Leo DiCaprio’s Birthday Party Was “Pure Debauchery”, Because Of Course It Was

If someone was to ask you who has the most debauched birthday parties in Hollywood, Leonardo DiCaprio‘s name would probably be right up at the top of the list, just as a matter of course. 
This is a guy who rolls with 20-deep possees of models wherever he goes and may or may not have dated Rihanna, so a few drinks after work on a Friday are never going to cut it.
That said, a recent story in the Wall Street Journal suggests that Leo’s 38th birthday party, during the era of The Wolf Of Wall Street, was a pretty out-there affair, even by Leo’s standards. 
Per their report, Red Granite Pictures, Wolf‘s production company, made some pretty extravagant expenditures, including $600,000 on Marlon Brando‘s 1955 Best Actor Oscar as a gift for Leo, back when he didn’t have one of his own.
Said a “source”, who was either present at the event, knew of the event or is pulling this out of his arse (we hope it’s not the last one): 

“It was pure debauchery. The Red Granite guys were having a competition on who could spend the most money on champagne service. They spent over a million dollars buying bottles that were brought out by scantily clad women, with sparklers on each magnum that were $25,000 each.” 

You’ll forgive us if we deploy a slightly overused GIF:

Red Granite have since denied that the event in question ever took place. 
The Wall Street Journal also claim that the company financed The Wolf Of Wall Street with money diverted from a fund that was meant to stimulate the Malaysian economy
They say:
The fund, 1Malaysia Development Bhd., or 1MDB, was set up seven years ago by the prime minister of Malaysia, Najib Razak. His stepson, Riza Aziz, is the chairman of Red Granite Pictures.


The 1MDB fund is now the focus of numerous investigations at home and abroad, which grew out of $11 billion of debt it ran up and questions raised in Malaysia about how some of its money was used.
Neither Leo nor director Martin Scorcese are implicated, as the alleged transaction occurred prior to their involvement with Red Granite.
If true, the rumours would be very Wolf Of Wall Street-appropriate, albeit not very good for the Malaysian economy. 
Photo: Jun Sato / Getty.

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