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# Face of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/face-of-the-day-770/
- Published: 2023-06-29T18:30:51.000Z
- Updated: 2023-06-28T23:21:25.000Z
- Author: Good Oil Staff
- Tags: Crime, NZ, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-16 22:22

> One of New Zealand’s leading arts and film philanthropists, **Sir James Wallace**, can now be revealed as the rich-lister convicted of indecently assaulting three men and attempting to pervert the course of justice.  
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> The Government has also begun the process of stripping Wallace of his knighthood, while Auckland Council said it will continue to house the numerous artworks of a trust associated with Wallace at the Pah Homestead.  
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> Referred to for the past five years in *Herald* stories as a prominent businessman, Wallace, who had an estimated net worth of about $170 million, was accused and [found guilty of assaulting his victims in the early 2000s, 2008 and 2016.](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/sir-james-wallace-the-inside-story-of-a-rich-lister-arts-philanthropist-and-criminal/36QYPEPMLFDFLBUTLSA3TORSR4/?ref=goodoil.news)  
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> All three men were assaulted under the guise of career opportunities at Wallace’s four-storey mansion in Epsom, which he calls Rannoch, a home filled with millions of dollars worth of art and surrounded by lush gardens.  
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> He was also charged with twice attempting to pervert the course of justice by offering a bribe for the 2016 complainant – the first of the three to go to police – to drop their allegations.  
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> Yesterday, the 85-year-old’s suppression order, which has been constantly opposed by the *Herald* and Stuff, lapsed with a Supreme Court judgment.  
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> *NZ Herald*

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