Cher, cocaine and blood money at the Bellagio: What it was really like doing PR for dictators

Cher, cocaine and blood money at the Bellagio: What it was really like doing PR for dictators

In 2009, Mutassim Khadafy, the then 34-year-old son of the ruthless Libyan dictator Moammar Khadafy and the African country’s National Security Advisor, wanted to vacation in Las Vegas. But he didn’t want his every move — particularly the illegal ones — to end up in the news. So he hired Phil Elwood, a self-described PR … Read more