RICH ROGUES: Lurid lifestyles of wealthy and famous charged with sex crimes

Hip hop impresario Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs is just the latest addition to the roster of rich men and women accused — or convicted — of unspeakable sex crimes.

They have had outsized influence in the worlds of showbiz, politics and business. All seem to have the same M.O.: Using that power to bury their filthy secrets, buy people off and kill police investigations.

In the famed comic strip Dick Tracy, cartoonist Chester Gould featured a rogue’s gallery of the detective’s grotesque roster of villains. There is no real Pruneface, FlatTop, Itchy or Mumbles but the crimes are just as heinous.

Here are some of the real-life villains.

SEAN ‘DIDDY’ COMBS

411: Combs is currently caged on a slew of sex trafficking-related charges and the federal probe is making Hollywood powerbrokers nervous. More than 120 accusers are making twisted allegations that go back decades. They include violent sexual assault, facilitated sex with a controlled substance, illicit pornography and the sexual abuse of minors.

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In this courtroom sketch, Sean Combs, seated right, looks at his attorney, Marc Agnifilo, left, as he delivers his bail argument as Combs’ family in the gallery, background, raise their hands indicating to Judge Tarnofsky that they are in attendance, to bolster the defense attorney’s bail argument, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024, in Manhattan Federal Court in New York.Photo by Elizabeth Williams /THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WHAT! Combs allegedly held “freak off” parties featuring teen girls, sex, baby oil, loads of drugs, execs and NBA stars.

Yung Miami
One lawsuit claims singer Yung Miami brought Diddy “pink cocaine”.INSTAGRAM

QUOTE:
“Many powerful people … many dirty secrets.” — Lawyer Tony Buzbee

Jeffrey Epstein.
Jeffrey Epstein.Photo by New York State Sex Offender Registry via AP /file

JEFFREY EPSTEIN

411: Billionaire hedge fund manager who wielded his money and power to get close to presidents and other powerful people. On his private jet, mansions in New York City, Palm Beach, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, the rich pedophile sexually ravaged underage girls with his coterie of potentate pals. He killed himself in 2019 while awaiting trial for sex trafficking.

Jeffery Epstein's estate on Little Saint James Island
Jeffery Epstein’s estate on Little Saint James Island in the U. S. Virgin Islands, July 9, 2019.Photo by Gianfranco Gaglione /THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WHAT! One of Epstein’s twisted cronies gifted him French twins for his birthday. They were 12.

Ghislaine Maxwell is interviewed in prison on Jeremy Kyle Live.
Ghislaine Maxwell is interviewed in prison on Jeremy Kyle Live, which was broadcast on TalkTV in Britain on Jan. 23, 2023.Photo by Jeremy Kyle Live /Twitter

GHISLAINE MAXWELL

411: Epstein’s second banana is now serving 20 years in prison. The ex-British socialite was crucial to recruiting and grooming underage girls for sex. Sometimes she joined in for threesomes with Epstein and one of her recruits. Prince Andrew is her pal.

An undated handout photo taken at an undisclosed location and released on Aug. 9, 2021 by the United States District Couty for the Southern District of New York shows (left to right) Prince Andrew, Virginia Giuffre, and Ghislaine Maxwell posing for a photo.
An undated handout photo taken at an undisclosed location and released on Aug. 9, 2021 by the United States District Couty for the Southern District of New York shows (left to right) Prince Andrew, Virginia Giuffre, and Ghislaine Maxwell posing for a photo.Photo by HANDOUT/U.S. District Court – Southern District /AFP via Getty Images

WHAT! Maxwell claims she was a courtroom proxy for the dead Epstein. A slew of women say otherwise.

Harvey Weinstein
Former film producer Harvey Weinstein attends a discovery hearing ahead of his retrial for sexual assault charges, at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York City on May 29, 2024.Photo by JULIA NIKHINSON / POOL / AFP /Getty Images

HARVEY WEINSTEIN

411: Hollywood uber-producer Weinstein was charged with 11 counts of rape, forcible oral copulation and sexual battery stemming from alleged acts between 2004 and 2013. He crushed careers and demanded sex from starlets for parts. Mr. #MeToo is serving a 23-year prison sentence. Next awards show season, ignore the preaching and remember: Everyone in Hollywood knew.

Harvey Weinstein, third from left, clutching his Oscar for Shakespeare in Love. Life in prison will be very different for disgraced producer.
Harvey Weinstein, third from left, clutching his Oscar for Shakespeare in Love. Life in prison will be very different for disgraced producer.Photo by GETTY IMAGES

QUOTE: “I know the president of the United States. Who do you know?” — HARVEY WEINSTEIN

During second day of cross-examination, the former fashion mogul was pressed on allegations made by five women accusing him of sex assault
Peter Nygard at a 2013 event in Winnipeg.Photo by Kevin King /Postmedia

PETER NYGARD

411: CanCon. Years of perversion, sexual assaults and other horrors all came raining down on rag trade mogul Nygard. Now 83, he was sentenced to 11 years in prison after being convicted of 4 counts of sexual assault at his Toronto office. The judge said he was a sexual predator. Nygard is appealing. He also faces charges in New York.

On trial for allegedly sexually assaulting five women - and forcibly confining one - the former fashion mogul jousts with prosecutor
Seen through a police vehicle window, Peter Nygard arrives to a Courthouse in Toronto, Oct. 3, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston

WHAT! Nygard held “pamper parties” at his Bahamas mansion featuring sex with underage girls. His neighbour ratted him out.

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