UCF replaced one former standout South Florida high school quarterback with another through the transfer portal Thursday Born in São Paulo, Belfort reclassified from the 2025 graduating class but did not see the field for the Hokies last fall The 20-year-old dual-threat was expected to be Virginia Tech’s third-string QB behind Kyron Drones and Pop Watson for the upcoming campaign UCF Knights football: 5 intriguing transfer portal targets in spring window In his senior year at Western High in Davie Belfort completed 66.4% of his passes for 2,598 yards with 20 touchdowns and eight interceptions He gained 487 yards on the ground with nine scores finishing as Western’s second-leading rusher Belfort is the son of former Ultimate Fighting Championship light heavyweight champion Vitor Belfort the elder Belfort compiled a professional mixed martial arts record of 26-14 with one no contest winning 18 times by knockout and three times via submission Rizk, meanwhile, reportedly visited Florida Atlantic last Saturday and Western Kentucky on Wednesday He is due to take a trip to Stanford this weekend former stock market fraudster Jordan Belfort remarried and became a grandfather Michael Loccisano/Getty ; Jordan Belfort/ Instagram Dimitrios Kambouris/WireImage ; Trae Patton/NBC/NBCUniversal via Getty BREAKING: Virginia Tech QB Davi Belfort plans to enter the Transfer Portal, he tells @on3sportsThe 5’11 195 QB will have 4 years of eligibility remaining Under Armour All-American & held 31 offers out of HSHe’s the son of MMA Legend Vitor Belforthttps://t.co/RlUbB6EMhS pic.twitter.com/XaO9R1Ee5i Belfort is currently a redshirt freshman who recently starred in Virginia Tech's spring game this past weekend Belfort notched 51 yards on 7-11 through the air The former Under Armour All-American was highly touted coming out of high school among many other schools across the nation Belfort was the 50th best QB in the 247Sports Composite Below is an overview of Belfort form 247Sports "An undersized competitor that can draw you in with his tantalizing stretches of play Unique pedigree for a quarterback as he’s the son of MMA great Vitor Belfort Originally was a member of the 2025 recruiting class but elected to move up a year in the Summer of 2022 and enrolled at Miami’s Gulliver Prep for his junior season Ended up missing a few games due to injury but still accounted for 2,300 yards of total offense and 16 touchdowns Can quickly set up and let it rip with his tighter mechanics but some of his best throws come when he’s climbing through the pocket and evading pressure but is pretty scrappy as a runner and isn’t afraid to lower the shoulder pad and take a blow in hopes of moving the chains Likely to find most success in a single-back spread attack that leans heavily on play-action as that should allow him to create on the move Must continue to improve as a passer and adjust to the speed of the college game but has some of the tools required to eventually make an impact on Saturdays." The content on this site is for entertainment and educational purposes only Betting and gambling content is intended for individuals 21+ and is based on individual commentators' opinions and not that of Sports Illustrated or its affiliates All picks and predictions are suggestions only and not a guarantee of success or profit If you or someone you know has a gambling problem crisis counseling and referral services can be accessed by calling 1-800-GAMBLER During an awards ceremony at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) today, Chemical and Biological Engineering professors Georges Belfort, Ph.D., and Steven Cramer, Ph.D., received the  2025 Bernard M. Gordon Prize for Innovation in Engineering and Technology Education given by the National Academy of Engineering one of the most prestigious in the country for innovative education recognizes novel approaches and concepts in education aimed at developing effective engineering leaders Belfort and Cramer are recognized together “for advancing the state of the art in downstream bioprocessing and educating generations of industry and academic leaders who transformed and grew the biotechnology industry.”   The annual prize carries a $500,000 cash award half granted to the recipients and the remainder granted to their institution to support the continued development and dissemination of the recognized innovation.  “Professors Belfort and Cramer have educated and mentored nearly 200 current and former doctoral and postdoctoral students at RPI developed innovative courses in biotechnology that engaged industry experts and inspired students to push the boundaries of what is possible,” said Shekhar Garde Thomas and Patricia Farino Dean of RPI’s School of Engineering “Today these graduates are transforming the field of biotechnology through their leadership in industry and academia This well-deserved award recognizes this impact.”  Beyond educating and mentoring the future leaders and innovators of the world Belfort and Cramer have also helped establish the Howard P Isermann Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering as a national leader in biotechnology education and research to count three National Academy of Engineering members among its faculty the Russell Sage Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering and a member of the NAE since 2003 is internationally known for his breakthroughs in membrane filtration His work has earned him the two highest awards in separations from the American Chemical Society and the American Institute of Chemical Engineers he was named one of the “100 Chemical Engineers of the Modern Era” by AIChE during its centennial celebration has shaped the modern field of chromatographic bioprocessing His lab developed the widely adopted steric mass action model for protein chromatography pioneered high-throughput screening for process development and introduced groundbreaking methods in structure-based prediction of protein behavior He has published over 230 peer-reviewed papers and has an h-index of 55 with nearly 10,000 citations His lab’s recent work in gene therapy downstream processing and machine learning for bioprocessing continues to influence industrial practices worldwide “Professors Belfort and Cramer exemplify the RPI spirit of innovation and education,” said Rebecca Doerge “Their collective commitment to advancing biotechnology through research and education will continue to have an immense impact on the industry for years to come Virginia Tech quarterback Davi Belfort plans to enter the NCAA transfer portal He does so after just one year with the Hokies Belfort is the son of MMA legend Vitor Belfort He did not see game action during his lone season with Virginia Tech Davi Belfort is widely considered a top-notch college football prospect He was a three-time team captain in high school and was named All-City He was selected to the All-State team as a senior He accounted for 3,115 total yards and 34 touchdowns Thhat was high-quality production playing at a program as prestigious as Miami Gulliver Prep Davi Belfort was ranked as a three-star prospect and the No 915 overall recruit in the nation in the 2024 recruiting class 125 overall recruit in the state of Florida hailing from Fort Lauderdale (FL) Gulliver Prep The news at quarterback for Virginia Tech is a little dicey in part due to the Davi Belfort impending transfer and in part due to injuries Multiple quarterbacks were dealing with ailments coming out of spring practice Head coach Brent Pry shared the latest on quarterback Kyron Drones following the signal caller’s recent medical procedure. The injury is still undisclosed but Drones is expected back healthy for the season. Top 101Field of 64 projectionPredicting College Baseball Tourney Hot4Trump By clicking "Subscribe to Newsletter", I agree to On3's Privacy Notice, Terms and use of my personal information described therein But because of that, he did not play in Saturday’s spring game. Neither did fellow quarterback William “Pop” Watson As far as the recovery for