A financial executive, Michael Olson, aged 54, has been indicted on 17 counts for allegedly drugging and raping a 14-year-old girl he met online.
The Manhattan District Attorney's office has accused Olson of repeatedly giving the child drugs and raping her in hotels throughout Manhattan and Queens. The abuse reportedly continued for months, resulting in the child's overdose at a New York City hotel. District Attorney Alvin Bragg has stated that the defendant used drugs and money to engage in targeted and repeated sexual abuse of a child. He further added that his office is actively investigating these allegations and the potential that the defendant's criminal conduct reaches much farther than the charges contained in today's indictment.
According to the DA's office, Olson contacted the teenager in December 2022, responding to an Instagram post where she mentioned that clothes were too expensive. Olson reportedly sent the girl a gift card and began paying her to spend time with him. Throughout the following six months, Olson allegedly paid the child $700 weekly for sex and even flew her to Las Vegas, Los Angeles, and Miami, pretending she was his daughter.
On May 26, the child was found overdosing in a Manhattan hotel room, having ingested cocaine, ketamine, and Xanax in her system. She was transported to a local area hospital, where she recovered.
Olson was arrested and paid a $1 million bond to be released. While he was out on bail, Olson allegedly tried to contact other children and has multiple other victims. He is believed to have supplied drugs to minors, also alleged to be his victims.
Olson was remanded without bail at an arraignment in New York on Thursday. The DA has encouraged any other alleged victims to come forward. "Our Special Victims Division is fully equipped to support young survivors, with dedicated prosecutors and investigators working alongside specially trained social workers," said Bragg.
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