Apparently there are actually people in the world named Raffles. I'm guessing he might be named after the hotel chain or his parents won a television in a raffle the same day he was born, or being Dutch, they may have confused Ruffles with Raffles. Who is not a fan of Ruffles? They have ridges. Ahh, the power of advertising. Don Draper would be proud.
Anyway, this guy who calls himself an entertainment consultant, which I refer to as a hanger on who was good at providing certain things to celebrities they may not otherwise be able to acquire told De Telegraaf in The Netherlands that he came forward four days after the death of Houston and told police it was he who cleaned out the room and removed all traces of coke. Why? "It had to be done." I think he cleaned up evidence that others had been using coke too such as family members and close intimate friends if you know what I mean.
A drug addict did too many drugs and died. Who cares???
ReplyDeleteYet another celebrity leach trying to make a buck off of this chick's death.
ReplyDeleteI came to ask the question of why he would come forward, but Montana reminded me: he probably got paid.
ReplyDeleteIsn't cleaning up the room obstruction somehow? Can't he get called in for questioning or something? Not that it matters but there are so many creepy people like this hanging onto celebs,I guess it comes with the territory. Coke is a bad drug folks stay away!
ReplyDeleteUnless he is taking the fall, he is the guy that leaked the casket photos and is supposedly a drug dealer to the stars. I forget the place I saw it but there are pictures of him with Michael Jackson and OJ Simpson, too. Oh, he has also tried to pass himself off as George Benson's son (George Benson sang On Broadway and the original version of The Greatest Love of All before Whitney sang it). This guy is a real piece of work.
ReplyDeleteLainey covered this guy, he's a total douchebag celebrity-clinger.
ReplyDeleteThat said, I'd want someone to clean up my coke too.
There are more celebrity "hanger ons" in Hollywood than celebrities, that's for sure. A friend in the industry put it to me like this "Some people come to Hollywood to be stars, some people come to Hollywood to sell drugs to the stars."
ReplyDelete@Krgl420 Not sure of legalities, as technically, it's not a crime scene.
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ReplyDeleteI wonder if Raffles is related to Nick.
ReplyDeleteI've read about this guy before. Very shady type. I have to go find the article but he's been around at least a couple of other celebrities who died too soon...maybe just a drug dealer, but there was something else. Hmm.
ReplyDeleteCoke cleaner? Every party that I've ever had, we did ever last molecule of coke before it ended...
ReplyDeleteThat dude is creepy. Apparently he's Rihanna's dealer? Had a thing with Christina Milan. http://diaryofahollywoodstreetking.com/whats-raffles-van-exels-connection-to-rhianna-and-christina-milian/
ReplyDeleteAnd he's been deported 5 times???
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ReplyDeleteLike I need another post to remind me that Whitney is deadddd!!!!
ReplyDeleteDamn this still gets me.
Why are all my childhood favorite singers dropping like flies? Michael (I still cant process that one)...Whitney...Etta James....
and yet Mariah is still alive and hello kitty-kicking.
I kid, I kid (for the most part).
There were people named Raffles all the time, in movies from the 30's. Usually they were 50 year old newsies or female lush BFF's.
ReplyDeleteI thought tampering with a death scene was a crime??
ReplyDeleteThe fact that this trash tried to pose as one of George Benson's son's is even more loathsome. George lost a son due to being shot. He does not need this scum saying he was his child.
HDU, Mr. Van Exel is Founder and CEO of Raffles Entertainment: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/raffles-van-exel/27/a51/44
ReplyDeleteFounder/ CEO Raffles Entertainment,LLC
Entertainment industry
2002 – Present (10 years)
Raffles van Exel, CEO of Raffles Entertainment, LLC, is a highly respected entertainment consultant/ Producer having guided some of the world's most acclaimed executives and celebrities: Actor Quinton Aaron from the smash hit The Blind Side with Sandra Bullock, Peter Lamas CEO and founder of Lamas beauty, the late King of Pop Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, Patti LaBelle, Lance Bass (Founding member of iconic pop group, N'Sync), Flavor Flav of the iconic rap group Public Enemy and of the "Flavor of Love" fame, George Benson, and the late Ray Charles. Raffles van Exel has produced for The Queen of Salsa - the late and great Celia Cruz, funk pioneer George Clinton, Sisqo, Nick Cannon, Howie Dorough (Founding member of Grammy nominated group, The Backstreet Boys), rap icon and actor Ice-T, and a host of other artists.
Bitch, you ain't fit to breath the air that Celia Cruz breathed. Maybe you produced a mojito.
Ya, I figured the death scene had to be tampered with, because obviously Houston died while smoking crack, or cranking coke, in the bathtub which brought on what is commonly known as "doing the chicken". In other words she went unconscious after her toke/crank and slipped unawares into the water in the tub. A seasoned coke addict would not lose consciousness by merely snorting coke. Hence the reference to cleaning up the room afterwards was probably in reference to the pipe or the needle.
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