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        <title><![CDATA[Axed staff at Chateau Marmont furious over missing relief money]]></title>
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        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Axed staff at legendary Hollywood haunt Chateau Marmont are furious because they haven&#8217;t got any of the $300,000 in funds that was raised to set up to care for them amid the coronavirus pandemic.</p><p>Nearly all the hotel&#8217;s 242 employees were let go in March without insurance or severance after the Los Angeles lockdown began — raising the ire of the LA hospitality union Unite Here Local 11.</p><p>As Page Six revealed, owner André Balazs quickly set up a <strong>Go Fund Me account</strong> to help them and donated $100,000 to it himself.</p><p>Others — including Sam Rockwell, Patricia Clarkson, Griffin Dunn and Ryan Murphy — kicked in another $66,822.</p><p>Meanwhile, items from the Chateau&#8217;s gift shop — including cashmere sweaters and other merchandise — were sold online for the first time to benefit the former staffers. Those sales brought the so-called Chateau Family Fund up to around $300,000.</p><p>But we&#8217;re told that the ex-employees are furious because they haven&#8217;t seen a penny of the cash yet — and urgently need it to live on.</p><p>But a spokesperson for the hotel told us exclusively, &#8220;On Monday, the Chateau Marmont will begin distribution of the Chateau Family Fund.&#8221;</p><p>They added, &#8220;All employees will receive equitably divided financial support based on seniority, ranging from $350 to over $5,000.&#8221;</p><p>The news comes after we revealed <strong>the hotel plans to re-open</strong> to guests soon.</p><p>Meanwhile, Hamptons residents are angry that another Balazs property, Sunset Beach on Shelter Island, N.Y., will not reopen this year.</p><p>The tony boutique hotel and restaurant only opens in the spring and summer months, but we&#8217;re told it&#8217;s so small — and gets so busy — that social distancing wouldn&#8217;t be possible.</p><p>A source on Long Island told us, &#8220;Everyone in the Hamptons is moaning. Where will they go to sip rosé‎?&#8221;<strong></strong></p>]]></content:encoded>
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