CIA provided starlet to sleep with king

THE CIA encouraged a Hollywood starlet to sleep with King Hussein of Jordan, leading to a relationship which reportedly resulted in a child who later bludgeoned his mother to death.

The extraordinary saga was revealed in documents that were part of the investigation into the assassination of John F Kennedy, and were recently declassified by President Trump.

Memos showed that in 1959 the CIA recruited a fixer who worked for reclusive billionaire Howard Hughes to provide “female companionship” for the Jordanian king on his visit to the US to discuss aid to his country.

King Hussein, who was 23 at the time, was referred to in CIA documents only as a foreign head of state but the dates in agency memos corresponded to a two-stop visit he made to Los Angeles and New York.

A CIA memo read: “The foreign official was especially desirous of female companionship during his Los Angeles visit and it was requested that appropriate arrangements be made to assure a satisfied visit.” The controlled source was Robert Maheu, a former FBI agent turned private investigator in Los Angeles, who then contacted a Los Angeles attorney and Hollywood figure.

That led to the young king meeting Susan Cabot – a rising Hollywood starlet who had recently starred in the film Machine-Gun Kelly opposite Charles Bronson, and various B-list science fiction movies – at a Hollywood party.

According to the documents she was told by CIA agents: “We want you to go to bed with him [King Hussein].”

She was initially reluctant but, after meeting him at the party, told agents she was quite taken with the king and found him charming.

Their relationship became public and was reported in newspapers at the time.

Agents rented a house in Long Beach, New York, for the pair to use.

Cabot had a son named Timothy Scott Roman.

In 1986, Roman was convicted of involuntary manslaughter after beating Cabot to death with a dumbbell.

He was initially charged with murder.