Financial Advisor Arrested for Heinous Crimes

A New York City financial advisor is facing a staggering list of charges after prosecutors say he raped and tortured multiple women he met online inside his Manhattan bachelor pad.

Ryan Hemphill, 43, was indicted Thursday on 116 counts, including rape, predatory sexual assault, facilitating a sex offense with a controlled substance, and witness bribery, according to Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.

Hemphill pleaded not guilty to all charges during his arraignment in Manhattan Supreme Court. A judge ordered him held without bail at Rikers Island.

Hemphill, who describes himself online as a “successful private equity and venture capital executive” and a “committed philanthropist,” allegedly used dating sites like Seeking Arrangements, Craigslist, and FetLife to lure women to his Midtown apartment. The women reportedly believed they were entering into sugar daddy-style arrangements — companionship or sex in exchange for money.

What they allegedly found instead was horrifying.

Between October 2024 and March 2025, prosecutors say six women were subjected to brutal physical and psychological abuse. They claim Hemphill never paid the women, instead giving them fake cash, and subjected them to terrifying acts of violence.

Prosecutors allege Hemphill handcuffed his victims, punched and slapped them, forced or tricked them into ingesting impairing substances, and threatened them with guns and knives. He allegedly used a cattle prod for torture, placed shock collars on some victims, and even urinated on them as a form of degradation.

In an even more chilling accusation, prosecutors say Hemphill would encourage his victims to share stories of past sexual trauma — and then reenact those traumas during assaults.

Authorities say Hemphill tried to intimidate the women into staying silent, sending threatening text messages and forcing some victims to record videos claiming their encounters were consensual. In one case, he allegedly drafted a contract offering a woman $2,000 to drop a police complaint.

In text messages released by the Manhattan DA’s office, Hemphill allegedly warned one woman not to bother going to the police, boasting that he “knows half the precinct.”

Hemphill was arrested on March 1. When investigators searched his apartment, they reportedly found disturbing evidence: a cattle prod, hundreds of rounds of ammunition, high-capacity magazines, handcuffs, and fake money. They also uncovered large quantities of heroin, fentanyl, cocaine, and methamphetamine.

At a press conference Thursday, District Attorney Alvin Bragg revealed that Hemphill’s apartment was rigged with surveillance cameras that captured footage of “dozens, if not hundreds, of different women.”