bad ideas Nov. 3, 2014

Ex-FIFA Exec Bought a Trump Tower Apartment Just for His Cats

By Jessica Roy

Chuck Blazer, FIFA member looks on before the 61st FIFA Congress at Hallenstadion on June 1, 2011 in Zurich, Switzerland.

Chuck Blazer, FIFA member looks on before the 61st FIFA Congress at Hallenstadion on June 1, 2011 in Zurich, Switzerland. Photo: Julian Finney/Getty Images

Chuck Blazer, an ex-FIFA executive who looks like he should’ve been a Grateful Dead roadie instead, has operated as an FBI informant since 2011, according to the Daily News. More important, however, Blazer reportedly purchased a Trump Tower apartment just for his cats, making this the first time I have ever personally related to a 450-pound sports-loving billionaire.

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