Over the last few weeks, Wikileaks has published some damming reports that the Gaddafi family has given millions of pounds to fund their education and their entertainment. This has forced some celebrities to donate the earnings to a charity and to give a some what half hearted apology, mixed with an excuse. Wikileak's findings has also cause an independent enquiry into the funding of over 3.7 million pounds to the London School of Economics from the Gaddafi family and the resignation of its director Sir Howard Davies.
The artists and reported earnings for Gaddafi linked events:
2005 - 50 cent - unknow - undcilosed fee
2007 - Nelly Furtdo - 45 mins - $1million
2009 - Mariah Carey - 4 songs - $1million
2009 - Beyonce Knowles - 1 hour - $2million
2009 - Usher - 1 hour - undisclosed fee
Rumoured to have perform, Lionel Richie, Enrique Iglesias and Timberland. Most the pop stars have come out with regret at preforming at these event and have since donated their earning from this to charities.
Donations or payments to London School of Economics:
£2.2 - to train Libyan civil servants and professionals
£20,000 - tuition to head of Libyan investment authority
£31,000 - advice from Davies himself on Libya's wealth fund
£22,857 - travel costs from for academic LSE speakers to go to Libya
Gaddafi's son attended LSE and is now being investigated for plagiarism on his PhD thesis.
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