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NARRATOR: Vicki Morgan
wanted the whole world
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to know she had
something to say.
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LEAH CARROLL: Vicki
wanted to be a model.
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She wanted to be rich,
she wanted to be famous.
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MARA WILES:
Alfred Bloomingdale
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took that from her
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when he made her
his mistress.
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NARRATOR: A gilded cage, a
leather whip, and
allegations
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of members of Ronald Reagan's
kitchen cabinet on tape.
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REPORTER: Steinberg
says his 40 minutes
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of color tape show
Morgan, Bloomingdale,
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and five other
unnamed Reagan friends
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and office holders
engaging in sex acts.
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CARROLL:
Vicki was privy to a lot
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of secrets of a lot
of really powerful men.
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NARRATOR:
But Vicki was dead before
she could say her piece.
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- Vicki was a younger
woman in her late 20s
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when I first met her.
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She was looking for
somebody to tell her story.
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- Vicki was born into...
a lower-middle-class
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family in Colorado
Springs, Colorado.
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Her father left
the family.
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Her and her mother
and her sister
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are basically left behind.
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The family then moves to
the suburbs of Los Angeles.
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Her mother remarries,
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and by the time that Vicki is
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nine years old, her
stepfather dies.
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NARRATOR: Her stepfather's
death left the family
penniless.
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By the time she
was in high school,
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Vicki was looking
for an escape.
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BASICHIS: Vicki was
very tall and willowy.
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She toyed with
being a model.
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She was just looking to
get into a world of power
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and wealth.
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WILES:
But in 1968,
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right after her
sophomore year,
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Vicki got pregnant with
her high school boyfriend's
baby.
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- The boyfriend abandons her.
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BASICHIS: She did
not know what to do.
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NARRATOR:
16-year-old Vicki made
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the tough decision
to follow her dreams.
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She gave her son to
her mother and left
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for L.A. to pursue a
career in the entertainment
industry.
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CARROLL:
She's struggling.
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You know, she has to have
a job to pay her rent.
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AZARI: Hollywood
was not as promising
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as Vicki thought.
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Vicki marries Earl Lamm,
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who is a clothing
wholesaler in Las Vegas.
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Earl is 47 when
Vicki is just 17.
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BASICHIS: Vicki said
to me, her father
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and other people
who abandoned her,
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to compensate for
the abandonment,
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had given her money,
so therefore money was love.
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NARRATOR: Vicki was
still pursuing modeling,
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hoping to be discovered.
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And one day she caught
the eye of a very influential
man.
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BASICHIS: Alfred
Bloomingdale in the '70s
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was the heir to the
Bloomingdale department
stores.
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He was also the creator
of Diners' Club,
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which was the first credit
card company in the United
States.
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- He is one of the
richest men in America.
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- Alfred
Bloomingdale is 54.
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He is married to
Betsy Bloomingdale,
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a darling of the
fashion world.
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She's also Nancy
Reagan's best friend.
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Alfred was very involved
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in politics and in,
basically, just being
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a businessman and
a power broker.
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- In the summer of 1970,
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Alfred Bloomingdale is
driving down Sunset Boulevard
and...
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Vicki catches his eye.
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Alfred follows her.
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- ♪ Having to wait
around town for you... ♪
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AZARI: He asks if
she plays tennis
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and tells her that
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his daughter plays tennis.
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That is how Alfred gets
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Vicki's phone number,
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under the guise
of, you know,
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"I'm gonna have my
daughter call you."
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He slips Vicki a
piece of paper,
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which I think we all
assume would have
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his phone number on it.
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Vicki opened it up.
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It was an $8,000 check.
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NARRATOR:
$8,000 in 1968
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was the equivalent
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of $50,000 in 2020.
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BASICHIS: Alfred said
to her, "I'll give you
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"anything you want
whenever you want it.
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I'm that rich."
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Vicki at the time,
demurred, largely.
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She said she'll think about it,
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because she was still
married to Earl.
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- Just after meeting
Vicki, Alfred
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literally buys her
divorce from Earl Lamm
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so that she could be
Alfred's mistress.
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- Power impressed Vicki.
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So Alfred paying off Earl
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was very impressive
to Vicki.
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It gave her a lot of pleasure
to see Alfred
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dominating whoever it was
that she was with.
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CARROLL: When he began this
relationship with Vicki,
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he essentially
ends any chance
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she had of becoming
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successful on her own.
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NARRATOR: Becoming
Alfred's mistress
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would lead Vicki
down a path of power,
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wealth, and ultimately,
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her death.
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