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WILMINGTON, Del. A du Pont family heir who raped his 3-year-old daughter nearly a decade ago but received no prison time now faces a lawsuit from his former wife that accuses him of sexually abusing his toddler son.
Robert H. Richards IV, 47, who is supported by a trust fund and who paid $1.8 million for his 5,800-square-foot mansion near Winterthur Museum, pleaded guilty in 2008 to fourth-degree rape of his daughter. Currently on probation, he has never been charged with crimes against his son.
The lawsuit provides in-depth details about a child rape case that Delaware authorities never disclosed publicly and did not receive media attention.
Richards is a scion of two prominent Delaware families the du Pont family who built the chemical empire and the Richards family who co-founded the prestigious corporate law firm Richards Layton & Finger. Du Pont family patriarch Irenee du Pont is his great grandfather. His father, Robert H. Richards III, was a partner in the law firm until his 2008 retirement.
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bullwinkle428
(20,630 posts)that steal from other rich people.
LisaL
(44,974 posts)If he plead guilty to rape of his daughter, why did he not get any prison time?
jwirr
(39,215 posts)financing?
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)What in fuck's name is in those family genes??
jwirr
(39,215 posts)snooper2
(30,151 posts)LiberalAndProud
(12,799 posts)If he serves prison time, that would be progress.
When money buys justice, the state has no business executing anybody.