This is the American Greed Podcast presented by

C and B.C. I'm Stacy Keach.

In this episode of American Greed,

a family at war.

Michael Scripps, aired of a multimillion dollar media empire,

is charged with stealing millions from his mother, Melissa.

So it gets up in the morning, yawns, picks out. I think I will send myself $17,383.

But for years, Melissa does not even notice. She has her own issues.

Melissa looks at me and goes, hi, I'm Melissa.

Would you like to smoke some opium?

And in this family, money is no object.

There was talk about chartering private jats for their pets.

And $90,000 goes to one night with high-priced strippers.

She goes, I want tits on a platter.

Half an hour later, here comes a stripper

with a silver platter with whipped cream all over her breast.

But when the money is spent, everyone gets desperate.

He pointed the gun on himself, and he told me to call his mother.

He was going to kill himself and make her listen. The government calls Melissa Scripps, John.

In the spring of 2013 in the Philadelphia Federal Courthouse,

Melissa Scripps, heiress to one of America's great family fortunes takes the stand.

Raise your name,

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