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  Kid Rock

  Kim Kardashian, Superstar (sex tape)

  King, Martin Luther, Jr.

  Kraco

  Kraines, Joyce

  Kraines, Larry

  American Tragedy and

  Bruce Jenner and

  Kardashians’ divorce and

  Kris’s infidelity and

  and Robert Kardashian’s illness and death

  and Robert Kardashian’s marriage to Jan

  on Robert Kardashian’s relationships with Shawn and Denice

  on Roberts

  Simpson and

  Kramer, Donna

  Kris

  Kris Jenner … and All Things Kardashian (Jenner)

  KROQ

  Kutcher, Ashton

  La Costa

  La Puma, Joe

  Leach, Joe Carl

  Leach, Leslie Johnson

  Leach, Robin

  Leigh, Jennifer Jason

  Leno, Jay

  Levin, Ira

  Lippman, Michael

  Lohan, Lindsay

  Lookinland, Mike

  Lopez, Jennifer

  Los Angeles Times

  Love Ranch

  Lowe, Rob

  Luau

  Mason, George

  Mastrogeorge, Harry

  Matsuno-Parmenter, Linda

  Matthews, Shanelle

  MCA Radio Network

  McCarroll, Patrick

  McCormick, Maureen

  McGovern, George

  meatpacking industry

  bribery scandal in

  Great Western Packing

  Medina, Rich

  Mengers, Sue

  Michael, George

  Migdal, Joni

  American Tragedy and

  Ellen Pearson and

  Kardashians’ divorce and

  Khloé’s paternity and

  Kris’s affair and

  Robert Kardashian’s death and

  and Robert Kardashian’s defense of Simpson

  Robert Kardashian’s efforts to convert

  Robert Kardashian’s house-hunting with

  and Robert Kardashian’s interview with Walters

  Mirren, Helen

  Miss USA pageant

  Moesha

  Moomaw, Donn

  Moore, Roger

  Movie Theater Network

  Movie Tunes

  Mungle, Beverley

  Mungle, Charles

  Mungle, Debbie Kathleen

  Mungle, Karen

  Murinson, Alexander

  Myers, Larry

  Naked Gun

  National Enquirer

  New York Post

  New York Times

  Nicklaus, Jack

  Nielsen, Leslie

  9/11 terrorist attacks

  Nixon, Richard

  Norwood, Sonja

  Obama, Barack

  O’Brien, Pat

  Odom, Lamar

  O’Neill, Terry

  Ordyan, Sarkis

  organized crime

  Orist, Michelle Willett

  Osbournes, The

  PacSun

  Palmer, Adele

  Paper

  Parker, Angel

  Pascal, Amy

  Patton, Juanita Ethel

  Pearson, Ellen

  Penn, Sean

  Pennino, Phil

  Penthouse

  People

  People v. O.J. Simpson, The: American Crime Story

  Pierre Cardin

  Pitt, Brad

  Playboy

  Playboy Mansion

  Presley, Elvis

  death of

  Presley, Lisa Marie

  Presley, Priscilla

  Principal, Victoria

  Public Storage

  Puerto Vallarta

  Pulvers, Nicole

  QVC

  racetracks

  Radar

  Radio & Records (R&R)

  Rancho La Costa

  Ray J

  Reagan, Nancy

  Reagan, Ronald

  Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, The

  Redford, Robert

  Reed, Robert

  Reinhold, Judge

  Resnick, Faye

  Richards, Kim

  Richards, Kyle

  Riches, Lani

  Richie, Nicole

  Rihanna

  Ritter, John

  Rivers, Joan

  Rivers, Melissa

  Riviera Country Club

  RKO General

  Roberts, Ken

  Rocky II

  Rodgers, Phil

  Roldan, Alex

  Rolling Stone

  Rooney, Mickey

  Rose, Amber

  Rose, Axl

  Rosenfeld, Meyer and Susman

  Rothschild, Harry

  Rothschild, Peter

  Rue, Brent

  Rue, Happy

  Run of His Life, The: The People v. O. J. Simpson (Toobin)