Drones is concerned it’s all about managing the rehab after the procedure It’ll be key if he’s going to be back under center sooner rather than later “Kyron had his procedure on Wednesday,” Pry said after the team’s spring game. “Went well. Pop has a soft tissue injury. He did it on Tuesday, and you know, we were hoping he’d be able to go today, and it just wasn’t well enough. If it had been a true game, we know he would have dressed and given it a real shot, but I didn’t want to set him back. So it just didn’t make sense.” In any case, the Virginia Tech Hokies are planning to move forward without Davi Belfort in the quarterback room. So further healing and development will be needed. On3’s Nick Kosko also contributed to this report. Hot4Trump, Saban blastedNIL order ripped On3 is a registered trademark of On3 Media who stands 5-foot-11 and weighs 196 pounds He’s a Florida kid who last played at Western High School in Davie a redshirt freshman who just turned 20 years old in February Here are five things to know about the newest Knights quarterback who ranked among the world’s best mixed martial artists in his prime Vitor became the youngest Ultimate Fighting Championship tournament winner at age 19 He held the light heavyweight title for 204 days in 2004 Nicknamed “The Phenom,” Vitor racked up a professional MMA record of 26-14 with one no contest suiting up for three South Florida schools in three years he made an immediate impact at Cardinal Newman spurring it to an 8-4 record with 28 touchdowns ensuring he would reach college a year early but that was enough time to compile 2,358 total yards and 16 touchdowns He was a three-time team captain and earned a three-star rating from 247Sports During his first collegiate season in 2024 he accumulated 3,115 total yards and 34 touchdowns He chose the Hokies over offers from Texas A&M and Michigan State out of high school Frost said the Knights’ quarterback battle will continue into the summer It involved Indiana transfer Tayven Jackson Florida Atlantic transfer Cam Fancher and holdover Jacurri Brown after the departure of Rizk who started UCF’s final four games last year But it’s more likely he slides into the group as the third- or fourth-stringer with an eye on 2026 and 2027 Fancher will exhaust his eligibility this fall and Jackson and Brown both enter as redshirt juniors Frost and Milton needed to bolster the backend of the depth chart and plan for the future Virginia Tech expected Belfort to be its third-string QB next season Both of Belfort’s parents hail from Brazil Belfort was born in São Paulo and has a listed hometown of Rio de Janeiro Belfort is believed to be the first Brazilian-born quarterback to sign with a Power Five program “It means the world to me to be able to represent my country doing what I love to do,” he told On3 in 2023 he was just 19 years old with no known weaknesses dispatching Tra Telligman and Scott Ferrozzo in two minutes flat to claim the heavyweight tournament crown Log in to comment on videos and join in on the fun Watch the live stream of Fox News and full episodes Reduce eye strain and focus on the content that matters Two Hokies football players are headed to the portal as the spring cycle gets underway Quarterback Davi Belfort plans to go in, according to a report by On3 Sports that Belfort retweeted, while offensive lineman Web Davidson announced his intentions on social media BREAKING: Virginia Tech QB Davi Belfort plans to enter the Transfer Portal, he tells @on3sports The 5’11 195 QB will have 4 years of eligibility remaining Under Armour All-American & held 31 offers out of HS He’s the son of MMA Legend Vitor Belforthttps://t.co/RlUbB6EMhS pic.twitter.com/XaO9R1Ee5i — Hayes Fawcett (@Hayesfawcett3) April 15, 2025 a three-star prospect from the 2024 class out of South Florida redshirted last season and served as the team’s No 4 quarterback but got the most reps in Saturday’s spring game with Kyron Drones and Pop Watson both out He went 7-for-11 for 51 yards and a touchdown “Davi has run the ball well,” head coach Brent Pry said about his development near the end of spring Barring a portal addition at quarterback this spring it means the Hokies’ third-string quarterback will be a true freshman who just enrolled this winter Grateful for my time in Blacksburg, ready to see what the future holds! @RustyMansell_ pic.twitter.com/5hoDfiOYO4 — Web Davidson (@WebDavidson8) April 15, 2025 Davidson was a three-star prospect in the 2024 class out of Macon The spring portal is open through April 25 Maybe after spring practice decided they didn’t mesh with the new OC Do colleges contract with players in exchange for exclusivity (exclusion from the player auction) “VT will pay you $X per year but you’ll be contractually obligated for 4 years unless there’s restitution or buyout.” since paid athletes are professional athletes can current or past professional level athletes enroll or reenroll in college and make money Joe Schmuckatelli played for Ohio State for 2 years and now wants to go back to school and make NIL money Like tthe Clash song from lp#1 career opportunities. I assume both are looking for playing time at a lower level program Davidson is the more curious and potentially troubling transfer to me he is low on the depth chart as a redshirt freshman and the development of our offensive linemen I have often wondered at the motive for portal guys I can’t believe he didn’t think he was getting good coaching or that he should be starting or was he told he didn’t have a future at Tech but it makes the over-thinker in me to wonder Maybe the new OL coach had a heart to heart with him about his potential on the team The quarterback room is going to have some of the most attrition these days of any Guys just don’t wanna sit for 2-3 years to start only 1-2 and even that’s not a given anymore with the portal Maybe the spring game seemed really easy to him and he thinks he has the tools to play right now Was he the best of the future QB prospects Probably did not want to wait a year or two Really am interested in where he ends up and what he accomplishes Is this a situation where Davi has offered the latest VT playbook to the highest bidder Member, Sports Publishers Group Partner of USA TODAY Sports Digital Properties Média-Participations’ French animation production company announces a partnership with the historic Château de Versailles for the new series Belfort & Lupin the series is commissioned by France Télévisions and has already sold to several international partners through Mediatoon Distribution Belfort & Lupin relates 26 humorous adventures in the palace of Versailles and its gardens from the perspective of the animals that live there At the heart of the stories are Belfort — the King’s favorite a young spaniel who has lost his sense of smell — and his friend Lupin — a wolf as casual as he is instinctive — who live surrounded by the exotic animals of the 17th-century royal court Belfort & Lupin was born from the artist’s fascination with the aesthetic and historical universe of Versailles the teams from the Château de Versailles and the Versailles Research Center have worked closely with the creator and the series’ writers This collaboration allowed them to imagine a fictional which is nevertheless always tied to historical accuracy “I was keen to create a well-documented series a writer and story supervisor for successful animated series such as Calimero “I’ll never forget capturing the unique sounds of Versailles  —the creaking wooden floors the resonant echoes of the Hall of Mirrors — and witnessing a Château clockmaker activate centuries-old mechanisms for our recordings.” The collaboration with the Château was also essential during the production phase particularly for the animation of historical sites was reinterpreted and incorporated into the universe of Belfort & Lupin with a strong foundation in historical documentation The archivists also ensured the accurate representation of the many personalities encountered in the series each episode ends