Lady Mafia | 1. “Anna Delvey of the OC”
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What happened to Sarah King?
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I can sell anything. I can sell fire to the devil.
When I met Sarah King, she was an enigma to me. Brash, self-confident, optimistic, but also in peril. She'd gotten herself into a situation that no reasonable person would be able to fix. When I think about her, I can't help but think of the maze of traffic that is Southern California. Four or five lanes of freeway packed tight, cars weaving in and out of lanes, searching always for the fastest path forward. We've all had our close calls. You catch an open stretch of road and some speed, and without even noticing, 65 miles per hour becomes 85. A slower car threatens to block you, and so you hang a left into the fast lane. The road bends, the sun flashes in your windshield, and suddenly there are cars ahead of you. You don't know how you missed it, the swell of traffic, but there it is. You know that there's no way you'll be able to slow down fast enough. The lanes next to you are full. There's nowhere left to go. The split seconds before a crash feel like an eternity.
I wanted to know about Sarah King's final moments before her high-stakes joyride exploded everyone's lives.
How did Sarah King spend $10 million?
Newport Beach attorney Sarah King is now accused of living the high life and spending more than $10 million of other people's money.
November 11th, 2022 is when it all started to fall apart. Nighttime. Sara returned to her hotel room. Beautiful. One for more than 6,000 a night. Five rooms, gold, glittery, and high-end. They were like guest rooms at Versailles.
I wish I lived there now. It was all marble counters and, you know, those little round lights that you see on those makeup tables all around the mirrors. It was gorgeous.
French doors opened into a perfectly manicured lawn, a private pool, jacuzzi, sweeping views, and round-the-clock service.
The real amenity of being in a villa is the service, is the butler's service. I started with champagne for breakfast. You know, the butlers would come in with white gloves and feed my dog.
And the crown jewel of all this opulence? The bathtub.
It was like an infinity pool that would pour over and you don't know where it's going, but it's beautiful.
And it was all hers. And she saw herself as a good steward of the kingdom. She was, in her mind, royalty.
They loved me so much, I guess I took care of everyone so well, that they put a sign on my door that said the king.
Sarah King had earned her throne. She was a successful, high-powered attorney-turned-businesswoman for the 1% of the 1% in Orange County, California. She'd invested in some properties, too. She'd made a mint. And that wasn't even the half of it. Sarah was such an important client at the hotel that her extravagant room and service, it was all free of charge. On the arm. She was, as they say in the business, a whale. So the king pulled her hair extensions back into a bun, dropped her bath bomb and bubbles into the tub, and stepped inside. She sipped her favorite sparkling rosé and drifted off into the warm escape. It was like one of those meditation prompts. You know, imagine a beautiful island or a tranquil lake.
For Sara, all she needed was right here, hugged by the tall mountains of the desert. Frank Sinatra's luck be a lady piping through the room was like a distant lullaby. She wouldn't have responded if a fire alarm went off, let alone a knock at the door. She was enjoying the paradise of the moment. But you know what they say, the only paradise is a paradise lost. And Sarah had begun to sense that there might be barbarians at the gate. Lately, she had been worried. How long could I keep this up? I was literally up to my chin in bubbles. And somebody was banging on her door.
I didn't answer because I'm in the bathtub. So I think they must have seen me on camera go in the room. Then they called my bathroom phone. Then I answered the phone and they said, we're right outside your door. Can you open it?
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What happened to Sarah King?
0:00–2:04
2
How did Sarah King spend $10 million?
2:04–18:00
3
What was Sarah King's life like before the scandal?
18:00
4
How did Sarah King react when the hotel kicked her out?
9:03–10:48
5
What are the consequences of Sarah King's actions?
10:48–12:57
6
What insights can we gain from Sarah King's story?
12:57–30:05