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Australian talent manager Ralph Carr sentenced to six years in prison for rape
The high-profile entertainment promoter was convicted of two counts of rape and one count of sexual assault committed in Melbourne.
The short version
- Australian talent manager and promoter Ralph Carr was sentenced to six years in prison, with a minimum four-year non-parole period.
- Carr was convicted of two counts of rape and one count of sexual assault committed against a woman at his Melbourne home in March 2023.
- A long-running suppression order that had shielded Carr's identity from the media was lifted in August after he dropped an application to extend it.
Key facts
- Australian talent manager Ralph Carr was sentenced in the County Court of Victoria to six years in jail for sexual offenses committed on March 23, 2023.[Billboard]
- A jury found Carr guilty of two counts of rape and one count of sexual assault against a woman at his Melbourne residence after a night of consuming drugs and alcohol.[Billboard]
- Carr maintained his innocence throughout the trial, which Judge Frank Gucciardo noted left no evidence of remorse or contrition.[Billboard]
- A media suppression order protecting Carr's identity under Victoria's Open Courts Act was lifted on August 3 after he abandoned an application to extend it.[Billboard]
- Carr's past management clients included prominent Australian music figures such as Kate Ceberano, Tina Arena, Vanessa Amorosi, Rick Price, and Mark Vincent.[Billboard]