Allegations Against Julia Koch and Matchmaker for Her?

Recently it was alleged the 58 year old Julia Koch (widow of David Koch) used nurses to lock her husband David Koch into a room during a dinner party, used code names for real estate property she didn't want her husband to know about, and even had a male companion that she traveled with. 

The allegations were made by Felicia Racine a 29 year old bodyguard and former U.S. Air Force veteran for the Koch family (what is interesting is the security company that protects the Koch family is named Matador Security Company Inc.-which is also the name of the Koch ranch subsidiary/cattle company of Koch Industries). Racine filed an Employment Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) after working for the Koch family between January 2018 through April 2020. She was fired in April 2020 an she alleges a discriminatory firing as her husband who was in the Air Force was transferred to California. 

When Racine began employment she alleged that Julia had a 58 year old "boyfriend" Charles Manger (it should be pointed out that Julia Koch is also 58 years old) even though she had been married to David Koch since 1996-which is odd since I can't find any photos of the Julia and Charles together. In fact their alleged relationship was discussed as part of the training for the bodyguards. However, I have seen over the years photos of Julia Koch with real estate agent Bradley Comisar. Manger apparently visited one of many Koch residences (including the South Hampton residence). Racine would have to provide protection for both Charles and Julia as part of her job. In a related news story it looks like a matchmaker may help Julia "find a new husband". Patty Siegal a Hollywood publicist is assigned with the task (she was brought down when the New York Times claimed she helped Jeffrey Epstein rejoin polite society". For the record though a representative for both Julia Koch and Siegal have denied this is true.

Other alleged duties of her job entailed Racine included getting David Koch Jr. a fake identification and making the bed for daughter Mary Koch (I would think with their kind of wealth they would have maids doing this) and preventing Mary from hopping on private planes for short trips to visit friends. 

Another claim was that Julia would refer to homes as code names so David Koch was not aware of these purchases. In October 2018 the Koch's purchased a $40 million Manhattan townhouse which was well publicized. In 2016 the Koch family suffered a small fire at their 740 Park Avenue home. Julia Koch had been renovating the home for a number of years and David Koch made the comment "I told Julia there was no budget, and she still managed to go over the budget". In addition to keeping real estate Julia also wanted to keep family trips secret as well. A so called Project X trip to South Africa where Julia would bring her siblings, nieces, and nephews was to be kept from David Koch. 

Also there is the allegation that back in 2019 during a dinner party David Koch was leaving his bedroom and attempted to put his arm around his wife and said he loved her only to have Julia asked another staffer and some nurses to take David back to his room and "lock the door, so he doesn't interrupt the dinner party again" according to the allegation. Given that Koch Industries never released what illness David was battling it is unknown whether his cognitive abilities were affected. 

A spokesperson for Koch Industries has called these allegations "baseless". Although, I have been following the Koch family for almost a decade (my first on Koch can be found here-back in 2011) I have never heard Julia Koch talk (despite spending hundreds of hours finding obscure documents/videos/and other interesting findings). The question will be will Julia Koch issue a press release regarding these comments including an interview or will the family settle the lawsuit out of court to keep things hush hush. 

It should be important to note that David Koch had declining health for many years before he passed. Charles Koch noted that back in October 2016 that his brother's health was going downhill. Also if you look at Getty Images the past few years photos of David Koch show him having lost weight, not looking well, and towards the end mostly Julia Koch in photos and his absence. Speaking of images if you look at photos of David Koch from the 1980's (here and here and even in the mid 1990's here it appears his teeth are discolored, however then by the early 2000's you can see his teeth are very white and straight (maybe Julia talked to him about this). 

Also I have reported before that David Koch in the mid 1990's attended some events with attractive women (one before he married Julia and one after he married Julia). I am guessing that David was friendly with these women but I would be curious to know how Julia felt about this. With these recent allegations the Koch camp claims they are baseless (if they are really baseless then Koch should counter sue for defamation).

It is hard to know how much (if any of the allegations are true). My hunch is that some parts may be true but until there is more data it is hard to speculate. Ms. Raccine may just want her 15 minutes of fame and move on. The thing that is surprising is I would have thought that Koch would have contracts that employees would be required to sign (especially ones working directly for the family) to avoid issues like this and to keep things confidential. The other question is if other former employees will start speaking out as well. Of course time will tell.