Ain’t That A B*tch: Wyclef Jean Caked His Mistress With The Yele Haiti Funds… $105K To Be Exact

Posted on March 13th, 2010 - By Bossip Staff

Categories: Caught Creepin', News, SMH, What Were You Thinking?, What the Hell???, Wyclef

Wyclef Jean probably should have cleaned his slate before he asked the world to donate money to his Yele Haiti charity. Apparently, Wyclef was paying his mistress, Zakiya Khatou-Chevassus, $105,000 as an independent contractor with the Yele charity donations back in 2008. Damn Wyclef, we tried to give you the benefit of the doubt… SMH!!!

So what did she do for that money? Zakiya Khatou-Chevassus is currently listed on Yele’s web site as the organization’s vice president. But according to five sources familiar with Yele’s operations, in 2008 she served as Jean’s personal assistant—working on his commercial endeavors as well as his charitable ones—and was involved romantically with the former Fugees star.

“She worked for Wyclef on all Wyclef matters,” says one source who has worked with Jean in the past. “She did whatever Wyclef needed that day, whether it was related to Yele or not. She would do things like book flights, and she wasn’t very good at it. It’s a shame that she made that much money.” The source said Khatou-Chevassus’ salary amounted to more than three times what Suzie Sylvain, Yele Haiti’s dedicated program director who is credited by many Yele Haiti insiders with actually keeping the organization running, was paid.

“Everyone knows they were in a relationship,” says another source familiar with Yele Haiti. “A dozen people, including me, saw and knew. It wasn’t a secret.” Jean is married, but he has said in the past that he has an open relationship with his wife.

Jean has a long history of using Yele Haiti’s money for his own commercial gain. In 2005, 2006, and 2007, the foundation paid out a total of $410,000 to commercial entities controlled in whole or in part by Wyclef, including a whopping $250,000 for advertising time on a Haitian television station he co-owns. In 2006, he demanded a $100,000 fee to perform at a Yele Haiti fundraiser designed to raise money for his own hometown.

First Wyclef gets caught with naked pics of his manager in his cell phone, now he’s cakin’ his chickens through his non-profit orginization. SMH!!!

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COMMENTS ABOUT THIS ARTICLE:

SkyeHye 3/13/10, 02:03:PM

FIRST!!!!!
RazeKane 3/13/10, 02:07:PM

Sooo predictable, dark skin bro paying off redbone to work as his contractor/mngr or for boning.
Eva 3/13/10, 02:08:PM

Say it aint so Clef……
Rebirth of Grace 3/13/10, 02:10:PM

Ughh! This is disgusting! And why get married if you want a perpetual side piece???/
Somali Ninga 3/13/10, 02:14:PM

SMH WYTHEFT!!! Thank God i didnt donate to Yele! btw ur misstress is ugly as hell while ur wife is beautiful! SMH
Aba 3/13/10, 02:14:PM

ya’ll need to stop! what about all the white mofo’s that do this ish ALL THE TIME? yet people conveniently ignore it when they do it. wake up or shut up.
Aja 3/13/10, 02:17:PM

WOW.
ratbastid 3/13/10, 02:18:PM

Good Lord.
Corrupt, greedy leadership must be in the Haitian DNA.
Sad.
RazeKane 3/13/10, 02:19:PM

@Hey Abaaaaaaat

We talkin bout mr wyclef jean, everytime he hires chics to work for him its a redbone.
TRUTH IS.... 3/13/10, 02:28:PM

when you worship satan nobody matters….dang shame….NEWSFLASH haiti didnt get any money!
Maevelove 3/13/10, 02:31:PM

SMH too. Claudette, maybe you need to move on at this point.
Keep it Real 3/13/10, 02:40:PM

I told u dumb a.z.z. nyggas that he was on some BS. He received over a Million dollars in donations BEFORE the earthquake and I said what did he do with the money? Show some pictures of some homes or schools u built, some students u put through college, some businesses you funded. Everyone started in on “Da white man trying to hold him down” blah blah blah. I said ok Wycleff fine. Show us some pics of what you’ve done with the DONATIONS that you’ve received AFTER the quake. People said he doesn’t have to show anyone shyt. I said why is he over here in the U.S. He should be over there living with his people, sleeping and eating with them. Helping them build homes. People said shut the phuck up. He doesn’t have to answer any questions. Now, he will have to answer to the U.S. government. This anit going away. You all have got to stop making excuses for black people who are taking advantage of our desire to make them heroes and saviors when in actuality their nothing more than common criminals. BS is BS.
Don'tGiveAWhat 3/13/10, 03:06:PM

Daaaaaaaaayum, Clef!! Not you, too!!!

