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Edward’s son, Ned Doheny, born in 1893 to a life of privilege, later married Lucy Smith, a socialite from Pasadena. Ned, immersed in his father’s oil empire, moved comfortably within the elite circles of Los Angeles society. However, by the early 1920s, the Dohenys found themselves embroiled in the notorious Teapot Dome scandal—an episode that would shadow their family legacy for years to come. Edward was accused of funneling $100,000 in hush money to Secretary of the Interior Albert Fall in exchange for favorable oil leases—an act that ultimately implicated the family.