Kathleen Manafort (Also known as : Kathleen Bond Manafort / Paul Manafort Wife) & Jess Manafort ( Paul Manafort Daughter)
Wedding & Marriage / Husband / Engaged / Spouse / Partner Both Kathleen and Jess are Married. Check the full bio for relationship details.Biography Information / Profile Background
Introduction :
- Kathleen Manafort is a mother, lawyer, and the wife (for over 40 years) of Paul Manafort. Paul is a past political consultant of former President Donald Trump’s 2016 election campaign & who later got into big-time trouble with the law & even had to forfeit his attorney’s license in 2019.
Personal Life, Parents and Family Details :
- Born on 9th December 1952, Kathleen was raised by her parents Joseph and Patricia Bond.
- She has three brothers, Jay, Thomas and Randolph.
- Kathleen met her husband Paul met each other while they were studying together at college and got married in 1978.
- They have two daughters, Jess Manafort (also known as Jess Bond) and Andrea Manafort.
- Jess was married to Jeffrey Yohai, a real estate developer, but the couple divorced in 2017.
Education, Career, Salary and Net Worth :
- Kathleen earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Law at Georgetown University in Washington D.C. She also passed the Virginia bar that same year.
- Currently, Kathleen is still a lawyer in Virginia. She & her husband also owned a real estate firm together.
- Jess on the other hand, is a movie director and writer. Back in 2007, she had directed a movie titled ‘Remember the Daze’ starring Amber Heard
Katrina Begin and Leighton Meester.
Paul’s Troubles with the Law :
- Kathleen’s husband & Jess’s dad Paul Manafort legal troubles put the family under media spotlight. Paul had to deal with charges of tax and bank fraud originating from his work in Ukraine with a pro-Russia political party. This was the first trial the counsellor had to look into Russian interference with the 2016 presidential election, however, most of the subject activity covered in the courtroom dated back a long time before Paul even joined President Donald Trump’s election campaign.
- Paul was found guilty on eight different counts; another ten charges were declared as mistrials as the jury could not seem to reach a unanimous consensus.
- He was also charged with eighteen counts of tax and banking atrocities, and has pleaded not guilty to every single charge.
The Legal Drama :
- In 2018, other Manafort family members also stood trial – Kathleen’s ex-son-in-law Yohai pleaded guilty to criminal charges in reference to receiving real estate loans and agreed to cooperate in federal investigations.
- A California bank executive questioned ex-son-in-law Jeffrey Yohai Yohai about a one million dollar loan Pual Manafort acquired in 2016 to assist Yohai in ‘flipping’ luxury homes in Los Angeles. Prosecutors stated Paul lied about his annual income and hid some of his debt to secure the loan.
- During Paul’s investigation, his accountant James Ayliff was called to the stand. Ayliff testified that he had asked Paul if he owned any foreign bank accounts to which he told ‘no.’
- He had to examine a list of fifteen Cyprus entities and Ayliff admitted that he thought they were Paul’s clients or was not familiar with them altogether.
- At this point, Kathleen stormed out of the courtroom, looking visibly upset.
Interesting Facts, Height and Trivia :
- The Manafort residence in Virginia was actually raided while the couple were in bed together. The FBI agents stormed in with guns and even insisted on searching Kathleen for weapons. While this was quite a drastic precautionary, it is also a standard part of FBI searches.
- Kathleen’s daughter Jessica legally changed her name to Jessica Bond after her father’s investigation. She stated ‘I need to separate myself and my career from the public eye that has nothing to do with the person that I am.’
- Kathleen owns several horses as well as an assortment of luxury homes with her husband, including their ten bedroom home in the Hamptons on Long Island.