Not only are you crooked, but you CONSISTENTLY pick homely mistresses… Your wife should eat that @ss alive behind THIS mess. SMH.
deschl 3/13/10, 03:06:PM

I told yall, the smoking gun had his tax return listed for the charity at its website, thats why he was doin all that hollerin on we are the world remake, he was excited by the new money comin in, I aint givin him shit.
B3 Fearless 3/13/10, 03:21:PM

Ok all of this stuff happened TWO years ago. This story isn’t even relevant now.

And other than paying the salary of an ex-mistress which apparently his wife approves of since they have an open marriage (don’t even let me get started on that mess!), the other expenses Bossip listed are not considered shady. Paying for ad time to a TV station to raise awareness about your organization is not shady. The fact that he just so happens to own the station that it aired on is irrelevant.

And businesses have interrelated activities all the time. I’m just happy that his funds actually exist unlike the Lehman Brothers with their Repo 105 shenanigans similar to Enron.
Nic 3/13/10, 03:25:PM

Read “Lords of Poverty” you’ll see he is not the first. Just the first black to get caught so we’ll never hear the end of it. Get ready for the Tiger Woods-like coverage.

I don’t condone his behavior – anyone who could do something like this (if true)deserves whatever they get. I’m just saying this is nothing new a lot of non-profits operate this way. That’s why wealthy people are trying to come up with new methods of gving and are turning away from traditional charities.

Your money is better spent in your own community where you can see it at work. It’s unfortunate but it is what it is.
NiSi 3/13/10, 03:32:PM

To All Those Ppl That Send Money Over 2 Hatiti !!! God Will Bless U !!! ‘Cause In Your Hearts U Felt It Was The Right Thing 2 Do N Send Money Over There !!! Now That Was A F*cked Up Thing For Him 2 Do !!! Real Messed Up !!! Don’t Worry He Will Have 2 Answer 2 GOD On Judgement Day !!!
Cali ma 3/13/10, 03:37:PM

This is why I don’t donate to no mutha fukkin cause… period!
it's a guy thing! 3/13/10, 03:42:PM

Damn…
MOboogs 3/13/10, 03:52:PM

BOSSIP, YOU ARE STUPID AS F*CK!!!!!

A Source? Who da F is a source???? If they weren’t full of sh*t, they would make it official and not hide behind “A SOURCE”!!! You gonna bash a brother that picked up dead bodies in Haiti OVER SOME GOSSIP???

What did u do for Haiti, Bossip????
Keep it Real 3/13/10, 04:13:PM

@B3 Fearless

You are beyond stupid. You can not use (co-mingle) donated money from your tax exempt organization to fund your for profit (taxable) company. Secondly, the purpose of the donations is for a certain percentage probably 70% maybe 80% to actually go towards the charitable mission and the rest maybe 20% for administrative cost. Wycleff has the reverse maybe 20% going towards the charitable mission and 80% for (his own personal piggy bank) administrative cost.
Gimmeabreak78 3/13/10, 04:27:PM

Clef, say it ain’t so. *hanging head in disbelief*

And to think–this man had people forgoing donations to the Red Cross in favor on giving to his organization. SMH
REPOSITORY 3/13/10, 04:37:PM

I knew it and told yo’ll dont donate to this WYTHIEF guy, he will use this money for his own benefits and not to the people.
Ayana 3/13/10, 04:45:PM

Oh well….thats $10 I lost. Really thought I was helping the needy.
memchee 3/13/10, 04:54:PM

not surprised!!!!

I was more surprised by Al Sharpton coming to his aide before finding out the whole story!!!

that gov’t body warned against donating to his charity.

He should’ve taken that as a heads up and started working to get things in order…..certainly they’re investigating him and his charity.
jt 3/13/10, 05:20:PM

haha all the blacks they just rip you off and you blame the white man lol.
tell it like it is... 3/13/10, 05:56:PM

Whore.
tell it like it is... 3/13/10, 05:57:PM

Wh0re.
Nic 3/13/10, 06:03:PM

@ B3 Fearless

You make a good point that this happened 2 years ago. This must be the incident he already apologized for. Makes you wonder why something that happened 2 years ago is just coming out today???