with an educational segment providing historical insights into the theme and characters mentioned “Thanks to this significant partnership we had the unique opportunity to anchor the creation of the series in a historical and heritage context of exceptional richness Fiction and reality blend to take children through the surprising and thrilling adventures of the Sun King’s animals,” adds Caroline Duvochel General Director of Audiovisual & Innovation at Média Participations “What could be more magical than entering Versailles through an animated series It is with great curiosity that the Château embarked on this project and it is with enthusiasm that we discovered the first images I cannot wait for generations to follow the footsteps of this charming duo!” Belfort & Lupin is directed by Philippe Vidal (The Garfield Show) the show will be available on Okoo before its French broadcast premiere on February 7 Mediatoon Distribution has already secured several international presales for the series during its production Belfort & Lupin will be launched worldwide by partner channels including SWR (Germany) Final delivery of the full series is expected to Q2 2025 original stories of Belfort & Lupin will be released in comic books by Editions Dupuis The first volume will be published in May 2025 written by Stehly and illustrated by Lesdeuxpareilles An audio series project is also in advanced discussion We use cookies to enhance your browsing experience We use cookies to help you navigate efficiently and perform certain functions You will find detailed information about all cookies under each consent category below The cookies that are categorised as "Necessary" are stored on your browser as they are essential for enabling the basic functionalities of the site We also use third-party cookies that help us analyse how you use this website and provide the content and advertisements that are relevant to you These cookies will only be stored in your browser with your prior consent You can choose to enable or disable some or all of these cookies but disabling some of them may affect your browsing experience Necessary cookies are required to enable the basic features of this site such as providing secure log-in or adjusting your consent preferences These cookies do not store any personally identifiable data Functional cookies help perform certain functionalities like sharing the content of the website on social media platforms Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website These cookies help provide information on metrics such as the number of visitors Performance cookies are used to understand and analyse the key performance indexes of the website which helps in delivering a better user experience for the visitors Advertisement cookies are used to provide visitors with customised advertisements based on the pages you visited previously and to analyse the effectiveness of the ad campaigns Coming up on 17 years, UFC Heavyweight Champion Jon Jones is nearing the end of his illustrious run in the Octagon with his ‘swan song’ yet to be sung Jones locked in his first heavyweight title defense last November at UFC 309 where he sent former champion Stipe Miocic into retirement with a spinning back kick to the body Jones could soon join Miocic in retirement, that is, if he doesn’t unify the title against interim champion Tom Aspinall first Fans have been clamoring for the heavyweight super-fight between Jones and Aspinall for well over 500 days now leaving many to wonder whether Jones will accept the challenge from the younger Jones the obvious A-side with all of his accolades, former UFC Champion Vitor Belfort advises his former rival to walk away from Aspinall while he still can “He doesn’t need to prove nothing to no one,” Belfort said of Jones in an interview with Helen Yee “He’s always someone who wants to prove [I can beat this guy] “I would like to see him to walk away the way he is Some people wanna see him losing the fight Technically, Jones isn’t undefeated with his only loss in 30 pro fights a disqualification to Matt Hamill in 2009 for illegal 12-6 elbows (which are now legal under the new unified rules) Jones refused to tap before he eventually found his way out and later submitted Belfort himself with a keylock While Jones has cleared generations of light heavyweights in the past Vitor Belfort is worried his former rival has finally met his match with the future of the heavyweight division The #1-ranked Aspinall is almost six years younger than Jones carrying explosive KO power and speed which has left many contenders unconscious on the canvas Aspinall has 100% takedown defense and takedown accuracy and averages 8.07 strikes per minute Aspinall has the shortest average fight time at 2:02 “Aspinall’s a risk fight for him,” Belfort said “I just wanna see [Jones] do some fun fights I think you did everything you could,” Belfort said of Jon Jones’ UFC legacy With or without Tom Aspinall, Jon Jones has already cemented himself as the greatest, if not one of the greatest fighters of all time the UFC production team releases hours upon hours’ worth of footage that offers glimpses into the lives of modern MMA fighters – yet that wasn’t always the case Back in 2012, it was Dana White’s own personal camera crew who were doing most of the heavy lifting trailing the UFC CEO from event-to-event and capturing all manner of behind-the-scenes content In January 2012, the UFC returned to Rio De Janeiro for a PPV that featured Anthony ‘Rumble’ Johnson and former light heavyweight champion Vitor ‘The Phenom’ Belfort in the co-main event Johnson vs Belfort was originally booked to take place at middleweight but was eventually moved to a catchweight of 197lbs after the American failed to make weight Yet behind-the-scenes video footage from Dana White’s Fight Week VLOG series reveals that Belfort was also struggling to cut the pounds As White watched Belfort cutting weight in the locker room the UFC CEO looked completely dumbfounded when the Brazilian picked up and chomped down on a towel packed with ice cubes 😂 Check out Dana White's reaction to Vitor Belfor biting a towel filled with ice 🧊 pic.twitter.com/YUqkcWkO12 can I get a bite of that?” laughed White as he attempted to negotiate the consequences of a catchweight bout should Belfort want to forgo the rest of the cut Belfort’s pre-fight snack certainly raised one or two eyebrows; however what he was doing was keeping his mouth wet so that he didn’t take in more water than he needed to before weigh-ins Belfort would ultimately agree to fight Johnson at 197lbs – that decision proved worthwhile as just a few hours later he scored a first-round submission in front of his boisterous home crowd In a sport that allows elbows, knees, kicks, and all manner of damaging strikes; the most dangerous part of fighting in Mixed Martial Arts remains the weight-cutting process Throughout his career as a UFC commentator, Joe Rogan has seen how the process can have disastrous consequences for a fighter’s career and health even once labeling it as ‘sanctioned cheating’ “No one should be cutting weight kids, I think what they really should do is just find out what you f—– actually weigh and just stop this nonsense,” he said on the Joe Rogan Podcast back in September “It should be looked at the same way that steroids are looked at it should be looked at the same way that all other kinds of cheating are looked at – it’s sanctioned cheating… And [there should be] more options for weight classes “One of the things that they say about head injuries and deaths in boxing is that the vast majority of them don’t take place at heavyweight,” acknowledged the popular UFC insider “So the guys that hit the hardest are not the guys who are getting these horrible brain injuries or dead inside the ring… A lot of the guys who are dying are dying in weight classes where they cut a lot of weight adding how “It’s a part of the [MMA] culture that can be eradicated – I don’t think it’s impossible.” the self-proclaimed “Wolf of Wall Street” who