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Now THAT's affluenza: Broward GOP uncovers a nasty secret about its young party secretary
Whoa. I just subscribed to @latimes b/c my free stories ran out and I wanted to read this. Totally worth it. Also, digital subscription is cheap.
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Affluent LA kid charged w/ attempted murder gets case scrubbed, changes name, moves to FL, remakes himself as a political candidate http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-rupert-tarsey-20171129-htmlstory.html … Wild yarn by @AleneTchek
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As a teen, he savagely beat a classmate. The attack was forgotten, until he went into politics
By Alene Tchekmedyian
November 29, 2017, 3:00 AM
Before the 2016 presidential election, he told them, he knocked on thousands of doors and got 50 Republicans in the liberal enclave to register to vote to support Donald Trump’s presidential campaign. He worshiped at the same church as the committee’s vice chair and headed a local chapter of the Catholic fraternal group Knights of Columbus. He came from a wealthy California family and followed four generations into a real estate career.
Within months of joining the local party, the 28-year-old was elected secretary in May, defeating two challengers who’d been around longer.
But something felt off about Tarsey for Bob Sutton, chairman of the committee. After a few months, Tarsey went after Sutton’s position, members said, by working to persuade the committee to unseat him. That’s when Sutton started getting phone calls warning him that Tarsey was not quite who he seemed.
“Houston, we’ve got a problem,” he said one caller told him. ... It wasn’t long before the story of Tarsey’s past unfolded.
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alene.tchekmedyian@latimes.com
Twitter: @AleneTchek
By Alene Tchekmedyian
November 29, 2017, 3:00 AM
Before the 2016 presidential election, he told them, he knocked on thousands of doors and got 50 Republicans in the liberal enclave to register to vote to support Donald Trump’s presidential campaign. He worshiped at the same church as the committee’s vice chair and headed a local chapter of the Catholic fraternal group Knights of Columbus. He came from a wealthy California family and followed four generations into a real estate career.
Within months of joining the local party, the 28-year-old was elected secretary in May, defeating two challengers who’d been around longer.
But something felt off about Tarsey for Bob Sutton, chairman of the committee. After a few months, Tarsey went after Sutton’s position, members said, by working to persuade the committee to unseat him. That’s when Sutton started getting phone calls warning him that Tarsey was not quite who he seemed.
“Houston, we’ve got a problem,” he said one caller told him. ... It wasn’t long before the story of Tarsey’s past unfolded.
....
alene.tchekmedyian@latimes.com
Twitter: @AleneTchek
Jose Lambiet
Broward GOP uncovers a nasty secret about its young party secretary
By JOSE LAMBIET
jose@gossipextra.com
September 06, 2017 02:23 PM
UPDATED September 07, 2017 05:29 PM
The Broward County Republicans are in turmoil today after revelations that a freshly elected member of their executive board is a man who once was charged with attempted murder in the savage claw-hammer beating of a then-classmate at a Los Angeles prep school for multi-millionaires’ children.
Four months after 28-year-old Rupert Tarsey was elected secretary, party officials have found out the young philanthropist and supporter of President Donald Trump is really Rupert Ditsworth.
And a decade ago, the then-Beverly Hills teenager was charged with attempted murder in Los Angeles after hitting Harvard-Westlake School classmate Elizabeth Barcay over the head at least 40 times, splitting her skull open.
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For years, he quietly volunteered on Republican campaigns, including Trump’s. Then in May, Tarsey presented himself at the election for the party’s executive board. He won a three-candidate race for secretary with 75 votes. ... Tarsey’s real identity was discovered by a member who alerted local GOP Chairman Bob Sutton over the Labor Day weekend.
Broward GOP uncovers a nasty secret about its young party secretary
By JOSE LAMBIET
jose@gossipextra.com
September 06, 2017 02:23 PM
UPDATED September 07, 2017 05:29 PM
The Broward County Republicans are in turmoil today after revelations that a freshly elected member of their executive board is a man who once was charged with attempted murder in the savage claw-hammer beating of a then-classmate at a Los Angeles prep school for multi-millionaires’ children.
Four months after 28-year-old Rupert Tarsey was elected secretary, party officials have found out the young philanthropist and supporter of President Donald Trump is really Rupert Ditsworth.
And a decade ago, the then-Beverly Hills teenager was charged with attempted murder in Los Angeles after hitting Harvard-Westlake School classmate Elizabeth Barcay over the head at least 40 times, splitting her skull open.
....
For years, he quietly volunteered on Republican campaigns, including Trump’s. Then in May, Tarsey presented himself at the election for the party’s executive board. He won a three-candidate race for secretary with 75 votes. ... Tarsey’s real identity was discovered by a member who alerted local GOP Chairman Bob Sutton over the Labor Day weekend.
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