Multimillionaire, ultra-powerful businessman, David Matthews is a celebrity in Scotland, where he lives with his family. But the 78-year-old man is best known for being the stepfather of Pippa Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge’s little sister: indeed, the 38-year-old Briton married his son James in 2017 and both welcomed two children (Arthur, 3 and a half years old and Grace, 1 year old).
A slightly cumbersome stepfather for the young woman, since he has been indicted for four years for rape of a minor, facts which would have been committed at the end of the 90s first in Paris then on the island of Saint -Barth, in the Caribbean, where he owns a luxury hotel, at 5000 pounds a night and frequented by all the British VIPs. The young alleged victim, meanwhile, was only 16 years old at the time of the attack.
Charges for which he was arrested in Paris in April 2018, after a flight which brought him back from the Caribbean, precisely. After 48 hours in police custody, he was officially charged and released. In recent weeks, according to DailyMailhe was arrested again for the same case to answer new questions, while his case had been delayed due to the pandemic.
Firmly denying any assault, the accused explained that the girl had “trap” for “embarrass his family“. The father of the alleged victim had meanwhile replied: “To believe that my daughter accused this man for money or anything other than a desire for justice is completely wrong.“.
The case should be tried in the coming months, although no official date has yet been given. The businessman’s family remained very silent, no doubt supporting the patriarch against these accusations. Married for the first time to Anita Taylor, a British racing driver (he was also a champion), he had a daughter Nina, before divorcing in 1969.
His current wife, Jane Parker, 74, is a Zimbabwean artist and bore him three sons: Spencer, who had previously been in trouble with the law, James, also a motorsports veteran and brother-in-law of Prince William, therefore, and Michael, who died at the age of 22 during an expedition on Everest.
David Matthews is presumed innocent of the charges until the end of his trial.