For @marieclaire, I spent 5 months investigating a remarkably colorful web of (alleged) deception involving multiple world leaders, a U.S. general, and Kim Kardashian

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This lead from @eshugerman, good lord...

The Preacher’s Ex-Wife Who Fooled Hollywood from @Noah_Kirsch

Please read the full story here: https://t.co/Cdnph1Fp8t Infinite thanks to @bynooribrahim & @AndreaStanley

The fallout was devastating. Parke allegedly left a trail of victims across the country: a close friend, a doctor, a landlord, an assistant, a 10-year-old girl, a five-star hotel, and many more. Victims say they were collectively duped out of millions.

Interviews with 12 former associates tell a strikingly similar story: Nicole Parke wasn’t a billionaire—she just knew how to look like one.

There's just one problem: Nicole Parke does not appear to have $100 million. Or a $50 billion portfolio. Or, apparently, even the money for the jets, jewelry, or luxury cars she flaunted. We found just $585 in federal contracts under her company’s name.

This winter, amid the LA fires, she wrote a letter to Mayor Karen Bass offering to deploy a $100 million disaster relief effort

Nicole Parke claimed to run a $50 billion investment fund and a medical supplies company with deep federal ties. Everyone believed her. Bulgari, Cartier, and Rolls-Royce allegedly feted her at VIP events. And she worked from outrageously lavish offices.

The story is called "The Preacher's Ex-Wife Who Fooled Hollywood" Please read along for more info

A must-read investigation by @Noah_Kirsch, edited by @bynooribrahim, for @marieclaire

Nicole Parke dazzled Hollywood’s elite with her billionaire persona. Now, lawsuits allege she deceived investors, friends & employees. An exclusive investigation by my fellow Daily Beast alum @noah_kirsch for @marieclaire. https://t.co/mgqOaaL4yo

For @newrepublic, I wrote about the impact Trump's EPA cuts will have on his own voters: https://t.co/47n2hI1uK7

My dear 8-year-old friend Aedrik, who is undergoing chemo ahead of a stem-cell transplant to save his life, has a goal of 1,000 subscribers on his YouTube (mostly Roblox videos). That’s right, you can make a sick child happy by pressing a single button.

A friend’s young son is going through a really hard time. She says the thing that would cheer him up most is if people subscribe to his YouTube channel. Please consider it! https://t.co/tIXrh3M2om?

Lesly, a 31-year-old pregnant asylum seeker from Honduras, was scrolling TikTok on Jan. 20 when a video about an executive order Donald Trump signed to revoke birthright citizenship came into her feed. Under the proposal, Lesly’s baby would not be an American citizen, even

This @helenbholmes piece on The Rizzler might be one of the best pieces of cultural criticism I've ever read, but certainly in the last 5-10 years. You just gotta read it — I think people are gonna be reading it in the future to understand wtf we were doing in the mid-2020s.

An amazing piece of writing by a fellow Daily Beast alum—worth your time

Former Daily Beast journalist Allison Quinn’s 8-year-old son Aedrik is in a fight for his life. If you can spare something to help these great humans, the GoFundMe is here.