  Russia

  Ryan, Jack

  Ryan, Meg

  St. John, Jill

  Sajak, Pat

  Sanders, George

  San Diego School of Law

  San Diego Union-Tribune

  Sanudo, Carlos

  Sanudo, Cesar

  death of

  gold coins of

  Jacqui’s marriage to

  Kris’s relationship with

  and Kris’s relationship with Kardashian

  Sanudo, Rudy

  Sawyer, Diane

  Schenz, Jacqui

  Schiller, Lawrence

  Schiller, Stephanie

  Schuller, Robert

  Schwarzenegger, Arnold

  Schwimmer, David

  Scientology

  Scott, Chrystie Crownover

  Seacrest, Ryan

  Sears

  Secret Life of Cyndy Garvey, The (Garvey)

  September 11 terrorist attacks

  Sex Tape

  Shakarian, Demos

  Shakarian, Evangeline “Vangie”

  Shakarian, Issak

  Shakarian, Richard

  Shannon, Harry (Kris’s stepfather)

  Shannon, Mary Jo (“M.J.”) Campbell Houghton (Kris’s mother)

  cancer of

  Shapiro, Robert

  Shriver, Maria

  Simpson, Aaren

  Simpson, Arnelle

  Simpson, Jason

  Simpson, Justin

  Simpson, Marguerite Whitely

  Simpson, Nicole Brown

  breast implants of

  Kris’s affair and

  murder of

  O.J.’s abuse of

  O.J.’s marriage to

  O.J’s trial for murder of

  Simpson, O.J.

  Deep Canyon house and

  in Ford Bronco police chase

  Gulliksen and

  infidelity of

  Kris and

  luggage of

  in murders of Nicole and Goldman

  murder trial of

  Nicole abused by

  Nicole’s marriage to

  Olympics and

  robbery conviction of

  Robert Kardashian as business partner of

  Robert Kardashian’s defense of

  Robert Kardashian’s friendship with

  Robert Kardashian’s meeting of

  Robert Kardashian’s reading of letter of

  Tom Kardashian and

  Simpson, Sydney

  Sinbad Show, The

  Singer, Marty

  Smith, Bubba

  Smith, Chuck

  Snoop Dogg

  Soloway, Jill

  Somers, Suzanne

  Soviet Union

  Spallino, Cindy

  Spears, Britney

  Sports Illustrated

  Spradlin, Jack

  Springsteen, Bruce

  Stafford, Susan

  Stallone, Sylvester

  Star

  Steiger, Rod

  Stellini, Joe

 
Stepford Wives, The

  Stewart, Alana

  Stewart, Martha

  Still the Happiest People (Shakarian)

  Straza, George T.

  Sullivan, William A.

  Susan Miller Dorsey High School

  Swift, Taylor

  Tafelski, Marla

  Tafelski, Vicki

  Taft, Leroy “Skip”

  Tambor, Jeffrey

  Taub, Simon

  Taylor, Elizabeth

  Telegraph

  Thomas, Damon

  Thompson, Linda

  Thompson, Tristan

  Thomsen, Vicky Kron

  Thorn Birds, The

  Three’s Company

  Tijuana Country Club

  Time

  Tom, Donna

  Toobin, Jeffrey

  Transparent

  Trevino, Lee

  Trump, Donald

  Trupp, Beverly

  Truth in Advertising

  Turner, Lana

  20/20

  Twitter

  Tyra Banks Show, The

  Tyson, Mike

  Unfaithful

  USC (University of Southern California)

  USDA (U.S. Department of Agriculture)

  Valentino

  Vanity Fair

  Vaughn, Robert

  Vernon, Calif.

