Twisted NYC financier fantasized about getting away with abuse, DA says as hes sentenced to 16 years for preying on teen girls
A twisted Manhattan financier who preyed on teenage girls fantasized about how he could get away with the sick abuse even after his arrest — prosecutors revealed Tuesday as he was sentenced to 16 years behind bars.Journals Michael Olson kept following his release on $1 million bond revealed his “hidden intent” to continue terrorizing young girls, including a 14-year-old girl he raped and fed drugs to until she overdosed, Manhattan prosecutors told the court.Olson, 56, allegedly wrote that he “should have taken the 14-year-old to Mexico” because he believed it would be easier to get away with child marriage there. “He brainstormed lists of ideas as to how he would continue or would get away with these crimes in the future,” Assistant District Attorney John Fuller said.The lists, which Olson titled “Life Goals,” included depraved ideas like getting his victims fake IDs to shield the fact they were underage and tossing out sex toys before they were discovered by investigators, Fuller alleged.The deranged theories were penned in just the few weeks before the financier was hit with dozens of additional counts for continuing to reach out to underage girls online while he was out on bail.“He ruminated on seeking out not only the [14-year-old] victim… but numerous other victims who were all children,” prosecutors said.The perv’s sinister scribblings were revealed as prosecutors urged the judge to sentence him to the 15-year maximum of post-release supervision following his 16-year prison term.It was the latest sickening turn in the case against Olson, who was first charged with luring the 14-year-old girl via social media and drugging and raping her in hotel rooms around New York City on a weekly basis starting in December 2022.The former financier worked for Dwight Mortgage Trust, a real estate oriented investment firm, before he was arrested on May 26, 2023, when the teen overdosed in a Manhattan hotel room where EMS workers found several drugs ...