RFK Jr.’s VP Pick Allegedly Used Drugs, Threatened Self-Harm

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s running mate, Nicole Shanahan, frequented the Silicon Valley party circuit while married to Google founder Sergey Brin and was known to use cocaine, ketamine, and psychedelics, according to a new report in The New York Times.

The story, which follows an investigative profile on Shanahan published by The Daily Beast earlier this month, also alleged that Shanahan threatened to harm herself while negotiating her two divorces—one from Brin and the other from a tech investor who divorced her after 27 days in 2014 after discovering that she and Brin were having an affair.

The Times story said that Shanahan is a billionaire, in large part due to her divorce last year from Brin. The Daily Beast previously reported on a mysterious transfer of more than $800 million in shares of Google’s parent company Brin made last year, which had the appearance of a divorce settlement, multiple attorneys said.

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