"Yet another disgrace": Rolf Harris’ net worth revealed
Disgraced TV star Rolf Harris died penniless after wiping out his estimated $31 million fortune, making it difficult for his victims to claim compensation.
The convicted pedophile died of neck cancer and old age last year after spending his final years as a recluse with his wife at their luxury $10 million riverside mansion in Bray, Berkshire.
Harris – a staple of children’s TV in the 1980s - was convicted of 12 indecent assaults, and managed to overturn only one of his convictions. The vile pedophile was released from prison in 2017.
After his death, it was said that he left a $31 million fortune that he amassed during his career to his wife Alwen Hughes and daughter Bindi, 60.
However, probate documents seen by The Sun show that his assets were said to be worth just $853,436.98 when he died.
When expenses were taken out the net value of his estate was $0.
It is believed that most of his fortune was spent to make it difficult for his victims, who were seeking compensation, to access his wealth following his death.
A large part of his fortune is believed to have been used on around-the-clock carers for him and his wife Alwen, who died in September this year after suffering from dementia.
His legal documents show that his will was last signed in March 2022, a year before his death, and was witnesses by two of his carers.
Investigator and ex-detective Mark Williams-Thomas, who helped to convict Harris, said: “This is yet another disgrace.
“He has obviously planned to get rid of money and assets and there is no way he’d have actually been penniless.
“He had amassed a huge amount of wealth and I would assume he has squirrelled it away to avoid victims making claims on it, even after his death. The man had no shame.”
Harris was known for a string of children's TV hits and was the face of British Paints for more than three decades before he was dumped by the brand when he was arrested in 2013.
The following year, he was convicted a found guilty on 12 counts of indecent assault, and was sentenced to five years and nine months in jail.
The assaults include one on an eight-year-old fan who asked for his autograph, two on girls in their early teens, and a catalogue of abuse against his daughter's friend of over 16 years.
He was released on parole in May 2017 after serving three years behind bars.
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