He Refused to Pay the Ransom… Until They Sent an Ear 👂💸 | The Getty Kidnapping Scandal

In 1973, J. Paul Getty’s grandson was kidnapped and held for a $17 million ransom.

At first, Getty thought it was a hoax — and refused to pay.

Then the kidnappers mailed his grandson’s severed ear to a newspaper…

Suddenly, he changed his mind — but with conditions.

🧠 He negotiated the ransom down to $2.9 million

📉 He wrote part of it off as a tax deduction

💸 And the rest? He loaned it to his own son — with interest.

This wasn’t just a kidnapping.

It was one of the coldest business transactions in family history.

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