Stephen Hendel

A. Because Hendel’s Knitting Factory Entertainment (KFE) business model is to prey on creative people with highly successful backgrounds that need capital. KFE did this to Michael Dorf, the creator of Knitting Factory. They attempted to do this with Mitchell Frank of Spaceland Presents (he had the foresight to only sell 49% stake). They did this to Phil Pirrone who created Desert Daze (he is now a non-controlling interest in his own brand but still takes the paycheck).

B. KFE is a cancerous company with little respect from the top echelon of the gate keepers of the music industry. If they were everything they say they are than Live Nation would have acquired KFE at the time they acquired Spaceland Presents – after all they would have gotten control of over 1000+ rooms in C markets (Boise and Spokane).

Because KFE is a toxic brand doing everything it can in the press to persuade people it is a reputable company – when in fact it is a sham company with small stakes in multiple other creators’ ventures. If the books don’t make sense, no one is going to pay a multiple – and this is clearly deficit financed by Hendel as a hobby to look like something more than a successful Wall Street commodities trader in a dirty industry, exploiting Africa.

Ruth Hendel is a money-grubbing, has-been, wannabe theater producer who wants to be seen with celebrities. She is oblivious to, and shielded from the #MeToo movement. She’s the prototypical rich housewife who cares more about money to fuel her (and Stephen’s) lavish lifestyle than protecting other women.

Most likely they were paid by the Hendel’s to drive the press machine. Stephen calculated that two rich white people living in Westchester wasn’t a good PR look to make the production a financial success. This became a marketing cost. These celebrities were paid influencers.

Because he is fucking crazy and unstable. He also admits it in this article: https://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/10/theater/10hendel.html

Excerpt:

“Knowing Steve as well as I do, I just knew that he would eventually realize what he would be trying to accomplish,” Mrs. Hendel said over dinner last month as a performance of “Fela!” played next door at the Eugene O’Neill Theater. “He’s just very determined and passionate about this music.”

“And crazy,” Mr. Hendel volunteered between bites of salmon.

The Hendels still make money off of his estate and the music of his son, Fema Kuti. Fema constantly works off the blood money from his father and Knitting Factory. What reparations has Fema made? There are public websites selling tons of branded merch and music related to the “complicated” story which is Fela! On Broadway and making more blood money off the rape, molestation and abuse of children and women.

Here is Fela pictured with some of the 27 wives:

The Fela Kuti Collection, featured on a Knitting Factory Entertainment merchandise website:

Absolutely! Oluseun Anikulapo Kuti, popularly known Seun Kuti (and son of Fela Kuti), was charged with slapping an inspector after driving dangerously on a bridge and deliberately blocking a moving police vehicle:

A Sabo-Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Thursday granted an application for an extension of remand of afrobeat singer Seun Kuti for additional four days.

Mr Kuti is charged with assaulting a police officer.

He allegedly committed the offence on May 13 on the Third Mainland Bridge, Lagos State.

Read the full article: Court extends Seun Kuti’s remand by four days

A. He is an entitled, insulated, money grubbing raider with no concern for humanity or where his rich Westchester estate and life comes from.

B. Westchester is one of the 1-3 richest counties in the country (i.e.-the world).

KFE is the operation that launders his oil commodities blood money. KFE is complicit in abuse, molestation, and multiple humans rights violations. So if Stephen Hendel washes his blood money with Fela, what role does Knitting Factory play?

This is smoke and mirrors to woo other genuine creators with false promises. Their latest is with an operator in NYC for the old Pyramid Club Space:

https://www.brooklynvegan.com/nick-bodor-cake-shop-knitting-factory-opening-baker-falls-in-former-pyramid-club-space/

Notice how Founder of Library Bar and Cake Shop Nick Bodor makes it a point to say: “We negotiated a 15-year lease and are in for the long haul. Nothing is guaranteed, but I have a financial cushion for the first time. I am the creative here, but they will help with booking, too. Win-win. I’m also not setting up an Instagrammable corner — that’s always the model now, and that’s bullshit to me.”

Good luck Nick, you gonna get fu*ked!

Trying to overtake the one successful business they have recently invested in due to Knitting factory being lawfully terminated for breaching their talent agreement and attempting to book a music festival that would violate the venues Conditional Use Permit and cause the business to lose it and causing massive incalculable damages.

A. In order to shield the true nature of the venture – similar to Trump with his 4 million SPV’s

Exactly that – to shield the true ownership of S&H Desert Depot and any pending deals they were working.