Don’t agree with you though on his shady business practices in the PAST. Pay the jump offs with your own cash. But it is clear that no PROOF was presented that he swindled anyone out of that Yele money.

People have to keep in mind that there is intense competetion from these “charitable” organizations to get that donation money. I’m sure the Red Cross is pissed that balcks donated so heavily to Yele because had it not been for Wyclef that money would have gone to them.
Mrs. Rance 3/13/10, 06:28:PM

Clearly he could have put more money toward the actual charity, but it’s not like the organization is a fraud overall. I’ve read of many good things they have done in Haiti when no one else was doing anything. As for his wife she has been accepting his cheating for at least 10 years that we know of. Don’t cry for her.
GET REAL 3/13/10, 06:29:PM

Anybody who gave this fool a dime in charity money was crazy. I never like his entire vibe his entire career. This story does not surprise me.
DarthH8ter 3/13/10, 06:49:PM

Wow, if only there was someone to warn us about this fraudulent sob.
yeahhuh 3/13/10, 07:10:PM

I sent money to yele..I thought I was doing a good thing. I just KNEW wyclef would do it right. I was wrong. never again.
maggie234q 3/13/10, 07:17:PM

Who cares!!! My boyfriend thinks the same with me. He- is eight years older than me, lol. We met online at an age gap dating site- A_ge_m_in_gle @ c.o.m a nice and free place for Younger- Women and Older Men, or Older Women and Younger Men, to- interact with each other. Maybe you wanna check out or- tell your friends.
white male 3/13/10, 08:08:PM

Wow this is a really big story.

Right when the quake happened I said I wouldn’t donate money to a guy who raps about “having 50 Bentley’s”.

BTW a charitable organization I am involved in pays its employees like 30k a year but I wouldn’t even consider Yele a charitable org now.
EQ 3/13/10, 08:16:PM

This is some BULLSHILTZ! Why Are You Not POSTING How RED CROSS COLLECTED 255 MILLION IN HAITI RELIEF MONEY AND ONLY DONATED 80 MILLION. WHAT WYCLEF DID 2 YEARS AGO IS PENNIES A MERE DROP IN THE BUCKET COMPARED TO WHAT RED CROSS HAS DONE IN THE PAST AND CONTINUE TO DO EVERYDAY! REALIZE WHY ALL THE ATTENTION IS BEING PLACED ON WHAT WYCLEF DID 2 YEARS AGO. ITS TO PROVIDE A SMOKESCREEN FOR RED “SEND YOUR CASH NOT BLANKETS OR SUPPLIES” CROSS.
GET OVER IT 3/13/10, 08:28:PM

DID RED CROSS PAY BOSSIP TO POST THIS? WAKE UP PEOPLE! THEY’LL DO ANYTHING TO GIVE THE BLACK MAN A BAD RAP! THIS WAS 2 YEARS AGOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

by the way, I donated to YELE
BW 3/13/10, 08:29:PM

F-in phony. F-in your own people, you f-in hypocrite. Talking out both sides of your mouth after the horrific circumstance in Haiti. You have got to be the devil’s right hand, screwing everybody with your sob story and you phony tears. The man above will be the one that will show you justice. May not be today or tomorrow but watch out. You have commited the ultimate, terrible crime off the backs of your own people already in terrible poverty and now with the unspeakable death, starvation, sickness and homelessness. SHAME on you Wyclef!!!!
You will never be trusted again!!!!!
Just Bored 3/13/10, 09:10:PM

I am so glad I decided not to donate in that way. I think he needs to show proof of what the funds are actually doing to help the people of Haiti to get his reputation back on point. Call Larry King and CNN back and get to explaining. If this isn’t the whole true Bossip – shame on you for jumping to conclusions too soon.
Taj 3/13/10, 09:20:PM

SMH. I have learned that even when I give people the benefit of the doubt, I doubt they will benefit from it.

I am not surprised at all. It’s a wrap for his organization.
whiteberry 3/13/10, 09:26:PM

source??
man… y’all can make up some $h!t
lol lol 3/13/10, 09:27:PM

Now that aint that some shit! What a disgrace he should write himself off!I always new there were underlying issues why Lauren would never team up with him again… Because he stole her money and sold his soul. Being from the hood meant nothing to him anymore.
B3 Fearless 3/13/10, 09:38:PM

@Keep It Real

Just because you disagree with my comment does not mean that you have to resort to name calling.

