Former Citi executive pleads guilty in case involving the drugging and sexual assault of women

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• Edward Gene Smith pleaded guilty to luring women to New York so he could drug and sexually assault them.
• Smith, a former Citi executive, faces up to 80 years in prison.
• Smith's sentencing is scheduled for May 8 in Manhattan federal court.

A former Wall Street executive pleaded guilty on Tuesday to luring women to New York so he could drug and sexually assault them, including at his Central Park South apartment.