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A retired New York City financier once known as the \u201cright-hand man\u201d of billionaire George Soros has been indicted on charges of abusing women.<\/p>\n
According to the\u00a0New York Post, Howard Rubin, 70, allegedly used his Manhattan penthouse as a \u201csecret sex dungeon\u201d at the center of the case.<\/p>\n
In a statement released Thursday, the Justice Department said Rubin and his assistant, Jennifer Powers, have been charged with trafficking and transporting women across state lines for sexual encounters with Rubin.<\/p>\n
A bank fraud charge was lodged against Rubin \u201cin connection with misrepresentations made to a bank in the course of financing Powers\u2019s mortgage for the Texas home of Powers and her husband,\u201d according to the\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is in this secret sex dungeon that Rubin, now 66, is accused of having committed violent acts and sexual assault against a number of women, including actual Playboy playmates. A civil trial, with six of his seven alleged victims seeking at least $18 million, is scheduled for November,\u201d The Post reported.<\/p>\n
Among other alleged acts of deprivation, The Post reported that Rubin has been accused of \u201cbeat[ing a woman\u2019s] breasts so badly that her right implant flipped\u201d \u2014 an injury so severe that, according to court documents, her \u201cplastic surgeon was not even willing to operate on her breasts.\u201d<\/p>\n
Prosecutors allege Rubin paid women up to $5,000 for BDSM encounters. However, several women contend they never consented to the level of violence and humiliation they say he carried out during those sessions.<\/p>\n
Another plaintiff claims that, while Rubin allegedly had her bound in his \u2018dungeon,\u2019 he told her \u201cI\u2019m going to rape you like I rape my daughter\u201d and then, according to the complaint, forced sex on her against her will.<\/p>\n
\u201cRubin has three children with his estranged wife, including at least one daughter,\u201d The Post added.<\/p>\n
\u201cI thought he was a nice guy. He was a nebbishy Jewish guy and totally normal. I was surprised to hear about him having that apartment [with a sex dungeon],\u201d a trader who worked with Rubin at Soros Fund Management, created by billionaire investor George Soros, told The Post.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs alleged, the defendants used Rubin\u2019s wealth to mislead and recruit women to engage in commercial sex acts, where Rubin then tortured women beyond their consent, causing lasting physical and\/or psychological pain, and in some cases physical injuries,\u201d Joseph Nocella Jr., United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York said in the DOJ release.<\/p>\n
\u201cToday\u2019s arrests show that no one who engages in sex trafficking, in this case in luxury hotels and a penthouse apartment that featured a so-called sex \u2018dungeon,\u2019 is above the law, and that they will be brought to justice. Human beings are not chattel to be exploited for sex and sadistically abused, and anyone who thinks otherwise can expect to find themselves in handcuffs and facing federal prosecution like these defendants,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor many years, Howard Rubin and Jennifer Powers allegedly spent at least one million dollars to finance the commercial sexual torture of multiple women via a national trafficking network. The defendants allegedly exploited Rubin\u2019s status to ensnare their prospective victims and forced them to endure unthinkable physical trauma before silencing any outcries with threats of legal recourse,\u201d stated FBI Assistant Director in Charge Christopher G. Raia.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe FBI will continue to apprehend any trafficker who sexually abuses others for twisted gratification,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis was not a one-man show. While Rubin dehumanized these women with abhorrent sexual acts, Powers is alleged to have run the day-to-day operations of the enterprise and got paid generously for her efforts,\u201d said Harry T. Chavis, Jr., IRS investigative special agent in charge.<\/p>\n
Ever since she entered the spotlight, Jennifer Lopez’s love life has been scrutinized under a microscope.<\/p>\n
From her decades-spanning romance with Ben Affleck to her rumored dalliance with Drake, Lopez’s list of suitors continues to captivate the public’s imagination.<\/p>\n
It’s a fascination that her ninth studio album\u00a0This Is Me … Now<\/em>\u00a0and the\u00a0accompanying movie-musical\u00a0bolstered.<\/p>\n The singer nods to the many high-profile relationships that preceded and followed her most recent relationship with Affleck, and she also acknowledges her hopeless romantic tendencies. As she says while narrating the trailer for\u00a0<\/p>\n This Is Me \u2026 Now: A Love Story<\/em>: \u201cWhenever someone asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up, my answer was always: \u2018In love.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n Ahead, we track all of Lopez\u2019s marriages, engagements, and relationships\u2014from her partnership with singer Marc Anthony to her broken engagement with Alex Rodriguez.