Ex-husband of ‘RHONY’ events planner pleads Fifth in Peeping Tom suit – Page Six

The former husband of an events planner who appeared on TVs The Real Housewives of New York has pleaded the Fifth amid claims by his kids former au pair that he secretly recorded her for nearly two years catching her in the buff and between the sheets.

Wall Street investor Bennett Egeth the ex of RHONYs Jennifer Gilbert was sued by live-in nanny Daniela De Los Rios in December after the au pair allegedly discovered a camera secretly recording her in the home.

Egeth has been charged with unlawful surveillance in a pending related criminal case.

Egeth is now assert[ing] his privileges under the 5th Amendment of the United States Constitution due to the current prosecution in New York County Supreme Court relative to the facts in this case, the defendant wrote in an answer to De Los Rios lawsuit Thursday.

The Fifth Amendment gives a person the right not to say anything to authorities or the court on the grounds he might incriminate himself.

Egeth is asking a judge to toss out De Los Rios claims against him, court papers say, without going into detail.

His accusers lawyer is Charles Harder, who helped Hulk Hogan win a $140 million jury verdict over the publication of a sex tape nearly five years ago.

De Los Rios alleges that she lived in the estranged couples Tribeca house starting Jan. 18, 2019 and discovered a camera concealed in a digital clock in her room Aug. 26, 2020. She said she would sleep naked in the room and even had sex with her boyfriend there all of which could have been captured on camera.

She reported what she found to the police, who arrested Egeth a few days later. She claimed that both Egeth and Gilbert harassed her after reporting it.

Gilbert, who appeared on Season 3 of RHONY, was named in the suit but has not been criminally charged. She told Page Six in December that she had been separated from Egeth for seven years and divorced him last spring.

Harder said in a statement Friday, We look forward to seeing Bennett Egeth prosecuted to the fullest extent for his alleged crimes, which are horrific.

We also will be seeking tremendous damages against him, including punitive damages, in our civil action, Harder said.

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