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Clinton Foundation shook down supermodel’s charity By Aaron Short The Clinton Foundation shook down a charity run by supermodel Petra Nemcova for a $500,000 donation before Bill Clinton would agree to speak at its annual gala last year in Manhattan, according to a report today. The former president received a “lifetime achievement award” at the June 2014 Happy Hearts fundraiser at Cipriani 42nd Street. The charity’s former director told The New York Times that Clinton appearance was a result of a “quid pro quo” — meaning the $500,000 payment. “The Clinton Foundation had rejected the Happy Hearts Fund invitation more...

To commemorate the 10th anniversary of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, Petra Nemcova, a Czech model who survived the disaster by clinging to a palm tree, decided to pull out all the stops for the annual fund-raiser of her school-building charity, the Happy Hearts Fund. She booked Cipriani 42nd Street, which greeted guests with Bellini cocktails on silver trays. She flew in Sheryl Crow with her band and crew for a 20-minute set. The gala cost $363,413. But the real splurge? Bill Clinton. The former president of the United States agreed to accept a lifetime achievement award at the June...

A charity run by Czech supermodel Petra Nemcova donated $500,000 to the Clinton Foundation in 2014 after Bill Clinton agreed to accept a lifetime achievement award from the organization. The New York Times reports [emphasis added]: To commemorate the 10th anniversary of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, Petra Nemcova, a Czech model who survived the disaster by clinging to a palm tree, decided to pull out all the stops for the annual fund-raiser of her school-building charity, the Happy Hearts Fund. She booked Cipriani 42nd Street, which greeted guests with Bellini cocktails on silver trays. She flew in Sheryl Crow...

EXCLUSIVE: A former charity executive who helped expose a questionable $500,000 donation to the Clinton Foundation is now being threatened by her old bosses with a lawsuit seeking tens of thousands of dollars, FoxNews.com has learned. Sue Veres Royal, former executive director at the Happy Hearts Fund, was initially quoted in a May 29 New York Times article that said the charity lured Bill Clinton to a 2014 gala only after offering a $500,000 donation to The Clinton Foundation. His office previously had turned down the charity's invitations, but this time he accepted; the accompanying donation amounted to almost a...

[caption id="attachment_1390" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Image credit: New York Post[/caption] Bill and Hillary Clinton would be the perfect casting pair to lead a live reboot of "Despicable Me," but without the cute minions. The New York Times reported former President Clinton accepted a lifetime achievement award in 2014 from Petra Nemcova, a Czech model who survived the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.  The award was given by Nemcova's charity, the Happy Hearts Fund, which "rebuilds safe-resilient schools in areas impacted by natural disasters," according to the organization's website. But Bill does nothing without a payout.  In this case, he scammed $500,000 from the do-gooders...