served 22 months in prison for financial fraud crimes including pump-and-dump schemes related to penny stocks has advice for today’s investors: stay away from penny stocks In an interview on the Benzinga podcast “The Raz Report” to promote his upcoming book “The Wolf of Investing” (published by Simon & Schuster) Belfort – who now works as a motivational speaker and sales coach – stated that the investment vehicle he once tireless promoted should be avoided “I think that by and large almost all penny stocks are garbage “Knowing the penny stock world really well I think that for the most part penny stocks are not designed to work They’re designed to enrich the people that issue them I think that deck is so heavily stacked against investors in the penny stock world because you’re not dealing in a realm where the companies themselves are designed and the market capitalization are in line with reality.” whose tumultuous rise and fall was the subject of the Oscar-nominated 2013 film “The Wolf of Wall Street,” admitted there were some exceptions to the rule He pointed to Australian penny stocks tied to local mining companies as being worthy of study he expressed intriguing over stocks that once were traded on major exchanges but wound up trading as penny stocks when their companies faced financial challenges “That’s not to say that every once in a while a penny stock becomes real,” he said quickly adding that for the most part the current line-up of penny stock should be viewed skeptically because “their market caps are out of whack with what the companies are worth.” This page is available to subscribers. 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Trending Westchester The latest update for EA SPORTS UFC 5 features an all-new Alter Ego collection highlighting career-defining performances that took place on or around the date of UFC 312 “On This Day” Alter Egos look to bring iconic moments back to life and showcase some of the most memorable milestones throughout UFC history Vitor Belfort’s Alter Ego from UFC 12: Judgment Day takes players back to February 17 where the 19-year-old Brazilian phenom made history in a tournament-style heavyweight event Belfort secured a TKO victory over Tra Telligman in under 90 minutes before delivering a blistering 43-second TKO against Scott Ferrozzo in the finals to secure the UFC heavyweight title Across two fights (and in less than two minutes) Belfort’s explosive speed and power were on full display cementing his place as one of MMA’s youngest up and coming stars.  Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira added another chapter to his storied career at an event aptly titled “Breaking Point.” Facing Tim Sylvia for the interim UFC heavyweight title Nogueira overcame early trouble to lock in a third-round submission showcasing the elite grappling that made him a force in the heavyweight division as Nogueira and Sylvia were both awarded the Fight of the Night bonus.  Dominick Reyes entered the Octagon as an undefeated rising star to face Jon Jones for the UFC light heavyweight title and unmatched confidence into the biggest fight of his career showcasing relentless pressure and landing significant strikes that left many fans believing he had done enough to claim the belt Despite the judges ultimately awarding Jones a unanimous decision victory Reyes’ performance solidified his status as a top contender.   Derrick Lewis headlined a Fight Night versus fellow heavyweight In the classic striker vs wrestler matchup Lewis delivered a knockout performance that further cemented his place in the record books Facing #2-ranked Curtis Blaydes in a highly anticipated heavyweight clash the #4-ranked Lewis silenced the critics with a devastating second-round KO punch that left no doubt about his power Known for his ability to end fights in brutal fashion Lewis holds the record for most knockouts in UFC history – and his performance versus Blaydes was a reminder of his nickname From the active roster, Kazakhstan’s own Asu “Zulfikar” Almabayev steps into the game bringing his dynamic fighting style to players worldwide Almabayev holds an impressive 21-2 professional record highlighted by a four-fight UFC winning streak Almabayev’s versatile skill set makes him a formidable opponent against anyone in the flyweight division.  Get ready for UFC 312 on February 8th, 2025, and download the newest update to take control of some of UFC’s most memorable fighters like never before Relive Some Of The Most Exciting Moments From UFC In Sydney Ahead Of UFC 312: Du Plessis vs Strickland 2 On February Dana White's Contender Series Grad Aims For 'Sick Fights' And 'Highlight Reels' As He Makes UFC Debut At UFC 312 Find Start Times And Fight Card Info For UFC 312 Live From Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney “The fire was not related to hydrogen or its use.” This clarification comes from Yannick Monnier Director of the Régie des transports du Territoire de Belfort following the incident that destroyed seven hydrogen-powered buses at the Optymo depot in Danjoutin on January 2nd 2025 In his interview with French media outlet Mobily-Cités “The fire was not related to hydrogen or its use.” This clarification comes from Yannick Monnier, Director of the Régie des transports du Territoire de Belfort, following the incident that destroyed seven hydrogen-powered buses at the Optymo depot in Danjoutin on January 2nd 2025 In his interview with French media outlet Mobily-Cités Monnier highlighted that initial analyses suggest the blaze was electrically generated though the exact malfunction remains under investigation the vehicle at the center of the fire had been out of service since December 31 ruling out any thermal activity at the time of the incident Monnier offered reassurance about the incident underscoring the effectiveness of the hydrogen buses’ safety mechanisms “All the safety systems on the hydrogen buses worked perfectly The TPRD fuses on the tanks effectively evacuated the hydrogen generating hissing noises that alerted local residents and mobilised the fire brigade,” he explained “The flares that fed the fire came from burning plastics and other materials which were quickly dissipated by the safety devices.” “This incident will not question Belfort’s hydrogen strategy,” Monnier added reiterating the plan to power 50% of the bus fleet with hydrogen by 2025 © Copyright 2012 - 2025 | Vado e Torno Edizioni | All rights reserved | P.I An official website of the United States government Watch Live at 11:30 a.m. ET: Results of Nationwide Law Enforcement Effort Press Conference View the latest ICE guidance on COVID-19 Get information about how to check in with your local ICE Office 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bringing his iconic 41-fight career in MMA to a close and transitioning to the square circle ‘The Phenom’ hasn’t fought in the last 18 months and fans could be forgiven for assuming that the 47-year-old is done with fighting – but they’d be mistaken Belfort hopes to spearhead a new combat sport that will combine MMA and boxing rules to create the ultimate viewing experience for fans Tommy Fury is the man he wants to face in the sport’s historic debut “If I can point to one fight that really interest me today, Tyson Fury’s brother,” Belfort told Inside Fighting. “I would love to fight him with gloves where I’d be able to grab and get a hold of him “I always wanted to bring what’s next with a vision of combat sports but if you can bring a sport where you can bring the best of both sports with one ruleset I think people will have the fight of their lives “That is what I’m looking to present to the combat sport fans… The problem is a lot of people don’t want to risk what they have People are very afraid of risking what they have rather than looking to the future and seeing it as an investment “The future of combat sport is bringing MMA and boxing under one ruleset together.” Fury has spoken about becoming a boxing world champion but he’s spent his entire career to date competing on