The Cotton Club Murder | The Limo Driver | 2

Death of a Starlet

Wondery

True Crime, Josh Lucas, Tracy Pattin, Exhbit C, Hugh Hefner, Playboy, Peter Bogdanovich, Hollywood & Crime, Dorothy Stratten, Documentary, Exhibit C, Society & Culture, History

4.6 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 2 December 2024

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Sheriff's homicide detectives track down a mysterious limo driver who knows Lanie Jacobs and Robert Evans. As detectives dig deeper, they find a new suspect and evidence that links directly to the crime scene. Meanwhile, details emerge about the movie project Radin, Lanie and Evans were involved in to finance Evans' latest film "The Cotton Club" -- a deal that may have been at the heart of Radin's murder.

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0:00.0	Wondery Plus subscribers can binge all episodes of Hollywood and crime, the Cotton Club murder, early and ad-free.
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0:26.6	Lainey Jacobs was ready for a seismic shift in her life. She'd risen to the top distributing pure white Colombian powder in Miami,
0:31.6	but the thrill of the climb had faded.
0:34.6	It was July 1982.
0:38.3	Lainey cradled her two-month-old baby boy.
0:41.3	His big brown eyes, wide and innocent, stared back at her.
0:46.3	A year ago, Lainey got hit with an unexpected urge.
0:50.3	She wanted a baby.
0:53.3	She got one, along with husband number six, Joe Amir. Easy on the
0:59.0	eyes, thick dark hair, a crooked smile. But the marriage quickly fizzled. Lainey was left with
1:07.0	Dax, her sweet little boy. Having a kid, though, didn't stop her from being restless.
1:14.4	She handed Dax off to his nanny, Miriam, then patted across her backyard toward the pool.
1:21.2	Milan Bella Chasasas waited for her in a lounge chair. He sipped champagne flanked by his two bodyguards. Lainey poured herself a glass,
1:30.3	then sat down next to the notorious drug lord. Almost two years of working with Milan had created
1:37.9	a familiar rhythm. Not even her pregnancy and brief marriage interfered with their arrangement. She and Milan still slept
1:45.9	together when it suited them. Lainey found him both alluring and dangerous, but she knew how to
1:52.4	handle him. He trusted her implicitly. Why wouldn't he? Their business had skyrocketed in the
1:59.2	past year, especially in California.
2:02.6	Lainey had been flying to Los Angeles ensuring new distributors were on top of their game.
2:08.6	She saw an opportunity to grow the company and laid out a plan for their West Coast expansion.
2:14.6	Milan, eager to increase profits, agreed. Lainey, however, had one condition.
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