<\/p>\n \u201cDid you ever imagine your biggest dream could come true?\u201d Lopez\u00a0asked\u00a0in a special edition of her fan newsletter,\u00a0On the JLo<\/em>. \u201cSaturday night while at my favorite place on earth (in the bubble bath), my beautiful love got on one knee and proposed. I was taken totally off guard and just looked in his eyes smiling and crying at the same time trying hard to get my head around the fact that after 20 years this was happening all over again, I was quite literally speechless and he said, \u2018is that a yes?\u2019 I said YES of course that\u2019s a YES.\u201d<\/p>\n The two officially tied the knot in a\u00a0surprise Las Vegas ceremony\u00a0in July 2022. They celebrated the nuptials with a second, more extravagant\u00a0wedding in Georgia\u00a0the following month.<\/p>\n At the tail end of that year, Lopez announced the forthcoming release of\u00a0<\/p>\n Affleck has similarly been open about his adoration for his wife since their unexpected reunion.<\/p>\n \u201cShe is incredibly knowledgeable about the way fashion evolves through the culture as a confluence of music, sports, entertainment and dance,\u201d he told\u00a0<\/p>\n And during a red carpet event, he told\u00a0Entertainment Tonight<\/em>,<\/em>\u00a0\u201cShe\u2019s brilliant and [she] helps me in every conceivable way.\u201d<\/p>\n Unfortunately, their second chance quickly soured into a second break-up. In August 2024, Lopez\u00a0filed for divorce\u00a0from Affleck, citing April 26, 2024 as the date of separation. The news followed months of speculation over their marital status, with the two reportedly\u00a0living under separate roofs\u00a0and spending much of the summer\u00a0apart from each other.<\/p>\n In a 2019 interview with\u00a0Sports Illustrated<\/em>,\u00a0Lopez reflected on meeting MLB player Alex Rodriguez for the first time at a 2005 Yankees game in New York City: \u201cWe shook hands, and it was this weird electricity for, like, three seconds \u2026 Three to five seconds of looking at somebody right in their eyes, and getting stuck.\u201d<\/p>\n But it would be over 10 years before the two eventually\u00a0reconnected and started dating. \u201cI was having lunch somewhere and I saw him as he passed by. Afterwards, I went outside, and for some reason I felt like tapping him on the shoulder,\u201d Lopez recalled in 2017, during a guest appearance on\u00a0<\/p>\n Throughout their yearslong romance, J.Lo and A-Rod made multiple high-profile appearances together at events like the\u00a0Met Gala, the\u00a0Golden Globes, the\u00a0Oscars, and the Grammys. Rodriguez also accompanied Lopez to\u00a0her performance at Joe Biden\u2019s presidential inauguration\u00a0in January 2021.<\/p>\n They announced their engagement in 2019, but plans for their wedding were postponed due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. Then, in April 2021, the couple\u00a0announced their split. \u201cWe have realized we are better as friends and look forward to remaining so,\u201d they said in a joint statement at the time. \u201cWe will continue to work together and support each other on our shared businesses and projects. We wish the best for each other and one another\u2019s children. Out of respect for them, the only other comment we have to say is thank you to everyone who has sent kind words and support.\u201d<\/p>\n At the time, a source for\u00a0E! News<\/em>\u00a0elaborated on Lopez\u2019s reasoning for ending the engagement. \u201cAfter months of questioning things and fighting, Jennifer felt like she could no longer trust Alex anymore,\u201d the insider said.<\/p>\n Lopez was rumored to be dating Drake after the rapper was spotted cheering her on at her \u201cAll I Have\u201d Las Vegas residency in December 2016. What followed was a streak of now-deleted cuddly Instagram posts, which included a\u00a0photo of Lopez lying across Drake\u2019s lap\u00a0and another snap of the two\u00a0embracing at a party. \u201cShe\u2019s having fun,\u201d a source told\u00a0<\/p>\n Lopez finally put the rumors to rest during a 2017 interview on\u00a0The Daily Show<\/em>. \u201cLet me clear this up,\u201d she said. \u201cI am not with Drake.\u201d<\/p>\n Drake seemed to reference the end of their fling in a 2018 track titled \u201cDiplomatic Immunity,\u201d on which he raps: \u201c2010 was when I lost my halo \/ 2017 I lost a J.Lo.\u201d<\/p>\n Lopez began dating Casper Smart, who worked for her as a backup dancer, shortly after her split from Anthony in 2011. A source told\u00a0People<\/em>\u00a0that the romance with Smart, who is 18 years her junior, was \u201ca fun fling\u201d and \u201cnot meant to turn into anything more.\u201d The two developed an on-again, off-again relationship before ultimately calling it quits in 2016.<\/p>\n Although initial reports claimed that the breakup was amicable, an insider later told\u00a0People<\/em> that Smart had cheated on Lopez. \u201cShe kicked him out because he cheated on her and he got caught,\u201d the source said. \u201cIt happened two years ago, and he promised he would never do it again, and once he did, she was done.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A retired New York City financier once known as the \u201cright-hand man\u201d of billionaire George Soros has been indicted on charges of abusing women. 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