ADELE’S boyfriend Rich Paul has suffered the secret heartbreak of losing his best childhood friend in a shooting. The sports mega-agent, who was first linked to the singer in the summer, admits he has fought his way “from the ’hood to Hollywood’’ but still reflects on the death of his closest neighbourhood friend in 2001.
The trauma of losing pal Kenneth Johnson, nicknamed Squirrel, in a senseless killing in his native Cleveland, Ohio, has driven Rich’s career for 20 years.
Basketball superstar and client Lebron James believes that Rich’s challenging start to life has been a big factor in him becoming an innovative millionaire mogul in the sports world.
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