Chuck Ross writes for the Washington Free Beacon about bad legal news for a major Democratic Party backer.
Democratic megadonor David Geffen, known for hosting the Obamas and celebrities like Oprah Winfrey on his $450 million superyacht, is accused of plying his ex-porn star husband—50 years his junior—with drugs and trotting him around the globe as a “paid sex worker” to show off to his famous friends, according to a bombshell lawsuit.
The lawsuit, coming less than two years into the star-crossed May-December marriage, is not the first time legal drama has brought forth allegations that Geffen has solicited prostitution and groomed young male porn stars who came to fear him. It’s also an unwelcome jolt of bad publicity for the retired music mogul and kingmaker who is worth almost $9 billion and played a pivotal role in turning the tide of establishment support to Barack Obama in 2007 when he denounced the Clintons to the New York Times, saying that “everybody in politics lies, but they do it with such ease, it’s troubling.”
Geffen’s husband, a 32-year-old former gay porn performer named David Armstrong, accuses the 82-year-old billionaire of “grooming” him through “control, promises of love, and lavish displays of wealth.” Armstrong, who is black, says it is a case of the “exploitation of a vulnerable, marginalized young gay Black man by a wealthy, powerful white gay billionaire who believed himself untouchable.”
There’s no prenuptial agreement, something that has left Hollywood aghast, according to multiple reports, though the Wall Street Journal indicates that as a retiree, Geffen’s income is largely passive, and in California, jilted spouses have no rights to wealth earned prior to a marriage.
Armstrong says in the lawsuit he first met Geffen in 2016—when Geffen, having softened to the Clintons, was backing Hillary to replace Obama—through the “Seeking Arrangement” web platform that connects young, attractive people with older, rich men. Geffen may also have recognized Armstrong, who had a devoted fan base for his performances in adult videos.
