An ESPN Outside
the Lines report alleges today that Patricia Driscoll, President of the
Armed Forces Foundation and estranged former girlfriend of NASCAR driver Kurt
Busch, used foundation funds to pay personal bills, in violation of several
laws.
ESPN Senior Writer Mike Fish reports that a former AFF
employee contacted the Federal Bureau of Investigation recently and provided
written documentation of several alleged financial discrepancies involving Driscoll
during her tenure as AFF president.
In a separate ESPN Inside the Lines investigation, Fish reports that the AFF repeatedly
lent money to Driscoll to pay personal expenses, including personal state and
federal income taxes. In another instance, AFF lent more than $22,000 to
Driscoll for the purchase of Moroccan rugs.
In addition to Driscoll's
$171,027 annual salary, an attorney for the AFF whistleblower accused the
foundation of paying more than $15,000 in legal fees associated with Driscoll's
recent child custody battle, along with $6,315.22 for an infra-red security camera
shipped to her Maryland residence. In addition, the foundation allegedly paid
for Driscoll’s personal vacations to Paris and Morocco.
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ESPN’s Fish
reports that AFF paid the credit card bill for Driscoll's private security
business -- Frontline Defense Systems – 17 times in 19 months from 2012 to 2013;
paying for massages, personal medical expenses, toy store purchases and grocery
bills. While many (and perhaps all) of those expenses were subsequently
reimbursed by Busch or his company, Kurt Busch, Inc., it is illegal for a
nonprofit corporation to lend money to its officers or directors.
Driscoll subsequently accused Busch of assaulting
her in his motorhome at Dover International Speedway on September 26, 2014. She
obtained an Order of No Contact against him in Delaware Family Court, but the
Delaware Department of Justice declined to file charges, due to a lack of evidence.
Driscoll declined to comment for the ESPN.com
article. An AFF spokesperson called the allegations, “absolutely false.”
Fish's article, entitled, Documents: Kurt Busch's ex-girlfriend used veterans' charity as bank can be read in its entirety at espn.go.com,
And the plot thickens. Key the music....duhn, duhn, duuuuhn.
ReplyDeleteDoesn't surprise me one bit in the least.
So much for ruining Kurt's career. She should worry about what she is doing and not her ex!
ReplyDeleteWhat goes around ~ comes around. I wouldn't be one bit surprised if Kurt Busch is the one who tipped of who ever broke the story.
ReplyDeleteMaybe tthis could be the first of many bad or unfortunate things that will happen to Patricia Driscoll and sadly, she deserves everything that she gets heading her way because that's how karma rolls.
ReplyDeleteAnd any of us should be surprised!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteAnd the fact that a person of the character even has a remote chance of ruining another's career is just criminal!
ReplyDeleteShe now has bigger things to worry about than Kurt shouldn't be chase eligible.
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