The Kidnapping
Marlon Brando after “The Godfather”
According to Nick Dawson in Focus Features, Marlon Brando just starred in The Godfather and was preparing to see the grand premiere of the movie on March 15. However, he was in France, filming The Tango in Paris, where he then would be subject to much real-life drama.
The drama was that Kashfi had kidnaped Christian. When the paparazzi confronted Brando with stories of the kidnapping, he denied it, saying Christian had gone on a fishing and scuba diving trip with his friends in Mexico. Behind the scenes, however, Marlon Brando hired private investigators, who found Christian in Mexico. One investigator found him in a cave near San Felipe with six men and two women.
All eight people denied kidnapping Christian and said Kashfi would pay them $10,000 to hide Christian Brando. Around the time, Kashfi was found arrested near the Mexican border for drunk driving and disorderly behavior. Christian Brando was found with bronchial pneumonia in the cave, and then returned to Marlon Brando, who gained custody of his son.
Later, when Christian was in 11th grade, he started using LSD and drinking, and later dropped out of high school. He would work many jobs, including an attempted career at acting, but avoided the spotlight, much unlike his father. At the time, he lived with his father in Hollywood Hills.
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