reality TV shows and facing off against influencer boxers The 25-year-old boasts a perfect 10-0 record and holds wins over KSI and Jake Paul but often faces unfair comparisons to his former heavyweight world champion brother Belfort is a big fan of ‘TNT’ and thinks he would make the perfect dance partner I really have so much respect for this family,” he explained he’s much younger than me but that [fight] would be an honour I’m at a stage of my life where I don’t want to compete against someone I don’t admire or I don’t see a level of how we can make something to bring to the masses and [multiple] generations “One year before he was coming to this Earth “My dream is to put this sport together where we would be able to fight with rules that combine MMA [and boxing] I’m not gonna doing anything besides punching but I would be able to grab him in the clinch “It takes one person to say yes so we can become the biggest history fight for years from today He would be a guy I would love to have the honor to step in the ring and do something like that with.” Sash Alexander/Alamy Stock Photo Jordan Belfort the real-life “Wolf of Wall Street.” Jordan Belfort is best known as the “Wolf of Wall Street,” though many also call him a conman Belfort rose to prominence on Wall Street thanks to his brokerage firm which ran an elaborate “pump and dump” scheme that defrauded investors of more than $110 million Belfort became infamous for his party animal lifestyle — but it came with a price Jordan Belfort’s personal relationships suffered greatly He cheated on his first wife with his second and then cheated on her with several other women He became paranoid and afraid that someone would come along and steal away everything he had worked for the authorities caught onto him — and when they did He became an informant and sold out his former business partners in exchange for a lesser sentence it has proven difficult to keep the real Wolf of Wall Street down he’s still running a business and is frequently booked for speaking engagements especially in the wake of his 2007 memoir aptly titled The Wolf of Wall Street and the 2013 Martin Scorsese film of the same name Jordan Belfort wasn’t always the real-life Wolf of Wall Street Before he was one of New York’s most infamous fraudsters Belfort was a young Jewish kid growing up in Queens in the 1960s He always had a keen eye — if not for business During the summers, he would “hustle Italian ices blanket-to-blanket, and make a fortune,” according to Belfort’s own memoir he made $20,000 every year selling treats on the beach a skill that would no doubt help him in the future Belfort went on to attend American University earning a degree in biology with plans to attend dental school He then enrolled in the University of Maryland School of Dentistry only to have his dreams crushed by brutal reality “the dean got up before the incoming class and explained how the Golden Age of Dentistry was over and if you were becoming a dentist to make a lot of money then you should quit now and save yourself the time and aggravation… I got up right then and there and never went back.” With this change in plans, Belfort started a business selling meat and seafood door-to-door. Around the same time, he met the woman who would become his first wife, Denise Lombardo Personal PhotoYoung Denise Lombardo and Jordan Belfort Lombardo was reportedly working at a hair salon when she and Belfort met forcing Belfort to file for bankruptcy at the age of 25 “We would get down on our hands and knees and roll up change to pay for shampoo,” Belfort wrote and I was a failure… [W]hen I met Denise I was convinced that she loved me for my car which was a pretty big deal for a kid in his early 20s especially a kid from a poor family.” Then, a family friend helped Belfort get a job as a trainee stockbroker at L.F. Rothschild. Things were looking up until 1987 when the stock market crashed and he lost the gig. Fortunately, he soon met Danny Porush and together they would go on to found Stratton Oakmont — and make millions Paramount Pictures/Wikimedia CommonsLeonardo DiCaprio portrayed Jordan Belfort in the 2013 film The Wolf of Wall Street Stratton Oakmont was described by Porush and Belfort as an “over-the-counter” brokerage house that specialized in selling low-cost common shares of small companies known as “penny stocks.” The firm then artificially inflated prices before dumping their own shares for a high profit he admitted that it was “half a scam.” Even that description was a bit generous At the cost of their investors’ money Porush and Belfort were living the high life They threw extravagant parties — many of which were portrayed in The Wolf of Wall Street — and employed more than 1,000 stockbrokers the total value of stocks issued by Stratton Oakmont was more than $1 billion including the initial public offering of Steve Madden’s shoe company (Madden was an elementary school friend of Porush) During one of Belfort’s parties, he met a beautiful young model named Nadine Caridi and became obsessed with her “When I first met Jordan, it was in the Hamptons in the early ’90s. He was throwing a party in what exemplified the excess of Wall Street, money, and youth,” Caridi wrote for Newsweek in 2022 “The movie got it right — someone did expose themselves to me We ended up falling in love and getting married.” Belfort was still with his first wife at the time and they soon went through a bitter divorce His subsequent wedding to Caridi in 1991 also happened much quicker than she would have preferred He bombarded her with gifts and promised her that if she married him Some people even began to call her the “Duchess of Bay Ridge” because of their lavish lifestyle as the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD) took notice of Stratton Oakmont’s misdeeds the NASD finally had enough information to expel Stratton Oakmont and put it out of business — and then the FBI came looking for Belfort Nadine Macaluso/FacebookJordan Belfort and Nadine Caridi divorced in 2005 She cited abuse and Belfort’s drug addiction as the major issues that plagued their marriage Belfort was indicted in 1999 for securities fraud and money laundering but he struck a deal with the FBI to wear a wire and gather enough evidence to put many of his former partners behind bars Belfort was sentenced to four years in prison his schemes had cost investors more than $100 million Belfort was ordered to pay out $110 million in restitution — which was a difficult thing to do when he had no money left a friend Belfort made in prison — none other than comedian Tommy Chong — suggested that he write a book about his experience This would eventually become The Wolf of Wall Street The book’s success enabled Belfort to pivot his career once again As for paying back the investors he defrauded, Belfort told the Sacramento Bee in a 2014 interview that he was putting $10,000 per month toward the restitution as well as the profits from media royalties and his public speaking engagements It’s estimated that he’s paid back about $15 million so far It’s hard to say if Jordan Belfort has changed — and if so he seems to recognize and condemn his past actions it is only a fraction of the amount he and his partners “earned” during the Stratton Oakmont years the story of the real-life Wolf of Wall Street is a classic tale of greed gone too far After learning about Jordan Belfort, the real Wolf of Wall Street, go inside the Business Plot, the little-known plan to launch a fascist coup in the United States. Then, read about nine more of history’s biggest con artists The Prince previously visited the city six years ago Prince Albert II was in Belfort on Thursday 3 October for a visit that touched on history and innovation The aim of the trip was to “maintain historical ties and promote them but also initiate partnerships in a number of fields,” as the Sovereign After a welcome at the Town Hall by the Mayor and the President of the Conseil Départemental the Prince headed over to the city limits to unveil a plaque