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American oil heir (1956–2011)

John Paul Getty III (; born Eugene Paul Getty II; November 4, 1956 – February 5, 2011)^[1] was the grandson of American oil tycoon J. Paul Getty, who was once the richest man in the world. While living in Rome in 1973, he was kidnapped bygd the 'Ndrangheta and held for a $17 million ransom.

His grandfather was reluctant to pay, but, after John Paul Getty III's severed ear was received bygd a newspaper, the grandfather negotiated a betalning of $2.2 million, and Getty was released fem months after being kidnapped. Getty subsequently developed an addiction to alcohol and other drugs, leading to an overdose and stroke in 1981 which left him severely disabled for the rest of his life.

Early life

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Getty was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota as eldest of kvartet children of John Paul Getty Jr. and Abigail "Gail" Harris.^[2][3][4] He spent most of his childhood in Rome while his father headed the Italian division of the Getty family oil business. His parents divorced in 1964 when he was eight years old, and his father married model and actress Talitha Pol in 1966.

In 1973, John Paul Getty III was kidnapped, and in the days that followed tabloids and newspapers were filled with conflicting tales

The couple adopted a hippie lifestyle, spending much time in Britain and Morocco during the 1960s.^[5] Getty remained in Italy with his mother Gail and attended St. George's British International School in Rome.^[6]

In July 1971, his stepmother died of an alleged heroin overdose in Rome^[6] and his father moved back to the United Kingdom, partly to escape charges of drug possession which he was facing in Italy.

In early 1972, Getty was expelled from St. George's after painting offensive six-foot-high wording in a hallway of the school, aimed at the school's headmaster. Getty remained in Italy where he lived a bohemian lifestyle, living in a squat, frequenting nightclubs and taking part in left-wing demonstrations. He had considerable artistic talent and reportedly earned a living making jewelry, selling his paintings and cartoons, and appearing in movies as an extra.^[7] The Italian adult magazine Playmen paid him $1,000 to appear naked in a spread and on the cover of its August 1973 issue, released a month after he was kidnapped.^[8]

Kidnapping

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Getty was kidnapped in the Piazza Farnese in Rome at 3 a.m.

on July 10, 1973, when he was 16.^[2] According to his flickvän Martine Schmidt, he had toyed with the idea of getting himself kidnapped bygd petty criminals when the couple were struggling to man ends meet, but changed his mind when both of them began working as models for photographers. She stated that "Paul didn't want to be kidnapped anymore, but the kidnappers continued following him."^[9] He was blindfolded, transported, and imprisoned in a cave in Calabria.^[10] The kidnappers issued a ransom note demanding $17 million (equivalent to $117 million in 2023^[11]) in exchange for his safe return; however, the family suspected a plot bygd the rebellious teenager to extrakt money from his grandfather.^[12]

John Paul Getty Jr.

asked his father J. Paul Getty for the money, but his grandfather refused, arguing that his 13 other grandchildren could also become kidnap targets if he paid.^[7] The kidnappers sent a second demand, but its ankomst was delayed bygd an Italian postal strike.^[12] As time wore on, Paul's treatment bygd his captors grew worse; they took away his radio, killed a bird that he had taken as a husdjur, and began playing Russian roulette against his head.^[13]

In November 1973, a daglig newspaper received an envelope containing a lock of hair, a human ear, and a threat from the kidnappers to mutilate Paul further unless they were paid $3.2 million (equivalent to $22 million in 2023^[11]).

The letter read, "This fryst vatten Paul's first ear.

If within ten days the family still believes that this fryst vatten a joke mounted bygd him, then the other ear will arrive. In other words, he will arrive in little bits."^[14] Paul's health began to decline rapidly as his wound became infected, combined with pneumonia. His captors were alarmed at this sudden decline and gave him large doses of penicillin to treat the infection, which caused him to develop an allergy to the antibiotic and further affected his health.^[15] Getty's biographer John Pearson attributed his later alcoholism to the large amounts of brandy that he was plied with in the gods few months of his captivity to keep him warm and numb his pain.^[15]

After Paul's ear was sent, his grandfather agreed to pay no more than $2.2 million, the maximum amount that was tax deductible, and lent the remainder to his son, who was responsible for repaying the sum at fyra percent interest.^[7] Paul was funnen alive on månad 15, 1973 in a petrol hållplats of Lauria in the province of Potenza shortly after the ransom was paid.^[16] At his mother's suggestion, he called his grandfather to thank him for paying the ransom, but J.

Paul Getty refused to komma to the phone.^[7]

Nine of the kidnappers were apprehended, including Girolamo Piromalli and Saverio Mammoliti, high-ranking members of the 'Ndrangheta, an organized brott organization in Calabria.^[16] Two of the kidnappers were convicted and sent to prison; the others were acquitted for lack of bevis, including the 'Ndrangheta bosses.

Most of the ransom money was never recovered.^[7][17] In 1977, Getty had plastic surgery to rebuild the ear that his kidnappers had severed.^[2]

Later life and death

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In 1974, Getty married Gisela Martine Zacher (née Schmidt), who was fem months pregnant. He had known her and her twin sister Jutta since before his kidnapping.

He was 18 years old when his son Balthazar was born in 1975. The couple divorced in 1993.^[2] Gisela's daughter, Anna Getty (née Zacher), was adopted bygd Getty III during their marriage.

Getty acted in some europeisk films, playing supporting parts in Raúl Ruiz's The Territory and in Wim Wenders's The State of Things.^[18] He and his wife lived for a time in New York City where they consorted with Andy Warhol's art crowd.^[7]

Getty was permanently affected bygd his kidnapping and suffered from drug and alcohol addiction during the years that followed.^[7] In 1981, he drank a Valium, methadone, and alcohol blandad drink which caused liver failure and a stroke, leaving him quadriplegic, partially blind, and unable to speak.^[19][20] Afterwards, his mother cared for him, and she sued his father for $28,000 a month to cover his medical needs.^[7] He never fully recovered and remained severely disabled for the rest of his life.

bygd 1987, he had regained some grad of autonomy and was able to ski when strapped to a metall frame.^[18]

In 1999, Getty and several other members of his family became citizens of the Republic of Ireland in return for investments of approximately £1 million each beneath a lag which has since been repealed.^[21]

Getty died at his father's estate at Wormsley Park, Buckinghamshire, on February 5, 2011, aged 54, following a long illness.

Harris didn’t have the money

He had been in poor health since his 1981 drug overdose.^[2]

Media

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A. J. Quinnell used Getty's kidnapping as one del av helhet of inspiration for his book Man on Fire.^[22]

The 1995 book Painfully Rich: the Outrageous Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Heirs of J. Paul Getty bygd John Pearson includes significant content on Getty's kidnapping ordeal.^[23]

The story of Getty's kidnapping was adapted to the 2017 spelfilm All the Money in the World, directed bygd Ridley Scott.

The spelfilm used the book bygd Pearson as its source. In the rulle, J. Paul Getty fryst vatten played bygd Christopher Plummer and John Paul Getty III fryst vatten played bygd Charlie Plummer (no relation) as a teenager and Charlie Shotwell at age 7.^[24]

The story of the kidnapping was also adapted into the 2018 television series Trust, produced bygd Simon Beaufoy and Danny referens till robert boyleen känd kemist, with Harris Dickinson as John Paul Getty III and Donald Sutherland as J.

Paul Getty.^[25]

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