  Vietnam War

  Village People

  Vivid Entertainment

  Walters, Barbara

  Washington Post

  Wasser, Dennis

  Wasser, Laura

  Waterman, Ilza

  Waterman, Todd

  Watson, Linda

  Watson, Tom

  Wayne, John

  Weatherford, Cheryl Wallace

  West, Kanye

  West, Kim Kardashian, see Kardashian, Kim

  West, North

  West, Saint

  Westwood United Methodist Church

  Wheeler, Jeffrey B.

  Wheel of Fortune

  White, Vanna

  Williams, Wendy

  Willwerth, James

  Wilson, Bob

  Women’s Wear Daily

  Wright, Lynn

  Wyatt, Mary

  Wyatt, Walter

  Yetnikoff, Walter

  Young Presidents’ Organization

  Zimmerman, Joan

  ALSO BY JERRY OPPENHEIMER

  RFK Jr.: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the Dark Side of the Dream

  Crazy Rich: Power, Scandal, and Tragedy Inside the Johnson & Johnson Dynasty

  The Other Mrs. Kennedy: Ethel Skakel Kennedy: An American Drama of Power, Privilege, and Politics

  State of a Union: Inside the Complex Marriage of Bill and Hillary Clinton

  Just Desserts: Martha Stewart—The Unauthorized Biography

  Front Row: Anna Wintour—The Cool Life and Hot Times of Vogue’s Editor in Chief

  House of Hilton: From Conrad to Paris: A Drama of Wealth, Power, and Privilege

  Toy Monster: The Big, Bad World of Mattel

  Madoff with the Money

  Seinfeld: The Making of an American Icon

  Barbara Walters: An Unauthorized Biography

  Idol: Rock Hudson: The True Story of an American Film Hero (with Jack Vitek)

  ABOUT THE AUTHOR

  JERRY OPPENHEIMER is the New York Times bestselling author of Crazy Rich: Power, Scandal, and Tragedy Inside the Johnson & Johnson Dynasty, as well as unauthorized biographies of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Hillary and Bill Clinton, Anna Wintour, Rock Hudson, Martha Stewart, Barbara Walters, Ethel Kennedy, Jerry Seinfeld, and the Hilton family. He has also worked in several different capacities as a journalist, including as an investigative reporter and a producer of television news programs and documentaries. You can sign up for email updates here.

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  CONTENTS

  Title Page

  Copyright Notice

  Dedication

  Some of the Cast of Characters

  Prologue

  PART I: THE “MOMAGER”

  ONE    Stay Classy, San Diego

  TWO    School Days

  THREE    Meeting the “Mob”

  FOUR    Hole in One

  FIVE    Enter Kardashian

  SIX    An Affair to Remember

  SEVEN    Coffee, Tea, or Me?

  EIGHT    Kardashian and Presley

  PART II: THE “MOUTHPIECE”

  NINE    A Corrupt Family Business

  TEN    A Kardashian Childhood

  ELEVEN    Jesus and the Kardashians

  TWELVE    A Stepford Wife

  THIRTEEN    Wedding Bells

  FOURTEEN    A Three-Thousand-Dollar Belt

  FIFTEEN    Who’s Your Daddy?

  SIXTEEN    Another Affair

  SEVENTEEN    Emotional Wreck

  EIGHTEEN    Enter Jenner

  NINETEEN    Kissin’ Cousins

  TWENTY    Fatal Friendship

  TWENTY-ONE    Dire Warnings

  TWENTY-TWO    Tragic Times

  TWENTY-THREE    Lonely Farewell

  PART III: THE “MISCREANTS”

  TWENTY-FOUR    “Kim Kardashian, Superstar”

  TWENTY-FIVE    It’s Reality

  TWENTY-SIX    A “Complex” Lie

  TWENTY-SEVEN    The “Misfit”

  Epilogue

  Photographs

  Acknowledgments

  Sources

  Selected Bibliography

  Index

  Also by Jerry Oppenheimer

  About the Author

  Copyright

  THE KARDASHIANS. Copyright © 2017 by Jerry Oppenheimer. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.

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  First Edition: September 2017