Sanford Rubenstein (left), seen here at a 2005 party in Miami, is accused of raping a 42-year-old woman. The woman pictured here is not his accuser The New York Police Department seized 'biological evidence' and a sex toy from the penthouse apartment of Rev Al Sharpton's lawyer Monday as they investigate rape allegations against the 70-year-old civil rights attorney. Neighbors and friends, meanwhile, detailed a seedy lifestyle of frequenting strip clubs and using his limousine to pick up much younger women, according to the New York Post. Sanford Rubenstein maintains that he had consensual sex with the 42-year-old retail executive whom he took home after the civil rights leader's birthday party at the Four Seasons last Wednesday.
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Sanford Rubenstein, 70, accused of raping 42-year-old last week
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Went home with her after Sharpton's 60th birthday party in Manhattan
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But a source claimed sex was consensual - and happened again next day
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Investigators searched Rubenstein's Upper East Side penthouse Monday, removing dozens of evidence bags and a mattress
Close: The @placeholder, center with Rubenstein to the left, has said there is no place for the alleged behavior - but avoided jumping to the conclusion that he is guilty