By Raymond Joseph
Residents of the poverty-stricken township of Masiphumelele know self-made multi-millionaire Lord Laidlaw of Rothiemay as a man with a social conscience who has made a huge difference in their lives.
But Irwin Laidlaw, the man who is listed at number 100 in the latest British rich list with a personal fortune of R11,3 billion, and who owns an opulent estate at Cape Town's Noordhoek just a few kilometres from Masi, as it is known by the residents, has a dark secret.
Earlier this week the Good Samaritan and serial donor to good causes confessed he was seeking treatment after suffering from sex addiction for many years.
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A spokesperson for Laidlaw said he was heading for Cape Town, where he has booked himself in for six weeks intensive treatment at a rehabilitation centre to help him with his addiction.
His confession came after a sting operation by reporters working for British tabloid the News of the World, which revealed how twice-married Laidlaw, 64, regularly flies R45 000-a-night high-class vice girls and male studs to his Monaco tax haven for cocaine and Viagra-fuelled all-night sex orgies of spanking, bondage and lesbian lust.
One of the recent orgies involved Laidlaw in sex games with four girls, one of them a trilingual bisexual who is also a top Vogue model, and a male gigolo. The gigolo's role was to have sex with the women, who also put on lesbian orgies while Laidlaw watched - when he was not participating himself.
The party cost well above R500 000 - R405 000 for the hookers and R90 000 for the presidential suite in Monte Carlo's luxurious Hermitage Hotel - and that doesn't include the first-class airfares from London for the prostitutes.
One of the madams Laidlaw "does business with", a Manchester housewife called Sarah who runs a London agency called Role Models, told the News of the World: "I only send him class."
The women who worked for her were "all high-class party girls," she said, adding: "I've been with Irwin for years, I know exactly what he wants.
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