Millionaire entrepreneur and former adviser to David Cameron had sex with teenager after arranging for two schoolgirls to meet him, Old Bailey told
Doug Richard, the former Dragon’s Den star and one-time business adviser to David Cameron, paid a 13-year-old girl for sex after meeting her on a “sugar daddy” website, a court has heard.
The 57-year-old American-born entrepreneur and millionaire allegedly arranged for two teenage schoolgirls to travel from their homes in Norwich to London, where he spanked and had sex with the younger one.
Mr Richard, who appeared in the first two series of the popular BBC show, has a long association with the Prime Minister having penned a report into the state of small business when the Tories were in opposition.
He also accompanied Mr Cameron on a trade mission to Southern Africa in 2011.
[...] After being cautioned, he told the officer: “As you can see I am in a lot of trouble.”
He then asked the officer: “Can I ask you a hypothetical question? What if I thought she was over 16 but she was in fact under 16?”
When told he needed to discuss it with his lawyer, Mr Richard said: “Under 16, wow.”
Mr Richard denies three counts of sexual activity with a child, one of inciting a child to engage in sexual activity and one of paying for the sexual services of a child. The trial continues.
