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13
Mar
2010
Wyclef’s Mistress Paid $105,000 by Yele Charity Organization
Yele Haiti the charity organization that was founded by Wyclef Jean is in trouble. Wyclef is being accused of cheating on his wife and his Haitian people. Yele Haiti had received millions of dollars after a 8.8 earthquake rocked the country earlier this year sparking debate regarding the charity’s legitimacy. Zakiya Khatou-Chevassus on the right in the photo above is supposedly Wyclef’s girlfriend/personal assistant who received $105,000 in 2008 for program development.
You may wonder what does $105,000 get you? how does a vice president position sound? Khatou-Chevassus is currently listed on Yele’s web site as the organization’s vice president. Five different people who have worked for Yele said in 2008:
“She worked for Wyclef on all Wyclef matters. She did whatever Wyclef needed that day, whether it was related to Yele or not. She would do things like book flights, and she wasn’t very good at it. It’s a shame that she made that much money.”
“Everyone knows they were in a relationship,” says another source familiar with Yele Haiti. “A dozen people, including me, saw and knew. It wasn’t a secret.”
Jean is married, but he has said in the past that he has an open relationship with his wife.
It would have been nice if some of the sources would have given their names unless they are still working there. In my opinion cheating on your wife is different from swindling money from the organization. Wyclef needs to release a statement and let everyone know what the hell is going on. Yele Haiti and its founder Wyclef have a bad reputation and there have been rumors that he has been using his charity for his own personal gain.
According to Gawker.com
In 2005, 2006, and 2007, the foundation paid out a total of $410,000 to commercial entities controlled in whole or in part by Wyclef, including a whopping $250,000 for advertising time on a Haitian television station he co-owns. According to internal financial statements obtained by Gawker in January, Jean didn’t contribute a single dollar to Yele Haiti’s American operation during the year he founded it, and its founding executive director resigned because he “saw hundreds of thousands of dollars going to business needs and nothing going to the charity, when it seemed that part of Wyclef’s new PR strategy focuses on his charitable endeavors.” In 2006, he demanded a $100,000 fee to perform at a Yele Haiti fundraiser designed to raise money for his own hometown. The event was canceled in part because securing Jean’s participation was too expensive.
It sounds to me that Jean needs to separate himself from his organization and have it run by professionals!