With those families, it’s all quid pro quo. By having Newman informally adopted, it opened up business opportunities, social opportunities, and political opportunities for Newsom as it did for Getty when the Newsom’s informally adopted Gordon?
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Absolutely. Imagine young Gavin being introduced as “my OTHER son” to people of wealth and influence. It says to them, “Treat him exactly as you would my own flesh and blood.”
I see what the Newsoms got from this arrangement. What did the Gettys get? What did the Newsom connection do for them?
I see what the Newsoms got from this arrangement. What did the Gettys get? What did the Newsom connection do for them?
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I don’t know. I can’t find a rabbit hole to go down. Newsom’s father did pay the ransom (I think he paid, the term used was “offered up”) when Getty’s son was kidnapped. I just read that Newsom, Gavin’s father, was the courier and flew the money to Italy.
Funny.. I keep getting this feeling that they are really evil and immoral. (s)