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| Rockefeller impostor found guilty | Rockefeller impostor found guilty |
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| A German who passed himself off as a descendant of oil tycoon John D Rockefeller has been found guilty of kidnapping his seven-year-old daughter. | A German who passed himself off as a descendant of oil tycoon John D Rockefeller has been found guilty of kidnapping his seven-year-old daughter. |
| Christian Gerhartsreiter, who called himself Clark Rockefeller, was also found guilty of one count of assault, but cleared of another assault charge. | Christian Gerhartsreiter, who called himself Clark Rockefeller, was also found guilty of one count of assault, but cleared of another assault charge. |
| The kidnapping took place last July after Gerhartsreiter's ex-wife was granted full custody of their daughter. | The kidnapping took place last July after Gerhartsreiter's ex-wife was granted full custody of their daughter. |
| His lawyers said that he was legally insane when the incident took place. | His lawyers said that he was legally insane when the incident took place. |
| Prosecutors described his defence team's claims as "preposterous", arguing that Gerhartsreiter had been planning the abduction for months. | Prosecutors described his defence team's claims as "preposterous", arguing that Gerhartsreiter had been planning the abduction for months. |
| Sentencing is due to take place later on Friday. | Sentencing is due to take place later on Friday. |
| Many aliases | |
| Gerhartsreiter faces a maximum 10 years in prison for the assault charge, and five years for parental kidnapping. | Gerhartsreiter faces a maximum 10 years in prison for the assault charge, and five years for parental kidnapping. |
| During the trial, the jury heard about the many aliases Gerhartsreiter, 48, used as he mingled among the wealthy in Boston, New York and Los Angeles. | |
| He arrived in the US in 1978 as a 17-year-old student. | |
| Over the next 30 years he adopted a number of different personas, ranging from physicist to billionaire art collector. | |
| His ex-wife, Sandra Boss, told the court that she had been taken in by Gerhartsreiter's stories throughout their 12-year marriage. | |
| It was only after she hired a private investigator during divorce proceedings in 2007 that she learned the truth about his past, she said. |