Joe McKnight's Car Daddy Is Not Making A Lot Of Sense - USC ...
, Schenter explains the circumstances under which he became a successful and powerful businessman who gives cars to college-age women he is not dating. It's a performance worthy of Morgan Fairchild's husband, Tommy Flanagan .
For starters, Schenter says he was unavailable to answer the Times' questions before their initial story was published because he is in South Africa "finalizing a major business deal" and "internet is very expensive" there. (Even for major businessmen?) He claims he bought the car on behalf of Johanna Beltran—McKnight's girlfriend, with whom Joe has a young son—because she is a Schenter family friend who also works for a company that may or may not be owned by Schenter's father and "has a patent to turn nuclear wastes into valuable metals." Michelle's family could not qualify for a car loan, so he bought the car and she takes care of the insurance and the car payments, which are a little over $500 a month. According to Schenter that is "not a big amount."
I'm not sure in what universe a single mother attending a private university can consider a $500 car payment "not a big amount," but we have more to get to. Schenter also explains that one of his many successful companies bought the URL "4joemcknight.com" because he thought it was "clever" and that his other company—USC Marketing—has nothing to do with Southern California. It stands for, improbably, "United States China Marketing." He isn't even a USC fan! He loves Washington, as evidenced by the "W" ankle tattoo that he got as a result of a bet he lost to a girl from USC. Doesn't that clear everything up with no need to ask any further questions?
Schenter also makes it clear that he is an expert marketer, but doesn't do sports marketing or represent athletes. In fact, marketing isn't even his paying job. He works (shamefully) for the LA County Assessor's Office. For the last 21 years. (But only the high end assessing, not that trailer park junk.)
