Billionaire ‘built hidden sex, drugs den’

July 21, 2007 2:22 pm

Henry T. Nicholas III was, for a brief period, one of the richest men in America. A patron of the Orange County arts scene, he had a trophy wife and enjoyed playing Rod Stewart numbers at full volume from the steps of his mansion.

According to claims in court papers, this was a “secret and convenient lair”, to cater for “Mr Nicholas’s manic obsession with prostitutes” and his “addiction to cocaine and Ecstasy”. He used his private jet to pick up prostitutes as far away as New Orleans, Chicago, Las Vegas and Los Angeles “and bring them back to the Pond for his rock star friends”, according to documents filed with Orange County Superior Court. “He provided his guests with transportation and cocaine, Ecstasy, methamphetamines, marijuana, mushrooms.

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