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"Broke" Bear Lives Large in Big Apple

This gives new meaning to going for broke: TMZ spies caught Brandon "Greasy Bear" Davis last night at an event at haughty auction house Christie's. Christie's? Don't you have to have money to bid on art and furniture -- especially pieces going for well into the thousands of dollars?


The allegedly impecunious inheritor started his night at a Salma Hayek-hosted event at Christie's, where a TMZ spy spotted his slickness trying to light up a ciggie inside the auction house. Not so fast, smokey bear! It's called "the law!" Then the oily one slid into Butter, where he bubbled at the downtown celeb-boite until the wee hours. No word on whether his cocktails were comped.

He then made his way back to his Midtown cave, the oh-so-bearly tolerable $700-a-night St. Regis.
Greasy Bear

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16. Spoiled brat. He's such a waste of space. He much does he pay TMZ to put him on their site?

Posted at 2:48PM on Jul 17th 2007 by Crystal

17. Take a shower sweatbags!!

Posted at 3:10PM on Jul 17th 2007 by SlappDaddy

18. If boy washed up a little and lost 20 pounds - he would be drop dead handsome. Got a little Elvis appeal going on there.

Posted at 3:17PM on Jul 17th 2007 by Karen

19. He must also be a moron. I'm still waiting for an explanation as to just what kind of insult "fire crotch" is. I mean, it's a stupid insult but not really very significant. Besides, I thought all the young ladies of that clique were just that anyway. What's up with Lohan?? Probably wouldn't let him put his greasy mits on her!

Posted at 3:29PM on Jul 17th 2007 by R.Zimmerman

20. Hmmm, he's really actually more sweaty than he is greasy...still gross either way. This guy is a dinkus!

Posted at 3:31PM on Jul 17th 2007 by aprilmax

21. Is this the behemoth fire crotch idiot?
HE IS AN IDIOT.

YOU ARE AN IDIOT. YOU SHOULD WASH YOUR MOUTH OUT WITH A HUGE BAR OF SOAP.

Posted at 3:34PM on Jul 17th 2007 by FARRAH-FALLON

22. who the hell is he????

Posted at 3:39PM on Jul 17th 2007 by wilisa

23. I can't think of a better person that I like to see go from riches to rags.
(King Resources you know what I mean)

Posted at 4:02PM on Jul 17th 2007 by Theaz

24. Oh, I agree, clean him up, tape up his mouth and he'd be "good to go." Yes, he is sexy.

Posted at 4:26PM on Jul 17th 2007 by ficare

25. Who is this guy??? known for what? Heir to what oil? At least Paris Hilton has something to put on her resume (beside that infamous video :) )

Looks like this guy hasn't taken a bath in a long time.

Posted at 5:29PM on Jul 17th 2007 by noname

26. When Denver/ Hollywood tycoon Marvin Davis died in 2005, Forbes clocked him as the 30th-richest person in America with $5.8 billion, much of it held by his kids' Davis Family Trusts. Eldest daughter Patricia Davis Raynes, 53, spent most of her adult life asking Daddy, "Where's my money?"

A year after Marvin's death, she's taking a more muscular approach. Last month, Patricia filed a 169-page lawsuit against her mother, brothers and her father's top executives. To lead the charge, she hired New York's elite Boies, Schiller & Flexner firm. (Founder David Boies is famous for his eviscerating examination of Bill Gates in U.S. vs. Microsoft.)

BREAKING SEAL ON DAVIS BILLIONS: Dallas writer Mark Seal has pulled back the veil cloaking the tattered fortunes of Marvin Davis for the November issue of Vanity Fair. The 300-pound-plus mogul once owned 20th Century Fox, Aspen Skiing Corp. and the Pebble Beach golf resort.

According to the lawsuit, he repeatedly assured Patricia that she was worth $300 million. But when she asked for access to the money in 2002, he offered to buy her out of her trust for $10 million. In retrospect, she should have grabbed it. Within days of Marvin's death, Patricia's mother told her, "You're poor, Patty. You're poor ..." adding that there was "no money."

MARVIN LARGER THAN LIFE: Mark, who has a second home in Aspen, once interviewed Marvin in 2000 for Golf Digest. "You went into the futuristic L.A. skyscraper from Die Hard, where Bruce Willis saved Los Angeles," Mark says from his Dallas home. "Then you were ushered past two secretaries and into an enormous peach-hued office, where Marvin sat on a pedestal above you. His desk was a replica of Blake Carrington's from Dynasty , a character said to be inspired by Davis."

Patricia's suit states, "Marvin had left nothing in his will. The next day, Patricia's brother John and sister Dana spoke to Patricia privately, informing her of what they had known for a long time: Marvin had looted the trusts and had spent hundreds of millions of dollars that did not belong to him."

Lawyers for the family told Vanity Fair that the family was confident that "Patty's lawsuit will be shown to have no merit." When asked if there really is nothing left of Davis' estate, the lawyer said, "If that was the case, then one would have to ask why Patty would file the lawsuit."

A "friend" of the Davis family blamed Patty for her financial woes. "All of her siblings have long been gainfully employed — in businesses or running charities. Patty rides horses. She's received tens of millions of dollars, had an airplane, homes in the Hamptons, Palm Beach, Aspen and a $14 million apartment in New York," said the friend.

Evidently when your name is Davis, $10 million in hand is worth $300 million in the bush. (Or the trust). So perhaps Brandon Davis had better keep his mouth shut about a certain person's bush. Or she'll own the studio one day his grandfather used to (20th Century Fox) and sue him for all he's worth. Probably, somewhat less than $7 million

Posted at 5:59PM on Jul 17th 2007 by Davis family scandal - Grandpa looted the trust ( long, but juicy)

27. He was rich until grandpa looted the families wealth

Posted at 6:21PM on Jul 17th 2007 by Davis family scandal - Grandpa looted the trust ( long, but juicy)

28. Marvin Davis died, he left his family in financial ruin and now we're starting to see proof. The family matriarch Barbara Davis sold her mansion, The Knoll, in Beverly Hills and she's now living in a rental in Coldwater Canyon. Her daughter Nancy - Brandon Davis's mother- was also forced to sell her Bel Air home and she downsized. Brandon doesn't drive and he no longer has limos every night...

His family may be mad at him... But the whole family is having financial Problems
Brandon's dad is Nebil Zarif (described as a Turkish -American wine importer and a macho playboy) His poor mom nancy davis is going through hell 2.

I feel kind of sorry for this family

Posted at 6:19PM on Jul 17th 2007 by Davis family scandal - Grandpa sneaky business man

29. Grandpa tricked patricia davis to get her to sign over her trust to him.
I guess grandpa marvin was having financial problems in 2002, since he manipulating his daughter out of her trust fund.. That was supposedly 300 million..
Now, Nancy and Brandon have to downsize their living arrangements..

Sounds like a real nightmare.. He should of went to college or something when the money was there.. But, he still could.. Anyone every heard of student loans..

That was my reporting for the day.. Everything is factual, I did the research.

Posted at 6:30PM on Jul 17th 2007 by The family is broke

30. The family is broke,

You don't use "should of" in a sentence. It is "should have".

Posted at 6:35PM on Jul 17th 2007 by Kara

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