He’s in the ‘eye’ of the storm.
Financier and alleged dungeon master Howard Rubin’s alleged depravity should have been obvious more than a decade ago when he stepped out to a red carpet event sporting a black eye, claim internet conspiracy theorists in the wake of the moneyman’s sex trafficking arrest.
The shiner should have been a clear indicator that the accused pervert was a member of the “Black Eye Club,” an Illuminati-esque secret circle that brands its influential members with a violent initiation ritual, proponents of the wild conspiracy theory contend.
“Notice Rubin’s black eye. That’s a well known sign (actually a badge of honor) in a certain deep state circle. Those who know will understand,” one X user observed.
The debate went into overdrive when Rubin, who is worth at least tens of millions of dollars, was arrested by feds at his Connecticut home Friday for allegedly torturing former Playboy models and other women in a Midtown penthouse-turned-BDSM “sex dungeon” for about a decade.
The stomach-churning story landed on Page 1 of The Post Saturday morning — with a picture of “Howie the Horrible” sporting a black left eye and a smile.
The snapshot was taken when he and then-wife Mary Henry attended the annual Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation Collaboration For A Cure Benefit Dinner at the famously luxurious Cipriani Wall Street back in 2016.
At the time, Rubin was allegedly in the midst of his perverted schemes, which involved flying women into the Big Apple to drug and beat them for hours with the help of his assistant, Jennifer Powers.
It’s not clear how Rubin earned the shiner, but internet speculators were quick to link it to the unproven secret society — especially because of its placement.
“The Black Eye Club” is connected to the “Pizzagate” hoax and posits that wealthy and famous people are given a black and blue on their left eye as part of an initiation ritual into their exclusive circle, and was connected
Big names from Barack Obama, Sharon Stone to Pope Francis have been accused of joining the alleged club after they were each spotted with left eye shiners, but there is no proof that the club exists. Rubin’s shiner was on his left eye.
Rubin’s arrest comes years after his name was first associated with vile and sexually deviant allegations.
He was first taken to civil court in 2017 by three Florida women who accused him of violent sexual assaults.
Two of those victims were described in court papers as Playboy Playmates Mia Lytell and Amy Moore, and a third, Stephanie Caldwell, was identified as a model and a dancer.
At least two other women have accused him of similar crimes in the following years.
Prosecutors have since claimed that Rubin — who pleaded not guilty and was held without bail — admitted to flying women across state lines and paying them upwards of $5,000 for sex.
Authorities believe “dozens” of other women were recruited for sexual encounters with Rubin, and said at least 10 others were believed to have helped facilitate the sick schemes.
