Above the Law: Billionaires in the Bedroom. Mogul Reportedly Built $30 Million Sex Grotto

[Ian David]

L- R: Henry T. Nicholas, Jeffrey Epstein and Lapo Elkann. (AP Photo/PMC/AP Photo)
By MARCUS BARAM
July 20, 2007

When it comes to sexual deviancy, the rich really are different from the rest of us.

Instead of hiring cheap hookers for an hour in a motel, they fly in high-end prostitutes for the weekend to frolic in their underground grotto. Rather than buying sex toys to liven things up, they'll build a sex vault complete with bondage and S&M gear.

The latest in a long line of lurid Lotharios is said to be computer chip mogul Henry T. Nicholas III, who allegedly built a $30 million underground grotto, complete with hidden doors and secret levers, at his equestrian estate in Laguna Hills, Calif. According to court documents unearthed by the Los Angeles Times, Nicholas is said to have planned a "secret and convenient lair" where he could indulge his "manic obsession with prostitutes" and "addiction to cocaine and Ecstasy."

The 47-year-old billionaire, who co-founded Broadcom Corp in 1991, had his private jet ferry prostitutes from New Orleans, Chicago and Las Vegas to his lair, nicknamed the Pond, where he provided his rock-star guests with drugs, including mushrooms and nitrous oxide, according to the draft complaint. In addition, the complaint dug up by the Times alleges that Nicholas used the lair as his "personal brothel" until his wife caught him in the act with a prostitute, according to the paper. His wife, Stacy Nicholas, has since filed for divorce.

More:
http://www.abcnews.go.com/US/Story?id=3399289&page=1

[Lerkfish]

1. not for nothin, but his wife didn't know something was up until then?

He built a $30 million dollar S&M grotto, and she don't know about it?

wow. I can't even get up to the use the bathroom in the middle of the night without my wife asking if I"m ok.

[Ian David]

2. Nobody but Alfred knew about Bruce Wayne's batcave. n/t

[Lerkfish]

3. yeah, but Alfred wasn't sleeping with Bruce...at least, I don't think so.

I'm just saying, his wife was an amateur compared to my wife.
Not that I'm complainin, but there's no way I could disappear for the amount of time that would require.

[Sanctified]

7. Man I have the same issue with my wife.

Get up to use the restroom and it's where you going, if I am in it for more than 3 minutes it's are you ok.

[Lerkfish]

8. LOL! thought it was just my situation.

(commiserates with MiltonF)

[Ezlivin]

4. Prostitutes know EVERYTHING that is happening

Can you imagine the things they see and hear just because those who've "hired" them think so little of them?

I'll bet 100 of them could about bring this country to its knees if they spilled the beans.

[pepperbear]

9. They have....since time immemorial n/t

[Robbien]

5. Wonder if these prostitutes from New Orleans are the same

ones Vitter uses. Hmmm. The article says S&M. Do diapers count as S&M?

[Lerkfish]

6. not an expert, but I'd say no. diapers are not painful

:)

[Unreconstructed Lib]

10. Filed under "men and their penises."

Or would that be penii? ;)

[JVS]

11. Duhhh! What's the point of getting rich if you can't enjoy it?

You can't take it with you, you know!

[Ian David]

12. Penn Jilette has an expensive sex dungeon, but he's very open about it.

At least, I'm pretty sure he's open about it.

Oh, I hope I didn't say too much.