The Breakfast Club - DONKEY: Lawyer Steals $4.4M In COVID Funds for Romance... Breaks Down During Sentencing

Episode Date: March 25, 2026

Charlamagne Tha God gives Donkey of the Day to a lawyer who stole $4.4 million in COVID relief funds for a romance and broke down during sentencing. Listen for more!YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BreakfastClubPower1051FMSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Damn, Salamane. Who you give a dusty other day to now? Well, sexy red. Don't get a day for Wednesday, March 25th, goes to a Manhattan real estate attorney named Brian McKenna. Now, Brian is going to prison, ladies and gentlemen. Okay, that's why the New York Post referred to him as disgraced real estate attorney, Brian McKenna.

He's 62 years old, and he's going to prison for up to six years. Why? What do men usually risk? it all for. That poom-pum, okay, that kitty, that undercarriage, that cookie, that penis fly trap. Yes, Brian McKenna is being accused of stealing $4.4 million intended for COVID protective gear, allegedly to fund a romance with his den girlfriend. Oh, the power of the P-U-S, I can't spell the rest. Would you like to hear his reaction in the court? Let's listen. I did these crimes and I deserve to go to tell. I don't know what else to say for myself.

All right, Mr. McKenna, I understand. I really appreciate you taking full responsibility, but ultimately, sir. I know. All right. Now, there are so many things that discuss me about this story. Number one, you stole all this money from people who needed it, okay? Folks needed that COVID protective gear during COVID, and you just stole it. Okay, you just stole the money for it, all right?

A man, who didn't need it? Okay, you're a lawyer. You're 62 years old, Brian, so you were in your 50s when you came up with this scam. Because what, Kobe was, COVID was six years ago? Okay, I don't understand people who literally have the world in their hand. You have worked hard to become an attorney in this country, okay? You, more than a lot of people, understand the process of life. You understand life is a process, okay?

Becoming a lawyer takes at least seven years of full-time higher education in this country, all right? Four years for a bachelor's degree, three years of law school. you have to pass the bar exam. They got a baby bar and the big bar. My point is, it's not easy. And nothing in life worth having ever is. But for some reason, you thought you could cut the line. You thought you could take a $4.4 million shortcut all to impress a woman who already has her own money.

He was dating the then-CEO of Aston's group. Her name was Duney Zeney. Okay, that's according to the New York Post. I don't know how much she was making, but if she was the CEO of a company, She was touching some paper. So I don't know why you went out of your way, Brian, to impress her. And I don't even like that phrase, fund a romance. You don't fund a romance.

Romance happens because of physical attraction, emotional connection, situational factors, okay? Y'all might just match energies, all right? You like the same things. Share the same beliefs. And let's not forget the most important part. Reciprocal liking. Okay, you like me, I like you.

Romance can't be funded. Now, you can go buy some pink taco with some money. All right, gold in Nevada, pull up in certain counties at a brothel, and you can purchase as much as that Harry Potter as you want. But funding a romance? Nah, no, no, no. I don't even want no romance that's funding because there's no such thing.

You can't buy a love, fool. Now, Brian was in the courtroom crying his ass off. I want you to hear this again, man. Just listen. I did these crimes. I deserve to go to tell. I don't know what else to say for myself. All right.

I understand. I really appreciate you taking full responsibility. But ultimately, sir. Thank you. All right. Ultimately what? Ultimately what? He is going to jail for six years.

I respect that he's holding himself accountable. Okay, he said he did these crimes. He said he deserves to go to jail. Now, his defense lawyer, Eric Franz, claimed to the court that Brian had run into financial struggles and that he was just trying to help his family with the stolen funds. But assistant DA Jonathan Borrell

alleged that Brian stole the money to spend on himself and his gal pal, Duney Zane. Listen, neither one of those are valid reasons. So many people are having financial struggles.

And sadly, they don't have the luxury of resorting the crime to get it. Okay? And you, Brian, were in a privileged position already. Not just a privileged position to get money

because you were a lawyer, you know what I'm saying? But also a Manhattan real estate attorney should be able to get his hands on some happy clam. But no, instead you gotta guard your balloon knot for the next six years in somebody's prison, okay? Probably get ass warts, and for what?

The moral of the story is life is a matter of choices, and every choice you make makes you. Please give Brian McKenna the sweetest he-haw. The sweet sounds of the hamletones, that's what I want. I had to think about it. Oh, now you are the donkey of the day. I started to say get Brian McKenna a Swedish he-ha-ha-ha-ha. But that sounds like something you can purchase. It sounds like something to be a lot of brothel in the bottom.

All right. A sweetest he haul. Well, let's open up the phone lines, right? Let's talk about funding and romance. I don't think there's no such thing. 800, 585-105.1. Is there such thing as funding a romance? Now, I look this up, meaning chat GPT,

says usually means financially supporting a romantic relationship, paying for trips, gifts, dinners, lifestyle, or even helping someone live a certain way. That's the definition. Why, have you? Been in a funded romance before? I don't believe you can fund a romance. It's not even, you can fund the experience of romance.

You know what I mean? But no, no, not, not, no. Has somebody funded your romance before? Absolutely. Big Sugar Daddy back in a day. But that don't mean it was romance though. I get it. I get it.

Like you and Chris are in love. Absolutely. That's your husband. Yeah, y'all got a child. Y'all could pull up to a pizza place and it's romantic because y'all two are in love. Yes, you have to make the other person feel valued and wanted and showing up consistently. Those are things you've. cannot put a price. But how was somebody funded your romance before?

You know, surprise trips, flowers, gifts, a car, house. You got a car? You know, thanks. I said this, the Sugar Daddy Days. Those are just experiences. They're not romantic experiences. Romantic experiences is if you actually had a physical attraction to this person, if you liked him, he liked you, you know, Jess and Sugar Daddy sitting in a tree. Well, he can't get no damn tree. But listen, no, no, all right, all right. Well, then, yeah, that was me acting romantic.

like I was being... So you acted like that to get more gifts. Yes, exactly. But you didn't really love the guy. Okay, yeah. So he's playing them. That's what that is. Okay.

Tricking. Yeah. Well, he was tricky. Yes, and I was the trick. Hey? Oh. I wasn't going to say that. I wasn't going to say that.

I wasn't going to say that. Okay. All right. Well, let's open up the phone lines. Can you fund the romance? 800-585-105-105. Is that a thing? No.

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