Is Skydog going down for Cocaine

[Easy Mac]

First off, no, not that kind of going down. Second, I think it was already determined the guy was a second cousin at best.

Anyway, 3 years ago I said the following after attending a South Carolina Republican Senate debate:

Thomas Ravanel - A Charleston businessman, somehow had an Australian accent. Had trouble sitting up, he was very slouched in his chair, legs spread open style. When he talked his hand moved and it looked like he was swirling a non-existant drink. He is a propenent of school vouchers... Voted most likely to have a sexual scandal by the group of people around me based on a hand raising poll conducted by me.

http://www.operationsports.com/fofc/...hlight=ravanel

I'd like to say I got it right, but I missed on the scandal type... though it should have been obvious at the time (fucking elitist):

White House Hopeful Rudy Giuliani's South Carolina Campaign Chairman Indicted on Cocaine Charges

Tuesday , June 19, 2007






COLUMBIA, S.C. —
South Carolina Treasurer Thomas Ravenel, a former real estate developer and rising political star, was indicted Tuesday on federal cocaine charges.The millionaire — also the state chairman for former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani's presidential campaign — is accused of buying less than 500 grams of cocaine to share with other people in late 2005, U.S. Attorney Reggie Lloyd said. Ravenel, 44, is charged with distribution of cocaine, which carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison and a fine of up to $1 million.

Giuliani's campaign sent out a prepared statement saying Ravenel had stepped down. Giuliani spokesman Elliott Bundy said he did not know when Ravenel stepped aside.


The investigation into Ravenel arose from a drug case last year in Charleston, Lloyd said. State Law Enforcement Division Chief Robert Stewart said his agents were aware of the allegations before Ravenel was elected in November. The case was turned over to the FBI on April 1 "when the investigation reached a certain level," Stewart said.


"There was nothing we could take action on prior to the election," Stewart said.


South Carolina agents turned the investigation over to the FBI because Ravenel is in charge of handling state financial decisions, Stewart said.
Indicted along with Ravenel was Michael L. Miller, who Lloyd said sold the drugs to Ravenel. Miller is in jail on separate state charges. Information about his lawyer was not immediately available.


Lloyd stressed that Ravenel isn't accused of selling drugs.


Authorities would not discuss the relationship between Ravenel and Miller. They also wouldn't give any details about what Ravenel did with the drugs other than give cocaine to other people.


Ravenel will be allowed to turn himself in at a July 9 bond hearing. The treasurer's office referred all questions to Ravenel's lawyer Joel Collins, who did not return a message left at his office.


Ravenel did not immediately respond to a message left on his cell phone. The treasurer's office referred all questions to Ravenel's lawyer Joel Collins, who did not return a message left at his office.


Gov. Mark Sanford suspended Ravenel immediately based on the serious nature of the charge. The governor said he would name an interim treasurer soon.


"These are obviously very serious allegations that we're constitutionally bound to act upon, and they'll ultimately be decided by the courts," Sanford said in a statement.


If convicted, Ravenel would lose his office. His successor would be picked by lawmakers if they were in session and the governor if they were not meeting.


Ravenel started his political career in 2004, funding his own campaign for a U.S. Senate seat. He finished a close third in the Republican primary.
Ravenel was founder of the Ravenel Development Corp., a commercial real estate development company. His father, Arthur Ravenel Jr., was a powerful politician from Charleston who served eight years in the U.S. House and is a former state representative and state senator.


State Republican Party Chairman Katon Dawson said he supported the decision to suspend Ravenel. "This is a private and legal issue and we expect it to be taken care of judiciously and in a very quick manner," Dawson said.


Ravenel is an embarrassment to the state, South Carolina Democratic Party Chairwoman Carol Fowler said in a news release. "In only a few months, Thomas Ravenel has gone from spoiled rich kid buying his way into office to common street criminal," she said.

http://www.foxnews.com/printer_frien...284637,00.html

Skydog was unavailable for comment

[cuervo72]

Bump!

https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/...lt/1425734002/

[digamma]

B Kav taking notes from T Rav?

[Ben E Lou]

Heh. Not sure how I missed the first thread way back when. Cuerv just mentioned the bump to me. So...

• Bloodline-wise, he's a distant cousin of my wife's. Two Ravenel brothers came over from France in the 1600s. Thomas is from one; my wife is from the other.
• However, when it comes to family reunions and some other stuff, they still function as one family. I've been to Thomas's house once--for a cocktail party to kick off the Reunion in 2011. I've been to Thomas's father's (Arthur--the major bridge in Charleston is named after him) house multiple times, had dinner with him, sat next to him at a couple of big family events, and when we lived in the Lowcountry, my wife and I got fussed at by Arthur for not calling/coming by enough.
• But when Thomas is in the news for getting arrested for cocaine with a ghetto-lookin' brutha, galavantin' with various hos, or sticking his schlong in womens' faces, he's from "that extremely distant trashy side of the family."
• I wouldn't say I "know" Thomas. That one event at his house is the only time I've met him. If he knows who I am, I'm sure it's only as "that black guy that Bose's daughter married."
• That said, among those who do know him, there seems to be little doubt that he did this--if not to this woman, then to others. (In other words, sticking his junk uninvited into the face of women is said to be "his thing.")
• There is at least one other long-time FOFCer whose wife is a distant relative of T-Rav's. We'll see if he outs himself.

[JonInMiddleGA]

I wonder if I'm the only person (surely not?) that sorta mixes up this guy with that ... character ... that has the reality show?

Crisley? Crissley?

[cartman]

He bought a pound of coke to share? That must have been some kind of party

[Ben E Lou]

Originally Posted by cartman

He bought a pound of coke to share? That must have been some kind of party

Correction: many parties. It appears that Easy posted this early in the lifecycle of it all coming out, and because no one responded, it died. It eventually came out that Thomas was basically showboating his wealth. He was at the center of a number of cocaine-fueled parties among Charleston's elite for years, and was often the guy supplying the free coke.

[cartman]

Throwin' down in the Chucktown

[cuervo72]

Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

I wonder if I'm the only person (surely not?) that sorta mixes up this guy with that ... character ... that has the reality show?

Crisley? Crissley?

Chrisley Knows Best. I haven't seen the Ravenel show but I have stumbled across Chrisley.

I doubt I would confuse the two.

[albionmoonlight]

Originally Posted by Ben E Lou

[*]There is at least one other long-time FOFCer whose wife is a distant relative of T-Rav's. We'll see if he outs himself. [/list]

I had always wondered why my wife had so much free cocaine. Nice to have that mystery solved.

[Butter]

This would explain the patriotic underwear a little better.

[MIJB#19]

Originally Posted by Butter

This would explain the patriotic underwear a little better.

But does it explain the purple crocodile?

[Ben E Lou]

Banner hanging from home on Charleston’s Battery blasts Thomas Ravenel