Disgraced Rolf Harris died penniless, official documents reveal.
Vile Harris – who lived out his final years as a recluse after being convicted of child sex crimes – succumbed to neck cancer last May aged 93.
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Official documents reveal pedophile Rolf Harris died penniless Credits: Unknown, clear with picture table
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His wealth is believed to have been taken to make it harder for victims to get compensation. Credits: AP
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1980s child TV star charged with 12 indecent assaults on four minorsCredit: Rex
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He left his wife Alwen (left) and daughter Bindi (centre) a fortune of £16m Credit: PA
At the time he was said to have left behind a fortune of around £16m which will be passed on to his wife Alwen and daughter Bindi, 60.
But probate documents show that – when he died – his estate was said to be worth just £438,802.
Excluding expenses, the net value of his estate was £0.
It is thought that much of his wealth may have been confiscated before his death to make it harder for his victims – who sought compensation for trauma – to access his wealth.
In 2014, the former TV favorite was sentenced to five years and nine months in prison for 12 indecent assaults on four minors between 1968 and 1986.
He was finally caught under the Met Police’s Operation Yewtree investigation into the historic sex abuse scandal which also saw stars including Stuart Hall and Fred Talbot jailed.
Aussie Harris – a staple of children’s television in the 1980s – was released from prison in 2017 as part of a retrial on four counts of indecent assault.
In November 2017, he appeared at the Court of Appeal in London to try to overturn his convictions, but was only successful in one.
However, the other 11 convictions remained in force.
Harris, who died of neck cancer, lived out his final years as a recluse in his £5m luxury home on the banks of the Thames in upmarket Bray, Berkshire.
Rolf Harris’s wife Alwen Hughes dies aged 93, one year after paedo husband dies of neck cancer
He is believed to have spent much of his fortune on round-the-clock carers who looked after him and his wife Alwen, who died in September this year after suffering from dementia.
His legal documents show that his last will was signed in March 2022, just a year before his death, and was witnessed by two of his carers.
Investigating officer and former detective Mark Williams-Thomas – who helped convict Harris – said: “This is another disgrace.
“Obviously he was planning to get rid of money and assets and there is no way he would actually run out of money.
“He amassed a huge fortune and I suspect he stole it to avoid the victims claiming him, even after his death.
“The man had no shame.”
Best known for the hits Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport and Jake The Peg, as well as a string of children’s TV hits, Harris painted the late Queen Elizabeth II’s 80th birthday portrait.
When he died, it was estimated that his fortune could be as high as £16m, but his conviction on pedophile charges also severely affected his wealth.
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Harris died of neck cancer last May at the age of 93 in BerkshireCredit: Getty
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The investigator who helped convict Harris said ‘the man had no shame’ Credit: Getty Images – Getty
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