Korey Wise buys $925,000 New York penthouse 20 years after Central Park Five were wrongly convicted

Korey Wise of the Exonerated Five has purchased a one-bedroom penthouse apartment in New York overlooking Central Park, it has been reported.

Wise’s 14 years in prison after being wrongly convicted in 1989 of raping a jogger when he was just 16 is documented in Netflix series When They See Us.

Now 46, Wise owns a 803-square-foot condo in a luxury building that offers view of the famous Big Apple skyline as well as the sprawling green space that got Wise and his four friends dubbed the Central Park Five.

The corner abode was originally listed for $960,000 but Wise purchased it for $925,000.

Korey Wise of the Exonerated Five has purchased a penthouse apartment in New York. Wise is pictured at his arrest in 1989. He was 16 then and is 46 now

The penthouse apartment overlooks Central Park and the famous skyline. The dining area/living room is pictured

The open Chef’s Kitchen has porcelain tiles and custom white lacquer cabinets

The corner abode with one bathroom (seen at end of hallway) was originally listed for $960,000 but Wise purchased it for $925,000

The owner of the one-bedroom home is the only one of the Exonerated Five to stay in NYC

It has a living/dining room with oversized windows for unobstructed north-facing views. Images from the listing show an open Chef’s Kitchen with Caesarstone quartz countertops, porcelain tiles and custom white lacquer cabinets.

Wise’s new building also has a doorman and covered parking area for ample privacy.

Wise spent roughly double the time in prison than the rest of the accused after he offered to go to the police station with his friend because he believed his mother would’ve wanted him to look out for him.

The conviction was overturned in 2002 after four of the accused had served their time – the lowest of which was six years – after Matias Reyes confessed to the rape following stints in two prisons with Wise. DNA evidence confirmed the link.

Donald Trump had called for the return of the death penalty and put out a newspaper ad for it as they case drew nationwide attention. 

Left to right; Raymond Santana Jr., Yusef Salaam, Korey Wise, Kevin Richardson, and Antron McCray sued the state and received $41million in 2014 after their conviction was overturned

L-R; Yusef Salaam, Korey Wise, Ava DuVernay, Raymond Santana, Kevin Richardson and Antron McCay attend Netflix’s FYSEE event for When They See Us at Netflix FYSEE at Raleigh Studios on June 9 in Los Angeles, California

All except Wise left New York to start lives in other states.

Wise, along with Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, Raymond Santana and Yusef Salaam sued the state and received $41million in 2014.

They have maintained that despite being able to relocate and put their children in better schools, the money had not made up for the experience behind bars. 

Two out of four episode of the recent Netflix series directed by Ava Duvernay focuses on Wise’s experience, which included periods in solitary confinement and transfers that made it more difficult to have visitors.

Wise is the only one who remains single and does not have children.

In 2016, they received $3.9million more for economic and emotional damages, the New York Daily News reported. Korey received an additional $1.5 million while the others received between $500,000 and $650,000.

‘Every day Antron McCray wakes up in fear someone is going to come take away,’ their attorney Jonathan Moore said. ‘Every day Kevin Richardson feels that pain of being in prison. Every day. The same is true of all those men. Is it too much? I don’t think so.’

This image released by Netflix shows Niecy Nash as Delores Wise, left, and Jharrel Jerome as Korey Wise in a scene from When They See Us. Wise spent 14 years (the longest time) in prison