attesting to its membership of the network of Grimaldi historic sites Princess Charlène lights up the Casino de Monte-Carlo to launch Pink October Prince Albert II then headed to the Alstom site where he was able to see the Group’s hydrogen projects and the new TGV Ms the 5th generation of TGVs and therefore the future of rail transport Cristina Invernizzi/InstagramJordan Belfort is famous for a few things: defrauding investors out of millions Jordan Belfort is seemingly a reformed man He speaks regularly about the dangers of his previous lifestyle it’s clear that Invernizzi is a good bit younger than her husband Invernizzi was an Argentinian model and soap opera actress when she first met Belfort in 2019 and Invernizzi became the fourth wife of Jordan Belfort Belfort’s first two marriages ended in accusations of infidelity Cristina Invernizzi now fills her social media pages with photos of her modeling gigs and the lavish trips she takes with her husband painting a picture of opulent wealth despite Belfort’s time behind bars and hefty restitution bill Cristina Invernizzi/InstagramCristina Invernizzi often posts photos from the lavish vacations she and Jordan Belfort take Not much is known about Cristina Invernizzi’s early life in Argentina she earned a minor role in the telenovela Cita a Ciegas It was while she was living in Mexico in 2019 that Invernizzi met Jordan Belfort He was reportedly in Guadalajara to speak at an event and they ran into each other at a bar in the city Belfort was still legally married to his third wife Belfort and Invernizzi dated for less than two years before they secretly wed in a small ceremony in Las Vegas in February 2021 Just after the wedding, Jordan Belfort sat down with The Times to talk about how his life has changed since his Wall Street years “I’m in deep,” he said of his new bride “I’m very boring these days.” “boring” isn’t a word that would describe the man depicted in The Wolf of Wall Street Cristina Invernizzi/InstagramCristina Invernizzi and Jordan Belfort with his latest book defrauded investors by running a “pump and dump” scheme and falsely inflating the value of certain stocks This didn’t go unnoticed by federal authorities Belfort was indicted for securities fraud and money laundering providing them with information that ultimately led to the convictions of several of his colleagues Belfort only ever served 22 months in prison though he was ordered to pay back $110 million in restitution to defrauded investors During his time at Stratton Oakmont and behind bars Belfort was also married twice — and both of the relationships met ugly ends Personal PhotoJordan Belfort with his first wife Jordan Belfort was married three times before he met Cristina Invernizzi. His first marriage was to a woman named Denise Lombardo a hair salon employee Belfort met while he was selling meat door-to-door in the 1980s “We would get down on our hands and knees and roll up change to pay for shampoo.” Belfort ultimately had to file for bankruptcy when he was 25 due to the failure of his meat business he said he thought Lombardo would leave him and when Belfort eventually found work as a trainee stockbroker at L.F Then, in the late 1980s, Belfort and Porush started Stratton Oakmont. During one of their raucous parties depicted in The Wolf of Wall Street, Belfort met a model named Nadine Caridi Nadine Macaluso/InstagramNadine and Jordan Belfort with their children Belfort was reportedly obsessed with Caridi and despite still being married to Lombardo This eventually culminated in an affair that brought a bitter end to his first marriage she cited abuse and Belfort’s drug addiction as the major issues that plagued their relationship two years after he was released from prison While her name is often left out of reports Belfort refers to Cristina Invernizzi as “my fourth wife (but who’s counting?)” in his new book and he noted on his podcast that he and Koppe were married for 12 years before amicably splitting They are reportedly still business partners has Belfort’s marriage to Cristina Invernizzi made him a changed man from the “Wolf” he once was Cristina Invernizzi/InstagramCristina and Jordan Belfort wed in February 2021 When he isn’t speaking publicly about his past Jordan Belfort is working on two new business ventures The first is a mezcal company called Santo Infierno; the other is his cannabis business Belfort mentions Cristina Invernizzi several times throughout the book Belfort herself hasn’t said much about their relationship Aside from posts on her Instagram and other social media profiles she has remained quiet on her marriage to Belfort and has taken part in no interviews since their wedding was announced Perhaps the fourth time is the charm for Belfort’s love life After reading about Cristina Invernizzi, meet Stephen Hawking’s first wife, Jane Hawking. Then, read about Drew Peterson the cop who killed his third wife — and whose fourth wife went missing “Mad Max” Belfort was Jordan Belfort’s father a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) who worked for Stratton Oakmont with maintaining some semblance of order in the fraudulent chaos of the brokerage — and often expressed his frustrations That same no-nonsense attitude carried over to Rob Reiner’s portrayal of him in the film Jordan Belfort/FacebookMax Belfort (left) with his family his father was “Stratton’s de facto Chief Financial Officer and also the self-appointed Chief of the Gestapo he was walking around the boardroom with a styrofoam cup filled with Stolichnaya vodka.” Max Belfort seemed to find himself frequently angry and confused about his son’s financial decisions wrap his head around how the younger Belfort managed to regularly spend $10,000 on a meal at Starr Boggs (the answer: a special reserve red wine) or why he had to buy so many different coats for his wife Paramount PicturesRob Reiner (right) as Max Belfort in The Wolf of Wall Street he was Jordan Belfort’s father — so when federal agents started to arrest Stratton Oakmont employees Despite all of Max Belfort’s efforts there was little he could do to deter the rampant hedonism and chaos of Stratton Oakmont Unlike Belfort and Macaluso, the real Wolf of Wall Street’s first wife, Denise Lombardo Lombardo’s name is never mentioned in the Martin Scorsese film but she is represented by the character Teresa Petrillo Personal PhotoDenise Lombardo and Jordan Belfort before the Stratton Oakmont years Lombardo was one of the few key figures at the center of the true story behind The Wolf of Wall Street to have known Belfort before he made his millions who was reportedly working in a hair salon and he was “blown away” by her beauty He asked for her phone number and then rushed home to get his Porsche but they weren’t ready to settle down fully Belfort’s career as a meat salesman wasn’t paying off and he had already given up on the idea of becoming a dentist he was forced to file for bankruptcy — and that’s when he started working as a stockbroker Paramount PicturesLeonardo DiCaprio and Cristin Milioti in The Wolf of Wall Street as Jordan Belfort and Teresa Petrillo money became a point of obsession for Belfort but Lombardo stuck with him — until he met Nadine Caridi Lombardo and Belfort didn’t divorce until 1991 but the Wolf admitted later that he had cheated on Lombardo “dozens of times” before she found out “some old socialite who’d lost her sex appeal — like she was being traded in for a girl who still had some life left in her!” Lombardo has never spoken about her marriage to Belfort or the tumultuous divorce she hasn’t spoken publicly about anything Some reports suggest she went on to work in the real estate business but she ultimately disappeared from the public view in the early 1990s Steve Madden is best known as a fashion designer and the man himself makes frequent public appearances at red carpet events he got into some legal trouble — and it was all due to his relationship with Jordan Belfort the fashion designer who was known to party with Jordan Belfort Madden was