Kanye West’s new ‘wife’, Bianca Censori, has been courting media attention thanks to her provocative attire and public displays of affection with the rapper in Venice.
However, her family’s connections to a notorious Australian crime syndicate with ties to Perth, have been revealed.
Bianca, a voluptuous architect with Italian roots, comes from a family with ties to Australia’s criminal underworld.
Her uncle was a former Perth crime identity Eris Censori.
In 1982, Eris was sentenced to death for the murder of Perth man Michael Sideris.
Bianca’s father, Elia ‘Leo’ Censori, has also served time for possession of heroin and a loaded pistol.
Leo was once described as a ‘heavy criminal figure,’ and faced threats to his life in the 1990s before accepting police protection.
The Censori siblings, including Edmondo, Leo, and Eris, moved to Australia as child immigrants in the 1960s.
Uncle Eris moved to Perth in 1981 and began an amusement machine business in Northbridge with Edmundo, aka Eddy aka Melbourne’s Al Capone.
But Eris was arrested soon after for the murder of Northbridge waiter Michael Sideris.
The crime figure was sentenced to death by a Perth court but this was commuted to life imprisonment.
Eris was also jailed for eight years and fined $20,000 for heroin dealing and in 1985, was acquitted of conspiring to smuggle cannabis into Albany Prison.
He was transferred to Victoria in 1987 to be closer to family.
Leo’s ex-wife Faye Glascott, told the Herald Sun in the 90s things turned sour for the family in Perth after the murder.
“Eris destroyed it with the murder,” she said. “Within 24 hours the police seized his machines and closed him up.”
Eddy returned to Melbourne to continue his involvement in the amusement machine industry.
According to Ms Glascott, he was considering buying a Rolls-Royce when business was good.
“It was like a goldmine in Perth,” she said.
Eddy had convictions in Victoria for violence, including assaulting police, theft and threats.
The short, thick-set, wealthy man lived in Perth, off and on, during the 80s and 90s.
Over the years, Eddy’s occupations included a bouncer, labourer, machine operator, fitter, billiards marker and cafe proprietor.
Leo Censori, Bianca’s dad, racked up convictions for possession of a pistol and ammunition as well as convictions linked to his illegal gambling machine business.
In 1982 he was convicted in Melbourne County Court of possessing heroin and was jailed for five years.
Leo’s current wife, Alexandra, lives in Melbourne with Bianca’s sisters, Angelina and Alyssias, in the suburb of Alphington, where Leo’s criminal history remains a sensitive topic.
West, 46, has met Bianca’s family, spending time with them in Tokyo in July.
However, Bianca has remained tight-lipped about her family’s criminal background.
Ms Glascott, has previously spoken about finding hidden cash around their Melbourne home and recounted Leo’s involvement in illegal operations.
She once said he could ‘stack money better than a bank.’
The pair divorced in 1989 after 15 years of marriage.
While there is no suggestion Bianca benefited from her father’s empire she did grow up in the upper-class suburb of Ivanhoe before the family moved to their multi-million dollar property.
She also attended the prestigious Carey Baptist Grammar School.