Married Citibank exec who drugged and raped young women and stashed 9,000 child porn images in his luxury NYC apartment is sentenced for depraved decade-long rampage

Married former Wall Street executive sentenced to 30 years in prison After admitting to drugging and raping scores of women in his luxury Manhattan apartment, he kept grisly planning notes to document his decade-long predatory rampage.

Edward Gene Smith, 50, admitted attacking his victims in his luxury apartment across from Central Park and stashing more than 9,000 images of child sexual abuse as part of his twisted spree.

The Harvard-educated tycoon, most recently Citigroup chief executive, hid ‘behind the appearance of a well-educated bank executive’ to prey and lure his young victims, prosecutors said.

Smith also kept spreadsheets and planning notes on how much medication to administer and recorded some of the attacks to share with online groups who enjoyed drugging their partners, according to court documents.

‘His disdain for his victims is palpable and he is unrepentant. At Tuesday’s sentencing hearing, prosecutors said the defendant was a serial rapist who used his money, access and wealth to drug and rape young women.

‘The women were young and many came from foreign countries or distant states and had previously experienced sexual trauma. These were not momentary errors of judgement, these were well thought out crimes.

‘It is completely unexplained why the defendant did this.’

Smith’s reign of terror collapsed in late 2024 when he was arrested on a six-count indictment for drugging and assaulting various women.

He ultimately pleaded guilty to only four charges: drugging a victim with the intent to rape, enticing another victim to travel to New York for sex, receiving child pornography, and obstructing justice.

In one incident, he admitted to luring a victim to his luxury apartment on Central Park South in April 2023, where he spiked her drink with the sedative Klonopin and then raped her while she was unconscious.

She recorded the attack and then shared the footage with an online group dedicated to sharing clips of incapacitated or unconscious women in sexually exploitative positions.

The money man also repeatedly drugged and sexually assaulted a college student whom he persuaded to move to New York.

Court files show that after arriving there, Smith spent months controlling her finances and social life and threatening her to get her to comply with his demands.

But prosecutors say his crimes were even more widespread, and he also allegedly confessed to preying on other victims.

Smith allegedly paid a victim $2,500 to spend two nights with him in 2015. Years later, Smith created a chilling spreadsheet titled “girl retrospective” and allegedly hatched a new plan to drug her again, according to court documents.

‘Alcohol and beverage set: DRUGS!! 4 capsules filled with dissolved k [Klonopin] Her notes allegedly read “2mg” followed by a reminder to “don’t ask about other porn work she’s done.”

Smith married his wife Heather in 2012. He is the stepfather of many of his wife’s children. The couple has a shared home in South Carolina

The Harvard-educated tycoon hid ‘behind the mask of a well-educated bank executive’ to prey on his young victims and lure them to his apartment across from Central Park, prosecutors said

He allegedly targeted a 17-year-old victim on Seeking.com in autumn 2021, telling her: ‘I want you to stay a virgin until you come’ while waiting for her to turn 18.

When she eventually arrived in New York, he drugged her Long Island Iced Tea and then sexually assaulted her, prosecutors alleged.

Smith allegedly posted the teen’s photos and contact information on a website advertising prostitution services without her knowledge.

Then, in a chilling turn of events, the predatory banker allegedly drove her to a Manhattan apartment, where Smith was forced to have sex with a man in his 50s before pocketing the money himself, according to court documents.

Smith also allegedly encouraged her underage sister and her friends to have sexual intercourse with him.

In addition, FBI investigators found that Smith had collected more than 9,000 unique files of child sexual abuse material dating back to 2012 and arranged across multiple devices.

Before his sentencing was decided, Smith sensationally attempted to blame his crimes on his autism diagnosis; he suggested that this left him unable to accurately perceive the emotional impact of his actions on his victims.

But prosecutors described the excuse as ‘an offensive slur towards those in the autistic community’.

“He is a sexual predator, a serial rapist, an avid CSAM collector, and someone who has no respect for the humanity of others,” prosecutors wrote in a brief filed with the court.

‘Society needs protection from him. ‘His victims deserve justice.’

Investigators uncovered a note on his phone that listed packing supplies for a trip with one of his victims, including “clone,” a reference to the sedative Klonopin.

After his home was raided by the FBI, Smith paid a woman more than $2,500 to sign a fabricated letter trying to clear his name. She also texted him later: ‘Please delete these messages from your chat!’

In one incident, he admitted to luring a victim to his luxury apartment on Central Park South in April 2023, where he spiked her drink with the sedative Klonopin and then raped her while she was unconscious.

Before his sentencing, several victims said Smith’s predatory behavior left them with lasting trauma and begged the judge to impose the harshest sentence.

“It is a constant source of anguish to know that there are still photos or videos of me floating around, stored or shared somewhere without my knowledge,” one victim said.

‘Edward Smith didn’t just commit a crime; stole my life. “When he targeted me as a minor, drugged and raped me, he not only hurt me, he shattered my sense of reality,” added another.

‘I spent years in therapy trying to recover from the wreckage he left behind. His behavior was disgusting, predatory and calculated. While he faced no consequences from the trauma that still plagues my daily life, I have had to fight for every inch of my recovery.’

Smith, who studied particle physics on a full scholarship to Harvard, built a two-decade career in high finance through Oliver Wyman, State Street, Santander and BlackRock.

He joined Citigroup as a managing director in 2021, earning a base salary of $400,000 with a target bonus of $1 million.

A Citi spokesman said Smith was fired after the bank learned of the initial investigation in 2024.

“We took action to terminate Mr. Smith as soon as we learned of the initial law enforcement investigation, long before allegations of this unscrupulous conduct arose,” the spokesperson said.

‘We cooperated with law enforcement in seeking justice for the victims of these heinous crimes.’

In his personal life, Smith and his wife, Heather, married in 2012.

In their pre-sentence notes, his lawyers had asked for leniency on the grounds that his wife, who had many children from a previous relationship, was planning to file for divorce after the court proceedings were completed.

The couple had been spending a large amount of time apart since Heather moved from New York in 2018 to help care for her grandchild, who has cerebral palsy.

The government moved to seize the couple’s shared home in South Carolina and force its sale to help compensate the victims.