Like many of her powerful socialite friends from Manhattan and Southampton, heiress and equestrian Patty Davis Raines has permanently moved to the Palm Beach area after Covid-19 hit. But a close friend said she suspects her health is being compromised by riding horses on a daily basis.
The blonde, youthful-looking Raines — the eldest daughter of the late oil tycoon Marvin Davis, who was one of the inspirations for Aaron Spelling’s iconic ’80s soap Dynasty — died Thursday at his home in Wellington, Fla. was found to exist. She is her longtime housekeeper. she was 70 years old.
As a member of the incredibly wealthy yet seemingly doomed Davis family, Raines faced many tragedies in his life.
She once had to sue her own brother for looting an oil tycoon’s father’s inheritance after he died.her son Nick Raines Found dead in an Upper East Side bathroom in 2018 At age 33, nephew Jason “Gummy Bear” Davis Death from fentanyl overdose 35 years old in 2020.
Raynes took another hit in 2020. 80s it girl and model Nina Griscom Died of Lou Gehrig’s disease Also called ALS.
According to her close friend and trainer, Alex Hammer, the socialite is dedicated to her horses, particularly her 15-year-old chestnut Oldenburg Gelding Touchdown and her surviving children, Matthew and Ashley Rayner. I found an extraordinary joy.
However, her love of riding and jumping may have put her health at risk.
“She loved her horse so much, and I think it exacerbated her asthma,” designer Frederick Anderson, a friend of two decades, told The Post. “A year ago she was out in Manhattan with me. She had bad asthma and we had to call her doctor. No, but at the same time, horses meant so much to her that she couldn’t stop riding and being with them.”
Reigns was a top rider in a famous race Wellington International Equestrian Center The daughters of Bruce Springsteen, Steve Jobs and Bill Gates were fellow riders.
Hummer has been to Post Rains in numerous horse shows around the country, including the Hampton Classic, the Winter Equestrian Festival in Palm Beach, the Hunt Club of Fairfield County (Connecticut) and the Capital Challenge in Washington, DC. He said he won the best ribbon.
“She was riding her bike four or five days a week,” says Hammer. “It’s been her lifelong passion. She rides a bike some her age, but not everyone jumps her 3 feet. She’s a great woman and my best friend.” bottom.”
Hammer said he didn’t know if the horse played a role in Reigns’ asthma.
“She wasn’t in the barn much,” he said. “She was out most of the time, and she enjoyed it from above and from the ground. She loved spending time grazing and grazing with her hands.”
Raynes died of asthma, her family said.
After her death, Reigns’ mother, Barbara Davis, told the Post via a rep: After my daughter suffered an asthma infection, she is devastated to share today that she passed away early, Patti left a hole in our hearts that cannot be filled. Thank you for your thoughts, prayers, and respect for our privacy during this unimaginable time. ”
Raynes has been divorced from New York real estate developer Marty Raynes since 2008, but sources say he plans to attend her funeral in Manhattan next week.
A Palm Beach friend said: If you’re the daughter of Marvin Davis and you’re going to marry Marty Raines, you’re going to have to go through a pretty rough world, and she did. ”
Friends like Anna Rothschild and Elizabeth Fekkai are just a few of the many who told the Post how shocked they were by her death.
“She was like a sister to me,” said Rothschild.
Raynes grew up in a world of incredible privilege as one of Marvin’s five children who were known for being over £300 formidable. The oil tycoon, the son of Jewish immigrants who left London for New York in 1917, made his fortune in the United States with the Davis Petroleum and founded “Mr. Wildcatcher.
In the 1980s Marvin owned 20th Century Fox, Pebble Beach Corporation, Beverly Hills Hotel and Aspen Ski Company.
He was so wealthy that his friend Aaron Spelling loosely based his character on the hit 1980s nighttime soap Carrington. “dynasty” About the Davis family.
‘He was always fun,’ said novelist Jackie Collins vanity fair Year 2005. He tried to intimidate people. His first question is “How old are you and how much money do you have?” I think he liked me because when I met him he asked me what I said. ”
By the time Marvin died in 2004, however, most of the family’s fortune, which was said to be as high as $5.8 billion, had disappeared.
The following year, Raines sued her four siblings, her mother, and several family counselors, alleging that she helped her father loot her trust fund.
Raynes’ 169-page lawsuit began with a dramatic flair that seemed to be drawn from the “Dynasty” script.
“This is a case of greed, theft and betrayal in which one of America’s richest men, Marvin Davis, systematically stole hundreds of millions of dollars from a trust created for his eldest daughter, Patricia Davis Raines. It’s a case of how to: his own business interests, the business interests of his two favorite sons, and a lavish lifestyle for himself, his wife Barbara Davis, and his other children. provide funding. A lawsuit has begun.
“Acting out of greed, malice, and malice, Marvin Davis and his close cohort of co-conspirators abused, isolated, and stole Patricia. Patricia’s brothers and sisters learned of, took advantage of, and greedily committed the unjust and illegal acts of Marvin and Barbara Davis and their advisers and flatters. accepted its benefits.”
According to Reigns’ lawsuit, filed by attorney David Boise, Marvin tried to blackmail his own children.
“When Patricia turned 21, in lieu of distributing the trust property to Patricia, Marvin forged Patricia’s signature on the new trust document,” the lawsuit read.
In order to maintain control of Patricia’s trust property, Marvin coerced Patricia through threats and acts of violence into signing other documents perpetuating control of her property.
“For more than 30 years, as her sole trustee, Marvin has sued her eldest daughter in a variety of ways, including stealing, confusion, wasting money, and receiving huge paychecks as a trustee.”
Raynes settled all 14 parties and the lawsuit was closed in 2008.
But Reigns wasn’t the only one with money problems.
Her sister Nancy alleged that her brother Greg Davis defrauded Nancy and her mother, Barbara Davis, in a bankruptcy forced sale to devalue the Davis Petroleum and defraud millions. He tried to sue us for $50 million for conspiring to acquire a company worth up to $1 billion for $150 million. They denied it and the judge denied Nancy permission to proceed.
Nancy herself filed for bankruptcy in 2011. Three years later her sons Brandon, Jason and Alexander Sued for alleged ‘illegal’ money transfers Made to them by Nancy.
Nancy’s sons have not escaped tragedy either.
Brandon “Greasy Bear” and Jason “Gummy Bear” Davis were paparazzi fixtures on Hollywood’s young scene when Brandon famously dated starlet Mischa Barton and got into a feud with Lindsay Lohan .He also reportedly $300,000 in debt The Wynn Las Vegas and Bellagio casinos were reportedly sued for bouncing checks from the Atlantis Paradise Island Resort in 2007.
after being Arrested for felony drug possession In 2014, he checked into rehab for alcohol and cocaine use after two years.
Having played child roles in movies like ‘Beverly Hills Ninja’, Jason struggled with weight and drugs. In 2020, he died of a fentanyl overdose. he was 35 years old.
Raines’ son, Nick died In 2018, at the age of 33, he had a drug overdose.
Raines’ friend Frederick Anderson remembers going through the death of Patty’s son, nephew, and best friend Nina with her.
“It was such a shock to her, especially Nick’s death,” he said. “And when Nina died they were tied at the waist. But somehow she was able to pick herself up and find joy in life with horses and children. What happened was that she was back with her family again, she and Nancy were hanging out, and there would never be another like her.
