In 1955, Julian was arrested on suspicion of killing a man at his Los Angeles home on the morning of his 26th birthday.
Per Casey, Armand had "files" on all of her friends and romantic partners, and would even record their phone calls to make sure she and other Hammer family members were behaving appropriately.Īrmand is said to not have cared much for Julian because he "caused too much trouble." In the new docuseries "House of Hammer," which focuses on the family's controversies throughout the years, Armand's granddaughter Casey says that growing up, her grandfather was obsessed with maintaining the family's pristine public image. The family's business activities, however, start with Julius' son Armand, Hammer's great-grandfather, who made a fortune by investing money he obtained from his third wife into the American oil company, Occidental Petroleum.Īccording to the report, Armand, who became close associates with many high-powered figures, including Prince Charles and Colonel Gaddafi, was also known for his involvement in "wide-ranging grifts," including "laundering money using artwork to fund Soviet espionage" and "bribing his way into the oil business." Julius was a Russian immigrant, who lived in the Bronx and was convicted of first-degree manslaughter and later imprisoned in 1919 after performing an abortion on a Russian diplomat's wife, who died days after the procedure.
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