Christophe Rocancourt confirmed to Dateline NBC in a 2006 broadcast that his mother sometimes worked as a prostitute.
12 Facts About Christophe Rocancourt
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Christophe Rocancourt convinced them that he, too, was rich by paying for their lavish dinners in cash.
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Christophe Rocancourt was in talks with Jermaine Jackson to develop a line of fragrances inspired by Michael Jackson songs.
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Christophe Rocancourt married Playboy model Pia Reyes in May 1996, and they had a son, Zeus.
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Beside being married to Pia Reyes, according to the press, he lived with Playboy model Rhonda Rydell for six months; Rydell did not know Christophe Rocancourt was married, and said he had told her he was French nobility, the son of a countess.
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Christophe Rocancourt was arrested in 2000 in the Hamptons for an unpaid hotel bill, and was wanted for involvement in diamond smuggling, possession of hand grenades, money laundering, bribery, perjury, and at least 17 cases of defrauding people by offering them to invest with him.
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Christophe Rocancourt served a year in prison before being extradited to New York and pleading guilty to charges of theft, grand larceny, smuggling, bribery, perjury and fraud against 19 victims.
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Christophe Rocancourt returned to Paris in October 2005 after completing his prison sentence.
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Christophe Rocancourt lived with former Miss France Sonia Rolland, and they had a daughter together, named Tess.
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Breillat told a French journalist that her first meeting with Christophe Rocancourt was the worst day of her life, even worse than the day when she was diagnosed with her cerebrovascular disease.
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In 2012, Christophe Rocancourt was convicted of "abus de faiblesse" for taking Breillat's money, and sentenced to 16 months in prison.
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The American Court TV television series Mugshots released an episode on Christophe Rocancourt titled Chris Rocancourt - A French Con, aired in 2013.