Obstacles

Her friend Neff talked about Anna’s foundation plans: “She was always on the phone with lawyers… They were always toning her down. Like, ‘Anna, you’re trying to make something that’s worth this much be worth that much, and that’s just not how it works.’ ” When the two friends went to dinner one night and Anna tried to pay with about 12 different credit cards, and it became clear to Neff that she was having some financial issues.

It seemed that Anna was starting to slip in her lavish cash flow floating through life. As she hadn’t yet paid for her room at the 11 Howard Hotel, and since they didn’t have a card on file for her, some worries came up. Initially, the hotel overlooked Anna’s failure to submit a card, treating her as a valued guest. The hotel owner was the owner of the location she was attempting to purchase, so she also was connected as a prospective ‘client’. This is why the hotel decided to accept a wire transfer to pay for her room. but after over a month no payment from her was received.