Elie samaha night club owner killed
Samaha was a co-owner/founder of the dry cleaner chain Celebrity Cleaners and co-owner of the Roxbury nightclub in Los Angeles.!
Elie Samaha, the former film producer who was accused of perpetrating a massive fraud on his investors more than a decade ago, is in hot water.
Elie Samaha
American film producer
Elie Samaha | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Film producer |
| Years active | 1995–present |
| Spouses | Diane Shammas (m. 1980; div. 1988)Tia Carrere (m. 1992; div. 2000) |
Elie Samaha (Arabic: إيلي سماحة) is a film producer in Los Angeles, with production credits beginning with The Immortals in 1995.
He has produced over 83 works, primarily films along with some video games. He produced The Boondock Saints (1999), Battlefield Earth (2000), Driven (2001), 3,000 Miles to Graceland (2001), Heist (2001), The Pledge (2001), Spartan (2004), among many others.[1]
Samaha built his reputation in Hollywood first as the owner of Celebrity Cleaners and then with his nightclub on Sunset Strip, the Roxbury.
Parlaying the Hollywood friendships he formed through his clubs, Samaha was given a distribution deal with Warner