to “corrupt oligarchs.”

“With Zelensky coming to DC this week to ask for more money, I will continue to vote AGAINST sending your tax $$ to corrupt oligarchs in Ukraine for a proxy war that could have ended in ‘22,” Miller wrote in a post on X in December.

The Illinois lawmaker also echoed another assertion that often appears in Russian media, that the Biden administration allegedly undermined efforts by Russia to avoid war with Ukraine.

 “A peace deal was on the table that [Ukraine] and [Russia] were both ready to sign, but Biden said NO,” she wrote.

There was in fact no proposed peace agreement that Russia and Ukraine were prepared to sign before Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, according to U.S. and European officials. As Russian troops massed on the border of Ukraine, Western governments urged Russia not to invade and warned there would be economic and diplomatic consequences.

Reuters has reported that Russian President Vladimir Putin rejected a possible deal to avert a war that had been discussed with Kyiv by Russia’s envoy to Ukraine. The Kremlin said the report was inaccurate and has said Russia tried for years to arrive at an understanding with Ukraine.

As for corruption in Ukraine, Zelenskyy has vowed to tackle the problem, sacking senior officials in some recent cases. But some civil society groups have criticized his approach and Ukrainians say corruption is the country’s second-most serious problem, after the Russian invasion, according to a poll conducted last year.

In an annual survey, Transparency International said Ukraine made progress toward addressing the issue and now ranks 104th out of 180 countries on its Corruption Perceptions Index , climbing 12 places up from its previous ranking.

Ukraine is not alone among countries that receive U.S. and other foreign aid but struggle with corruption. Supporters of assisting Ukraine argue it would undermine America’s influence in the world and its humanitarian efforts if Washington withheld foreign aid from every country where there were reports of corruption.

Miller’s office did not respond to a request for comment.

The Biden family and Ukraine

Republicans have repeatedly alleged that President Joe Biden and his son Hunter have corrupt ties to Ukraine, and that they sought $5 million in bribes from the Ukrainian energy company Burisma to protect the firm from an investigation by Ukraine’s prosecutor general.

There is no credible evidence for the allegations. A key source for the accusations against the Bidens is a former FBI informant, Alexander Smirnov, who was arrested in February on federal charges of fabricating the bribery claims. Smirnov says he was fed information by Russian intelligence.

Republicans had heavily promoted Smirnov’s allegations against the Bidens, seeing them as crucial to a planned impeachment effort against the president that has since fizzled .

“In my estimation, that is probably the clearest example of Russian propaganda working its way into the American political system,” said Emerson Brooking, a resident senior fellow at the Digital Forensic Research Lab of the Atlantic Council.

GOP Rep. Paul Gosar of Arizona cited the false bribery allegations in expressing his opposition to providing assistance to Ukraine.

“In exchange for … bribe money from Ukraine, Joe Biden has dished out over $100 billion in taxpayer money to fund the war in Ukraine. I will not assist this corruption by sending more money to the authoritarian Ukrainian regime,” Gosar said in a statement in October.

Gosar’s office did not respond to a request for comment.

Dan De Luce is a reporter for the NBC News Investigative Unit. 

Syedah Asghar is a Capitol Hill researcher for NBC News and is based in Washington, D.C.

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A Senate Judiciary Committee investigation found that conservative Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas failed to disclose at least 35 luxury gifts, including a free yacht trip to Russia and a private helicopter to a palace in St. Petersburg, Vladimir Putin's hometown, Sens. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., and Ron Wyden, D-Or., said  in a letter  to Attorney General Merrick Garland.

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