He was being intimidating, threatening. She raised her voice and got angry but at the same time was trying to calm him down, almost like you would try to calm down a child. She was very tearful and was constantly dabbing her eyes. “It was utterly shocking to watch,” said one onlooker. She seemed to be trying to pacify her husband, placing a hand on his left wrist as it lay on the table.Īt that moment she leaned over and kissed his right cheek. Nigella then downed her glass of red wine in one gulp and began to talk, her voice trembling. She dabbed her eyes on a linen napkin as Saatchi tapped his cigarettes impatiently on the table. Nobody intervened although the incident looked brutal.Ī couple on the adjacent table, who briefly chatted with Nigella earlier, turned round and gasped in alarm as they saw her in distress. But the attack could be clearly seen and heard by other customers and those passing by the restaurant in the busy street. It is partly sheltered by olive trees and box bushes. Nigella and Saatchi always ask for the same table, which is outside because he likes to smoke. The bust-up came after the couple had just finished eating at the specialist seafood restaurant, a popular haunt for celebrities including Pippa Middleton, Jeremy Clarkson and Simon Cowell. Nigella has been abroad frequently promoting her latest book and TV series while Saatchi, 70, has become ever more reclusive and tetchy. Now there are fears of severe problems in their 10-year marriage – his third and her second. Several times she nodded intently while the conversation became more and more heated.īy the end of the meal she was clearly distraught and in tears. Twice Nigella jerked her head backwards as if in fear. At one stage he tweaked her nose then pushed both hands in her face. Four times he grasped her around the neck with Nigella, 53, looking powerless and petrified.Īt first he used only his left hand, then both. Saatchi launched a tirade of angry words. Glamorous TV cook Nigella Lawson looks stunned to be attacked by her art collector husband Charles Saatchi during a vicious row at their favourite London restaurant.įellow diners and passers-by at Scott’s in Mayfair were shocked to see the advertising multimillionaire reduce his celebrity wife to tears. Anything above that will be used to help John's minor children with life expenses, such as college tuition.ġ00% of this effort will go to John's furneral expenses and children.Her eyes are transfixed as she struggles to prise away the powerful hand squeezing around her throat. Heather Cohn, a long-time family friend will be in charge of dispersing funds. I am a friend of John's from Capital One. Nothing will replace John to his family, friends, coworkers and children, but this will hopefully ease the burden. We are asking for donations to help John's family with funeral expenses and more importantly, to help ensure his children are given the opportunity to continue their education that John would have provided.Īfter funeral expenses are covered, the remainder will be set aside for John's kids, probably in a trust. John is survived by two minor children and one adult child. On December 9, John Rafter was found deceased in his home, the victim of a vicious homicide.
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