Kenneth I. Starr
the disgraced financial adviser with Hollywood clients, was a major investor in GlobalOptions, a controversial Washington firm that once billed itself as “a private CIA,” financial filings show.
Starr is charged with swindling at least $59 million from a glittering list of film and media stars including Uma Thurman, Al Pacino, Martin Scorsese, Neil Simon, newscaster Diane Sawyer and photographer Annie Leibovitz.
Federal agents found him hiding behind coats in his closet on May 27, "forcing them to yank him out by the collar," the Associated Press reported.
Starr “was an early investor in GlobalOptions,” according to a former employee. SEC filings show that he had major investments in the company as recently as January 2009.
Since its founding in 1998, GlobalOption’s board of directors has also included Starr’s son, Ronald, who is also managing director of his father’s investment firm.
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