Three years ago he surrounded himself with a professional team to advise her. A public relations firm and the controversial Kobre & Kim take their case
The Wittgenstein dismantle the myth of Corinna as a princess
Corinna zu Sayn Wittgenstein (55) has a plan. The former fond of Don Juan Carlos tries not to have problems with the Spanish Justice by being collaborative and trying to ensure that they want to use it as a "scapegoat." A strategy that is part of a perfectly studied script and in which he has been working for three years. The Danish has a team hired since 2016 to control its reputation in the Spanish press. First, it had a public relations firm expert in image. He then hired a powerful international law firm to draw up the plan in the Courts.
Thus, last week the blonde declared by videoconference in relation to the alleged commissions that would have been paid in the adjudication of the Medina-Meca AVE work. "Corinna voluntarily testified as a witness," they insist from his team to this supplement. The former lover of Don Juan Carlos - she herself acknowledged in a statement sent to LOC that they had a "romantic relationship" - spends her savings on a controversial team of lawyers with millionaire fees to leave unscathed the years and businesses she carried out in the time that was next to the King Father. The relationship with the father of Felipe VI was cut, according to her, at the end of 2012, after his identity was revealed after the Botswana accident and that, as he said in a statement sent to LOC, he feared for his integrity and that of his family.
It was in 2016 when Corinna changed her strategy. Until that moment, the dear friend had relied on the advice of former Commissioner Villarejo to escape unscathed from the scandals surrounding Don Juan Carlos. In fact, in 2015 Corinna held a secret meeting with the former policeman and Villalonga in which he claimed that the former King had used it as a frontman.
While the headlines of the former princess monopolized the press, Corinna hired the Tancredi firm to carry its communication. From that moment, her representative took pains to meet the journalists who wrote about her and to send communications to any written line talking about Corinna. The environment of Zu Sayn Wittgenstein says he hired them when he felt that there was "a campaign against her" and began to think that it was used as a "scapegoat" for years of relationship with Don Juan Carlos.
Some time later, and seeing that he went from talking about it from the press to the courts, Corinna decided to hire the Kobre & Kim law firm to take his case. This is an office founded in 2003 by Michael Kim and Steven G. Kobre. With offices in Manhatan, New York and London, they have a presence in Argentina, South Korea, China and Israel. The firm often appears in American communication. Their success, as Kim himself has acknowledged in several interviews, is not limited to legal advice , but they make a global product for their clients, which they refer to as "users."
The Spanish lawyer José Antonio Choclán works with them in Spain, whom the Danish hired a year ago. According to his environment, he did so to work with the Kobre & Kim team in a global strategy against those behind the campaign against Corinna . "It has nothing to do with the bird," they insist.
"Discretion and an unorthodox system of dealing with prosecutors and courts through the press are part of the success of his office," sources familiar with the firm's way of working told LOC. Thus, information on how Corinna came to them, what are their fees or since when they work with the former princess have been denied by lawyers because they are "confidential." LOC has confirmed, however, that Kobre & Kim has been with the former princess for less than three years. Also, that the defense will not be cheap because there are at least four professionals who are aware of their steps with Justice.
Corinna's team is led by Michael S. Kim himself , one of the firm's founders. Kim personally works on "high-risk investigations" and seems the ideal lawyer for Corinna. First because he is an expert in "international procedures" and, they say, offers the "user" what he needs. Kim speaks fluent Spanish, another advantage offered to Corinna to deal with Spanish Justice.
Under his advice are three more lawyers from the firm, all with an office in London. They are Robin Rathmell, Alexander Shirtcliff and Christopher Howitt. The first is an expert in fraud and money laundering. The second, in matters of insolvency and company disputes. Finally, Howitt assists his clients in matters in the London court.
The three work led by Mr. Kim, who in his career has achieved an important client agenda. Zu Sayn Wittgenstein shares advisors with Al Waleed bin Talal. The Saudi prince, one of the main fortunes of the world, could be the link between Corinna and Kobre & Kim. Not surprisingly, Al Waleed meets Don Juan Carlos. Proof of this is that several letters were exchanged to ask him to mediate when a young woman accused him of rape in Ibiza. Don Juan Carlos told him that he could not do anything, but he congratulated him when the case was filed. Corinna, who lived near the King Father negotiations to get the Medina-Mecca Ave, could have met him, although his representatives are not pronounced.
To understand the media attrition strategy of Corinna's advisers, the example of what they did with Al Waleed is enough. In March 2013, the Saudi prince appeared on one of the lists of the richest in the world drawn up by Forbes . In June of that year, Gulf News assured that the prince, through Kobre & Kim, had denounced the media because he labeled the article "aggressive." However, the magazine was "confused by the prince's public relations strategy ." As they said, "Forbes has not yet received any lawsuit."
ONE MILLION DOLLARS
Another of the people who trusted Kobre & Kim was Jho Low. This Malaysian executive is in search and capture for the justice of his country, that of Singapore and the United States. He is accused of having diverted 4,075 million euros to private accounts from 1MDB, the Malaysian Sovereign Fund. Like Corinna, Jho Low decided to hire a public relations firm to improve his image, who recommended him disappear from the front line after years of parties and debauchery with Hollywood actors and billionaires. As published by the New York Times with the confirmation of lawyers, Jho Low invested more than a million dollars to improve his image, although they did not reveal where that money came from.
That figure can give an idea of the price Corinna is paying for trying to maintain its reputation. "For a long time there has been a campaign of discredit with political motivation against me," he said in a statement in June 2018. All communications from his public relations team, which is also based in Lodres, arrive with a copy of the four lawyers who advise Corinna.
Although collaborators are always shown with the press, they measure a lot when and how to give information. The key to success as a business advisor is discretion and, part of the success, not being listed. Therefore, the role that Corinna monopolizes since the accident in 2012 , has hurt him in his business. If for years Don Juan Carlos' friend walked through Spain without problems - and spent days at La Angorilla, the hunting lodge of El Pardo that enabled him for his visits - the scandal ended his travels.
Philanthropist
A year after the hunting accident, Corinna reappeared from Charléne de Monaco. As confirmed at LOC then, she acted as an advisor to the princess. Although it has not been in the Grimaldi court for a long time , they assure the media that it has a relationship with Alberto de Monaco and that he has never had a fixed position, but has made timely advice. After passing through the Palace of Monaco, Corinna strengthened relations with Russia. Last February he reappeared with the president of the Russian Chamber of Accounts, Alexei Kudrin . Its environment assures this supplement that it is another timely collaboration. But they do not specify what the word "philanthropy" is dedicated to as the main occupation. "It occupies 50% of my time. The other 50% occupy it with my business activities," he said at Point de Vue.
The last solidarity cause in which he has contributed is with Elbi, an application presented with Natalia Vodianova with which to make donations of a dollar that in turn report to the donor the same amount to spend in stores of the LVMH empire. With what he earns in his commercial activities he manages to maintain his rhythm of life. A house in London, an apartment in Monaco and the costs of having a public relations team and four lawyers looking after its image.
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