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AIKEN COUNTY, S.C. – A man from Aiken County has admitted guilt to charges related to secretly recording guests at his rental properties.
Rhett Riviere, a well-known businessman in the community, was found to have made multiple unauthorized recordings of individuals staying at his rental homes. The recordings, which span from 2001 to 2019, were uncovered during a state investigation. Riviere has now pled guilty to three counts of first-offense voyeurism, which involves invading the privacy of others by viewing, photographing, recording, or filming them without consent.
Riviere, who is in his early 70s, received a sentence that includes three years in prison followed by three years of probation. This was confirmed by Solicitor Bill Weeks of the 2nd SC Judicial Circuit based in Aiken.
As per the court’s instructions, Riviere is required to surrender to the South Carolina Department of Corrections by 9 a.m. on Monday, March 2, 2026. Failure to comply will result in a bench warrant for his arrest.
Riviere’s arrest in June 2021 was orchestrated by agents from the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division. The arrest followed allegations that he had been secretly recording individuals without their knowledge or consent.
The secret recordings, according to warrants filed at the time, took place in May 2019 while the unsuspected victim was staying in the bedroom of a rental house at 115 3rd Avenue in Aiken.
The SLED investigation was originally requested by the Aiken Department of Public Safety.
At the time, Riviere, then in his 60s, was charged with one count of Voyeurism.
Then, in July 2022, Riviere had additional charges added after confessing to knowingly recording two people without their knowledge or consent while they were in the bathroom and/or bedroom of a rental space. These new allegations were tied to incidents dating all the way back to April and June of 2001, according to investigators.