Starr gained wealthy and well-known clients, business associates and friends including Blackstone founder Pete Peterson, restaurateur Shelly 'Shelly's' Fireman, and a Who's-Who of many Hollywood stars including Al Pacino, Natalie Portman, Martin Scorsese, Carly Simon, Wesley Snipes, Sylvester Stallone, and Uma Thurman.
Ron Starr then proceeded to assist the authorities in his father's prosecution and continues to work as a financial adviser in Manhattan.
In 2015, Starr sued fifty of his former clients, claiming they had not paid him for the genuine services he had performed for them, prior to his arrest.
[9][10] In May 2010, Starr was indicted and arrested on 23 criminal counts, including various fraud charges and money laundering.
[11] When authorities went to arrest him, they found him hiding in a closet at the very upscale Manhattan apartment he purchased and lavishly furnished from stolen funds.
He was sentenced by United States District Court judge Shira Scheindlin in March 2011 to a 7.5-year prison term.
While still married to Marisa, who was by then suffering from advanced multiple sclerosis, Starr met Diane Passage, a single mother and dancer at the Scores strip club.