Danny Porush’s childhood friend Porush and Belfort saw his potential as their golden opportunity went through an initial public offering handled by Stratton Oakmont Madden and Belfort developed a deeper business relationship and Belfort made a habit of calling Madden “the Cobbler.” When it comes to the true story of The Wolf of Wall Street Stratton Oakmont really did use aggressive and often fraudulent sales tactics to manipulate the stock price of Steve Madden Ltd This resulted in significant profits for the brokerage and for Madden who was later found to be complicit in these activities But like most relationships in Belfort’s life Belfort’s drug use and legal troubles made him paranoid; he started to think everyone was plotting against him “The price of Steve Madden Shoes was being dictated by the laws of supply and demand — rising and falling with the fortunes of the company itself not the fortunes of any particular brokerage firm that was recommending it,” Belfort wrote “The Cobbler had to be plotting against me,” he continued “Perhaps that bald bastard had deluded himself thinking I wouldn’t have the balls to expose our secret agreement that by its very nature it would cause both of us too many problems if I made it public as Steve Madden in The Wolf of Wall Street had been one of the first major stocks for which Stratton Oakmont was fixing the market and some of Belfort’s own stocks were even in Madden’s name But when the feds started to crack down on Belfort and he turned on his fellow cohorts “He ratted me out to save himself,” Madden told the Hollywood Reporter in 2014 Madden served 31 months in prison for his involvement with the stock manipulation he has worked to clean up his image and successfully turned his company into a massive brand As for Scorsese’s film and its portrayal of Madden it seems the designer’s only complaint was that Jake Hoffman “was too nerdy.” Margot Robbie’s big break came when she accepted the role of Naomi Lapaglia in The Wolf of Wall Street, but like many other characters in the film, there is no “real” Naomi Lapaglia. Rather, the character was heavily inspired by a real person from Belfort’s life — in this case, his second wife Nadine Caridi Nadine Macaluso/FacebookNadine Macaluso (née Caridi) was a model and the second wife of Jordan Belfort Caridi was best known as a model and actress appearing in a variety of ads for Miller Lite and Seagram’s She met Belfort at a rowdy party in the Hamptons while he was still married to his first wife someone at the party exposed himself to Caridi But Belfort had noticed her — and become infatuated They married relatively quickly after his first marriage came to an end and he often showered Caridi with gifts and other luxuries focusing on helping people overcome trauma from past relationships she has spoken at length about the numerous “red flags” she ignored in her relationship with Belfort — namely his threat to leave her if she refused to marry him just six months into their relationship But the biggest issue that pervaded throughout their relationship was Belfort’s drug use and infidelity Their marriage spanned a total of 14 years most of which were during the worst parts of the Stratton Oakmont era was Belfort’s 22 months behind bars as a result of his pump and dump stock fraud scheme Paramount PicturesMargot Robbie as Naomi Lapaglia Despite her nickname, the “Duchess of Bay Ridge,” Macaluso has stated that her relationship with Belfort was never about the money. “People think I left because he lost all of our money,” Macaluso wrote for Newsweek in 2022 “but I ended the marriage because I finally could and shared her experience being married to the real Wolf of Wall Street as a way of helping other women move on from similar situations SAO PAULO — Anderson Silva will never fight Vitor Belfort again “The Spider” is slated to face Chael Sonnen for a third time Saturday in Sao Paulo in a 216-pound exhibition boxing match that headlines Spaten Fight Night The UFC legend revealed Wednesday that he’s currently in talks to compete in an 180-pound pro boxing match later this year in Abu Dhabi the former UFC middleweight champion told MMA Fighting that there’s absolutely no chance he ever faces Belfort a second time “The history with Vitor is over,” Silva said What would be more impressive than that kick I landed on Vitor Only if he entered the ring and I blew air and he went down “He has to go to bed with the fact that he lost with a kick to the face. And I have to go to bed with the fact that I lost twice to a guy that was the underdog, you know? I lost twice [to Chris Weidman] and I have to go to bed with that and not call out this guy We have to understand we’re not the best in the world and we’re not perfect.” Weidman dethroned Silva with a stunning knockout at UFC 162 in 2013, and then Silva fractured his leg in their rematch at UFC 168 Silva revealed that Spaten Fight Night considered working on Weidman as his opponent for June 15 but ultimately booked the Sonnen match instead “People have a hard time [dealing with past results] You had the shot to fight and now you’ve lost It turned out that Belfort was right to be paranoid — he was just paranoid about the wrong people While he was focused on men like Steve Madden or Victor Wang screwing him over the FBI was years deep in an investigation into Belfort’s illegal activities And at the head of the investigation was agent Gregory Coleman the hero of the true story behind The Wolf of Wall Street a former FBI Agent who spent six years investigating Jordan Belfort “I spent hundreds of hours tracking down [Belfort’s] plane, the boat, getting the financial documents,” Coleman said in a 2015 interview with Philly Burbs “I’m ready to have parties on that boat with the FBI It’s at the bottom of the ocean.” Jordan Belfort’s yacht really did sink off the coast of Sicily and Belfort reportedly wasn’t rushing to the island for an important business meeting — he just had a tee time the next morning he didn’t want to miss Coleman was with the FBI for more than 25 years before retiring in January 2015 though he still does work as a speaker and consultant on financial misdeeds Coleman was no stranger to crimes like the ones Belfort was committing but he recalled that it was tough to get anything definitive on the Wolf “One of the biggest problems I had in cracking the case was getting through the loyalties of his employees,” Coleman said Paramount PicturesKyle Chandler as Agent Patrick Denham Those dominos eventually reached Porush — and Belfort shortly after Coleman had already had a successful career by the time Belfort crossed his radar but the takedown of Stratton Oakmont would prove to be a career-defining investigation “Belfort did not sell stocks,” Coleman said he and spent millions just to make it seem like he was successful — millions that could have been spent on actually successful business ventures Belfort had defrauded investors of $110 million After reading the true story of The Wolf of Wall Street, learn about the real-life events that inspired Goodfellas. Then, discover the true story behind The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Kenneth Choi’s character Chester Ming doesn’t play the largest role in The Wolf of Wall Street features prominently in Belfort’s memoir a former collaborator and rival of Jordan Belfort “Like the rest of Long Island’s educationally challenged dream-seekers Victor had also fallen into my employ,” Belfort wrote “albeit not at Stratton Oakmont.” Belfort and Wang were introduced to each other by Wang’s childhood friend Kenny Greene — who Belfort calls “Blockhead” — and it was clear from the beginning that Belfort didn’t care for his new partner Belfort referred to Wang as “a dead ringer for Oddjob the hitman from the James Bond movie Goldfinger.” Wang served as the CEO of the public company Judicate the offices of which were in the basement of Stratton Oakmont Judicate was an Alternative Dispute Resolution company a “classic example of a business looking terrific on paper but