Raymond Santana Net Worth: How Rich is Raymond Santana Actually?

Raymond Santana is an American businessman, producer, fashion designer, and activist. He is mostly known as one of the fifth members of the infamous Central Park Five incident, which took place in 1989. Raymond spent five years in prison for a rape charge which he didn’t commit. His real-life story was presented as a reel story on the 2019 Netflix mini-series “Whey They See Us”. As of 2022, Raymond Santana net worth is summed up to be around $5 million.

Early life

Raymond Santana stepped into this world on September 7, 1974, in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Most of the information regarding his early life is still missing. He has completed his high school education at Bronx Preparatory High School in 2017.

Raymond Santana Net Worth & Career

Raymond, at 14 years of age, was arrested in the famous Central Park joggers rape case along with his four friends, Antron McCray, Yusef Salaam, Kevin Richardson, and Korey Wise. He was found guilty in the assault and rape case of New York City jogger, Trisha Ellen Meili, who was brutally attacked and raped.

During the 2nd trial of New York Court, Raymond along with his other four friends received imprisonment of 5 to 15 years. All were arrested and spending time in prison until a serial rapist named Matias Reyes confessed his crime for rape and murder of jogger Trisha in Central Park.

The convictions of Raymond and his four friends were overturned on December 19, 2002. The decision was made on the recommendation of the Manhattan District Attorney. Due to the wrong investigation of the police, Raymond spent 5 years of his teenage life in prison.

After coming out from prison, he filed a lawsuit against New York City for torturing him, malicious prosecution, and racial discrimination. However, at that time New York City’s Mayor, Michael Bloomberg refused to settle the lawsuits. Bloomberg was not taking any decision because New York City’s lawyers were confident that they would win easily against the five on the court.

In 2014, Bill de Blasio was elected as new Mayor of New York City. He made a decision to settle with 5 men and awarded them $41 million. After that, Raymond and his four friends sued a New York State for an additional $52 million. However, they received $3.9 million as a settlement amount in 2016.

Raymond was trying to live a normal life after getting out of prison. He tried to settle down forgetting all his past incidents. Though, it was not easy after all. He founded the clothing line company, Park Madison NYC in 2015. After founding the company, he pursued his career in fashion design, which he missed due to false rape accusations.

Raymond Santana Personal Life

Raymond Santana is married to Flavor of Love 2 star, Deelishis. He shared the wedding vows with her on June 7, 2020. The couple tied the knot after 6 months of their engagement, which was held in December 2019. It was his second marriage. Earlier, he was married to his long-time girlfriend, Nekesta Samone Shelton. Raymond even shares a daughter named Melia Symone with ex-wife Nekesta.

Raymond Santana Net Worth

As of 2022, Raymond Santana has amassed an approximate fortune of $5 million. He was able to collect huge money from his business venture. Raymond also received a settling amount of $500,000 from the New York State Court of Claims in 2016.