An Italian influencer is claiming that John was a victim of DV and has also shared unflattering allegations about CBK. What's your take on these claims?
I came across a 40-plus-part series on Instagram by an Italian woman who goes by Luvi_storytelling_perfumes ( https://www.instagram.com/luvi\_storytelling\_perfumes/ ). Throughout the series, she discusses John and Carolyn's relationship and claims to have inside sources.
According to her, the information came from her friend, Lavinia Pasanisi de Foscarini, who grew up in New York. She says Lavinia's Italian mother, who came from a prominent family, was very close to the Kennedy family and that Lavinia was John's goddaughter. She further claims that Lavinia received this information from Maria Shriver, who allegedly wanted these details to become public after Love Story ended and gave permission for her name to be used.
She also claims that Caroline Kennedy is aware this information will eventually be released and is comfortable with it. In addition, she frequently refers to two individuals identified only as "C" and "S," whom she says worked at George magazine and are close friends of the Kennedy family but did not want their identities revealed.
Because I don't understand Italian, I had to rely on translations. The following is what she shared. These are her words not mine!
1. Caroline found Carolyn in Jack’s playroom using cocaine, and a few paparazzi caught her while she was under the influence. She allegedly shoved one of the paparazzi, causing the photographer to fall and hit her head on the curb. Apparently, Ted Kennedy hushed up the incident.
2. In November 1996, Carolyn wanted to alter the prenuptial agreement, and the process dragged on for years. She did not succeed on her first attempt. The Kennedy legal team, led by Victoria Reggie Kennedy, refused to budge an inch on the matter. So Carolyn tipped off the press, and stories began appearing in the newspapers about her attempt to modify the prenup. Her intent was to sway public opinion in her favor because of the "unfair" treatment she claimed to be receiving from the Kennedy family.
3. Christmas 1996, Carolyn spent thousands of dollars on gifts for the George magazine staff without John's knowledge. Apparently, John "flew into a rage" when he saw the designer items Carolyn had bought for Rosemarie because he had never "authorized" the purchases. “C" and "S" were also given expensive handbags, which infuriated John even more, as he insisted it was his own money to spend however he pleased. The problem was that this fueled further friction between John and Michael, who were already at odds. Michael was focused on corporate gifts—specifically, making sure everyone received one—so this display of extravagance clearly upset him. The matter ended with John opening a separate account for Carolyn because her spending was spiraling out of control.
4. Due to the friction over the prenuptial agreement, John and Carolyn did not spend Christmas together. Apparently, Carolyn spent it with her family in Greenwich, while John spent it with Caroline, Ed, Ted Kennedy and his wife Victoria, Eunice Shriver, Maria Shriver, and Arnold Schwarzenegger.
5. For New Year's, John went to Big Sky Resort in Montana with Maria, Arnold, Timothy, Anthony Shriver, and some of his friends. Carolyn joined him there and arrived wearing a turtleneck, tight jeans, and high-heeled boots. She had not packed a single thing suitable for the setting because she had no intention of leaving the hotel or learning to ski. The couple fought, trashed their hotel room, and John paid for the damages.
6. On New Year's Eve, Carolyn got into an argument with a waiter just minutes before midnight. She asked for vodka so she could make a toast, but since champagne had just been served to all the guests, the waiter simply asked her to wait until the countdown. Carolyn lost her patience and threw her glass at him.
7. Apparently, John spent a lot of time on the phone with Julie Baker and "C" during that trip.
8. John's friends and family mocked Carolyn's choice of high heels for the trip after she slipped on a patch of ice.
9. Carolyn complained that Maria's children were too noisy, disruptive, and ill-mannered. Apparently, Maria lost her patience when Carolyn began insulting and belittling John at every opportunity.
10. John spent most of the trip skiing with his friends and went on a few more ski trips that winter (early 1997) without Carolyn, including one to Colorado with Julie Baker.
11. Apparently, Carolyn could not stand Maria Shriver because, aside from being Caroline Kennedy's best friend, she was an accomplished, beautiful, intelligent, and respected journalist whom the press praised—unlike Carolyn.
12. Carolyn became irritated when she heard Maria and Arnold speaking German to each other while John was not around, convinced they were badmouthing her.
13. Apparently, Carolyn's aggression toward John escalated during the summer of 1997, and people close to him remembered him being constantly covered in bruises.
14. One morning, John and Carolyn had a fight, and she threw something at him that he could not dodge, striking him on the back of the head. Exhausted and running late for work, he moved to open the front door and leave. He did not see that Carolyn was moving a standard ladder used for changing lightbulbs, which crashed onto his head and sent him sprawling forward. He got back up and went to the office with a splitting headache. As the day went on, however, "C" and "S" noticed something odd about him. "C" saw blood in his hair. Upon closer inspection, beneath John's thick hair, a small cut was visible—one that was already beginning to heal.
15. John told his sister what had happened after he began feeling nauseous and dizzy. "C" took him to the hospital, where a CT scan revealed a concussion. He was kept under observation overnight, and the doctor insisted that he lay down and rest for at least five days. As a result, he stayed at Julie's apartment.
16. John loved Chanel No. 5, and for Carolyn's birthday, he came home with a large bottle of the perfume. She did not appreciate the gift. Instead, she simply told him that she hated it and would never wear it.
17. One evening, while John was working with "C"—he often brought George employees home in the evenings to work—Carolyn returned from an outing with friends after apparently having a wild night. Throwing things was always her first outlet. She was screaming that night, although we do not know what she was saying or why. We only know that she went into the bathroom, grabbed the bottle of Chanel No. 5, and hurled it directly at John. He was grazed by a few shards when it shattered against the wall. That wall of the loft reportedly smelled like Chanel No. 5 for years.
18. One evening, when Carolyn was "not in her right mind," she began striking John in every way possible and kicked him directly in the abdomen. Not satisfied with that, she grabbed a baseball bat and struck him in the same area. John ended up in the hospital with three cracked ribs, one of which had nearly punctured his lung. He had to wear a brace for three weeks.
….so throwing things wasn't exactly unheard of when it came to Carolyn, considering the way she treated Bergin. The prenup story also sounds plausible to me. What I have a harder time believing is the claim that John was constantly covered in bruises. He was photographed shirtless all the time, and it seems like the press or the public would have noticed something like that. I've also never seen any evidence that he wore a brace for broken ribs. And John & Carolyn went alone to the Big Sky Montana resort, and the owners of a diner they went to said she was wearing jeans, practical shoes and a shirt that said “Happily Ever After”. There was no mention of any other Kennedy there. So some of her claims don’t add up. She and Maria looked close at the 1998 Fire and Ice Ball..
This whole series is just so bizarre. There's a lot more, too. Should I make a Part 2?