‘Shameless’ paedo TV star Rolf Harris ‘wiped £16m fortune to make it harder for victims to access’, new documents reveal
DISGRACED According to official records, Rolf Harris passed away in poverty.
After being found guilty of child sex offenses, Vile Harris spent his last years in seclusion before passing away from neck cancer in May of last year at the age of 93.
According to reports at the time, he left behind a fortune of about 16 million dollars, which would be distributed to his 60-year-old daughter Bindi and wife Alwen.
However, according to probate records, his assets were only valued at $438,802 at the time of his death.
His estate had a net worth of zero after expenses were deducted.
It is believed that a large portion of his riches was taken away prior to his passing in order to make it more difficult for his victims, who were looking for financial support for their trauma, to obtain his fortune.
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In 2014, the former TV star was found guilty of 12 indecent assaults on four minor girls between 1968 and 1986 and given a five-year, nine-month prison sentence.
Under the Met Police’s Operation Yewtree investigation into historic sex abuse, which also resulted in the imprisonment of celebrities like Stuart Hall and Fred Talbot, he was ultimately found guilty.
In the midst of a retrial on four charges of indecent assault, Australian Harris, a mainstay of children’s television in the 1980s, was freed from prison in 2017.
He tried to have his convictions overturned in November 2017 at the London Court of Appeal, but he was only successful in one of them.
But there were still 11 convictions.
Harris, who passed away from throat cancer, spent his last years living alone in his opulent five-million-dollar mansion in upscale Bray, Berkshire, on the banks of the Thames.
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A significant portion of his wealth is thought to have gone toward hiring 24-hour carers to care for him and his wife, Alwen, who passed away from dementia in September of this year.
According to his court records, two of his caretakers witnessed the signing of his final will and testament in March 2022, just one year before he passed away.
This is yet another embarrassment, according to investigator and former cop Mark Williams-Thomas, who assisted in Harris’ conviction.
He clearly intended to sell possessions and money, therefore he couldn’t have been truly impoverished.
He had accumulated a substantial fortune, which I believe he has kept hidden to prevent victims from claiming it even after his passing.
“The dude was shameless.
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The late Queen Elizabeth II’s 80th birthday portrait was created by Harris, who is best known for the children’s TV shows Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport and Jake the Peg.
It was reported that he had a fortune of up to 16 million dollars at the time of his death, but his wealth was also significantly harmed by his conviction on pedophile charges.
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