I believe in having respectful conversations with ppl. Your response shows that you have no knowledge of finance at all so please don’t direspectfully call some one stupid when you are clearly ignorant of the subject.

Now I don’t know what you do for a living but I’m actually an accountant so I know of what I’m talking about so I will stick with my position.

Furthermore…
B3 Fearless 3/13/10, 09:39:PM

@Keep It Real

Now I just finished looking at their most recent 2008 tax return. Non-profits are required to file a Form 990. And their 2008 tax return would have been prepared for the organization’s fiscal year ending in 2009. As of this period Yele had received contributions and grants in the amount of $1,896,946 so that was their total revenue, which is actually small for a non-profit. Out of that amount $1,175,325 (or 62%) was spent on grants to organization and governments which was spent to implement various services such as their food distribution program, emergency relief, Yele Student Outreach (which involves college students rallying in support of Haiti), Yele Education Alliance (A group of non-governmental organizations which pool their resources to improve education) and Gonaives Cleanup (employs local people to remove mud from streets and canals).
B3 Fearless 3/13/10, 09:42:PM

*canals

In addition I tallied all of the expenses that would relate to the general operations of their business (ie. depreciation, office expense, occupancy, equipment rental, etc.) and professional fees such as accounting & legal fees which altogether totaled $180,093 which brings the total % of legitimate expenditures up to 71%.

After reviewing the return the only things that stood out to me was that there were only 3 board members (1 of whom being Wyclef) and 12 volunteers for the organization. What gives me comfort about this is the fact that the majority of the funds are spent to other organizations to implement the services and the fact that none of the board members received any form of compensation whether through a W-2 or 1099-MISC. Add into the fact that Travel expenses amounted to $192,905 which shows me that he probably does travel extensively to Haiti as he claims.

The other item that stood out to me was their Schedule F where they report the amount of grants that was provided to organizations outside of the U.S. and they check off that they maintain records for the grants that they issue. I gained comfort about this claim because in their schedule O and in their Statement of Program Service Accomplishments they were able to provide detailed descirptions of the services Yele helps to implement.

I suggest you read the article that was done on this subject on January 16th by Susan Kinzie to be a little more informed on this subject and you can also see the organization Form 990s for 2006, 2007, & 2008 on a web site called Guidestar.

I would provide you a link to the article but Bossip is blocking it.
B3 Fearless 3/13/10, 09:43:PM

*c a n a l s

Goodness Bossip!
Lisa (with a Big L) 3/13/10, 10:17:PM

This is a non-issue. This happened 2 years-ago. And yes, I agree that Wyclef’s finances concerning this nonprofit is questionable, but people, trust and believe, big white charities do a lot of backhanded dirty stuff too.

White folks have been trying to smear Wyclef’s nonprofit since the earthquake because they knew that most people who would donate would be Blacks and that we would send our donations to his charity. Read between the lines people. Why bring up a 2 year-old story for no other reason? Who’s looking into the Red Cross and these charities. Just like churches, these charities skim and do all kinds of crazy stuff.
Lisa (with a Big L) 3/13/10, 10:26:PM

Also, Bossip, you are doing a HUGE disservice by even posting this. You are feeding into what the white media wants you to do…..to have people to NEVER TRUST A BLACK ORGANIZATION.

The Red Cross (and some churches) is the BIGGEST set of crooks in the charity business. Post something about them, so that the next time a natural disaster hits, we’ll be “informed” of their dirt dealing too, then we can decide which of the lesser evil charities we want to donate to.
HALF GERMAN BROTHA 3/13/10, 11:00:PM

HAITIAN THIEF!! SINGING OFF KEY WE ARE THE WORLD WACK REMIX BYCH!
b 3/14/10, 12:04:AM

Thank god for the internet. If we didn’t have so many news outlets keeping us informed of the ish going on we’d think Wyclef was another black man being dogged by white. SMH!
He’s a cheat, a thief and a talentless nucca. And that permed up Al Sharpton. Ahh! That nucca makes me sick. He is always called by black celebs to play the race card and blow smoke up the black communities a**. He’s a tool man!