Nancy Donahue

Star Capital and mismanagement scandal In 1995, Casablancas blamed Donahue for recommending David Weil to her as an experienced money manager. Casablancas claimed that the recommendation from Donahue was so good that he never investigated Weil further, nor did he search into the background of his business partner, Peter Bucchieri.

Weil and Bucchieri operated a firm, Star Capital, within Elite's offices and managed financial portfolios for many of the models. They were subsequently accused of mismanaging the funds. On September 21, 1997, Bucchieri, pleaded guilty to conspiring with Weil to sell fictitious Colorado real estate investments to the models. Bucchieri was sentenced to 33 months in prison. It was subsequently discovered that they had transferred many of the funds to their own bank accounts and used them to pay personal bills and make purchases, including a new Porsche.

Donahue accepted no blame for the incident and claims that she also lost a considerable amount of money to Bucchieri and Weil.

Filmography Exposed, James Toback, 1983 Portfolio, dir. Robert Guralnick, 1986 The Self-Destruction of Gia (documentary), dir. J.J. Martin, 2002

Other activities Donahue co-authored One on One, a best-selling book about two people giving to each other physically and emotionally, with her then-husband and fellow model, Jeff Aquilon, published by Simon & Schuster.

Donahue was the pastry chef at Bianco's Catering Company in Chelmsford, Massachusetts for ten years, where she won numerous awards for her pastry at different events. She has a son, George Eng, from her second marriage.