not translating into the real world.” these sorts of companies were used by Wall Street elites all the time took issue with his “company’s” slow decline despite Belfort admitting there was nothing Wang could do about it Paramount PicturesKenneth Choi as Chester Ming a character based on the real-life Victor Wang Wang wanted Belfort’s help in opening his own firm He wanted a chance to make it on Wall Street but Belfort seemed to believe that Victor Wang had an inflated ego — one that stopped him from becoming a “Strattonite” in the early days and he knew Belfort was planning to sell off his stocks before the bubble burst “I would then advise him to trade in such a manner that would leave him subtly exposed,” Belfort wrote “And there were ways to do that that only the most sophisticated traders would pick up on ways that Victor certainly would not… And when he least expected it I would turn on him with all my power and attack.” Wang ultimately became another of Belfort’s victims in the true story of The Wolf of Wall Street He found himself flooded with stocks with no way of knowing who was buying them his partnership with Belfort would come back to bite him As The New York Times reported at the time Wang wound up pleading guilty in federal court to charges of enterprise corruption in relation to his firm The 2013 film The Wolf of Wall Street is based on the life of Jordan Belfort the founder of the brokerage house Stratton Oakmont who ran a years-long securities fraud scheme that lost his investors up to $200 million The movie details the outrageous lifestyle of Belfort and his associates — but the true story of The Wolf of Wall Street is even wilder than the events depicted on screen Belfort made a lot of money by ripping off a lot of people Belfort’s story isn’t the only one told in the film and business partners are depicted as well — and many of them are true Danny Porush — the man Jonah Hill’s character Donnie Azoff is partly based on — has called Belfort’s memoir “a distant relative of the truth.” However he’s also admitted that many of the more unbelievable scenes in the film actually happened how does the true story of The Wolf of Wall Street really compare to the movie Jordan Belfort, the titular “Wolf of Wall Street,” is a former stockbroker and current motivational speaker whose life of excess and fraudulent activity became the central focus of Martin Scorsese’s 2013 film, which was, in turn, based on Belfort’s autobiography of the same name giving a talk at Madison Square Garden in 2017 the man behind the true story of The Wolf of Wall Street grew up in a modest family He exhibited entrepreneurial traits early on selling Italian ice on the beach to fund his college education where he studied biology with aspirations of becoming a dentist he left dental school after the first day when the dean remarked that the career was no longer a path to wealth selling meat and seafood door-to-door on Long Island Belfort began working as a trainee stockbroker at L.F he met Danny Porush and sold him on the idea of entering the stock trading business together — and with that pitch Stratton Oakmont operated as a boiler room using high-pressure sales tactics to defraud investors out of millions of dollars Belfort and his associates would inflate the prices of penny stocks and then sell their own holdings at a profit a practice known as a “pump and dump” scheme This allowed them to rake in vast sums of money while leaving investors with worthless shares The extravagant lifestyle Belfort led during his time at Stratton Oakmont is well-documented and he famously indulged in Quaaludes and cocaine Belfort’s personal life was equally tumultuous His first marriage to Denise Lombardo ended after he cheated on her with the model who would become his second wife things had already been strained due to Belfort’s drug use and partying But his relationship with Caridi was hardly any better The marriage was marred by Belfort’s continued drug abuse Paramount PicturesLeonardo DiCaprio as Jordan Belfort in The Wolf of Wall Street Belfort’s criminal activities did not go unnoticed by authorities he was indicted for securities fraud and money laundering providing information that led to the convictions of several of his colleagues Belfort was also ordered to pay $110 million in restitution to defrauded investors Belfort reinvented himself as a motivational speaker and author was published in 2007 and became a bestseller — and went on to serve as the source material for the 2013 film Belfort continues to give speeches and seminars on sales techniques Belfort has attempted to position himself as a reformed character with many questioning the sincerity of his transformation Click 'OK' then 'Allow' to enable notifications InstagramXThreadsSnapchatTikTokYouTubeLAD Entertainment Home> Entertainment> Film The woman who was married to the real-life Wolf of Wall Street in his heyday has revealed that a grim scene in the film actually happened to her Now, you're probably wondering which weird moment I'm referring to, given the fact that there's plenty of bizarre things in Martin Scorsese's 2013 flick There's a dwarf-throwing contest at one point, Leonardo DiCaprio tumbles down a flight of stairs while high as a kite on Quaaludes and Jonah Hill scrans a goldfish But these strange moments are a lot more light-hearted than one particular scene in The Wolf of Wall Street, which was directly inspired by Nadine Macaluso's real life experience Jordan Belfort's former wife, dubbed the 'Duchess of Bay Ridge', was expertly played by Margot Robbie in the hit film Robbie sat down with Macaluso ahead of filming to get some tips on how to play her, as The Wolf of Wall Street is based on real-life tales included in Belfort's 2007 memoir Although the movie is based on the true story of the stockbroker's unbelievable rise and fall, Scorsese obviously upped the dramatics for the sake of entertainment and exaggerated a few things But Macaluso has now revealed that one disturbing scene in the film wasn't sensationalised at all as it really did happen to her in real life The licensed marriage and family therapist, now 57, explained that a man really did expose himself to her at the infamous party at a beachfront mansion in West Hampton Jonah Hill was the actor who was tasked with recreating this creepy incident in The Wolf of Wall Street During an appearance on Matthew Cox's Inside True Crime podcast in February this year Macaluso opened up about what really went down "It wasn't as big as the party in the movie, but it was certainly at a beautiful house on the ocean," she said of Scorsese's depiction of the day she first met her future husband I didn't know anybody there and I certainly didn't know my ex-husband at the time I went with my current boyfriend and I walked in and everybody seemed very strange." She explained that this was because the guests weren't exactly 'sober' and were all 'on ludes' - but this wasn't what threw her for a spin Macaluso continued: "The thing that was shocking to me more about the party 'We have to get the hell out of here - these people are crazy' I ran in and I ran out - now that should have been a red flag Macaluso previously touched on the incident in a TikTok post last year too while recalling how most men in attendance at the party were 'making lewd and weird comments' She said she was 'terrified' when the bloke exposed himself to her and 'left right away' with her boyfriend at the time As for how accurate the film was as a whole Macaluso added: "I think that if you look at it through Jordan's lens it was really accurate "I think that if you look at it through my lens it wasn't and that makes sense because that was actually how our marriage was." Topics: Celebrity, Jonah Hill, Margot Robbie, Sex and Relationships, Weird Olivia is a journalist at LADbible Group with more than five years of experience and has worked for a number of top publishers She also enjoys writing food reviews (as well as the eating part) but still finds time for a serious documentary