Australian recording artist and theater actress Tina Arena’s ex-husband, Ralph Carr, is currently trending as netizens are speculating he is the Melbourne-based businessman who was found guilty of two counts of r*pe and one count of s*xual assault following a three-week-long jury trial at a Victoria County Court on Tuesday.While media outlets haven’t named the defendant, they have identified him as a well-connected figure who assaulted a woman at his home in March 2023 after consuming alcohol and cocaine. The alleged victim defended herself by punching him in the face.According to abc.net.au, the man is now behind bars but will return to court to appeal the verdict before his sentencing hearing. His lawyer, Dermot Dann KC, told the judge Frank Gucciardo that his client suffered a “gross miscarriage of justice” and appealed for a delay in sentencing, while calling the woman’s version of events “fiction”.The publication also explained that a gag order prevented them from disclosing the identity of the defendant. It was initially put in place in 2023 after his psychiatrist argued that his physical safety and mental health would be in “danger” if his name was revealed.Following July 28’s guilty verdict, the gag order was temporarily extended, the status of which will be further determined on Monday after the psychiatrist appears before the court to provide evidence. The order also prevents the press from reporting the man’s connection to any individual or industry.Dermot Dan KC later told reporters outside the court:“He has instructed us to appeal, but we have to go through this next process of the plea and the sentence. We're not saying anything more at this stage.”Tina Arena's ex-husband and manager was in court in mid-2023. (Image via X)Amid the legal proceedings, Reddit is now full of comments about Mr Carr.One user wrote, “I hope my friend Ralph has a Carr to prison.”Another one added, “Anyone know what Tina Arena’s ex-husband Ralph Carr is up to these days? Just wondering…”A Threads user also weighed in, “Still perplexed, but AI tells me 'The Melbourne man you are referring to may be music manager Ralph Carr, whose famous ex-wife is Australian pop icon Tina Arena, who sang the 1994 hit song 'Chains'.”An X user also wrote, "Everyone already knows it’s Ralph Carr, his name was published last year before the suppression order."All you need to know about Ralph CarrRalph Carr is the founder and owner of his eponymous management company based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. For decades, he has been involved in the careers of the country’s most prolific entertainers, including his ex-wife Tina Arena, entertainment reporter Richard Wilkins, classical tenor Mark Vincent, singer-songwriters Vanessa Amorosi, Bonnie Anderson and Kate Ceberano, and magician/escape artist/illusionist Consentino.Others managed by Carr include New Zealand artist Jon Stevens, multi-instrumentalist Rick Price, author Deborah Conway, actor Charlie Sheen, and band Pseudo Echo, among others.Ralph Carr Management has now branched out into sports and event management via RCM Sport and RCM Events. Recently, the entrepreneur has been in charge of AFL players, including Dustin Martin, Mabior Chol, Daniel Rioli, and Shai Bolton. He has also promoted national stadium tours including Elvis The Wonder Of You - Live On Screen and Elvis and Me - An Evening with Priscilla Presley.aRalph Carr is often credited for launching the career of Tina Arena and helping her become one of Australia’s biggest-selling musicians with over five million records sold worldwide.Three years after Carr began managing Arena in 1992, they tied the knot. However, the marriage was tumultuous and ended in a divorce in 1999. They reached a financial and contractual settlement in early 2002.In June 2017, Tina Arena appeared on Mia Freedman’s No Filter podcast and revealed:“My first experience [with marriage] was disgraceful and poorly treated under Australian law, because of what I went through financially... I went back to zero after 25 years of work.”Four years before that, Arena told News Corp that her family had “reservations” about Carr.“And they were right. Going through those experiences is what makes or breaks a human. There was a lot learnt from that experience. That's important to not forget. But sometimes you should listen to what the people around you are telling you.”Tina also recalled in her memoir, Now I Can Dance, about feeling “disconnected” from Ralph Carr on their wedding day and debating with him about selling their photos to a women’s magazine.Since 2000, the Don’t Ask singer has been in a relationship with French artist Vincent Mancini. They share a son, Gabriel Joseph, born in 2005.Meanwhile, Ralph Carr has continued to win accolades in his career. In 1993, then Minister of Trade Peter Cook honored him on behalf of Export Music Australia for his success in music and business fields. Two decades later, Carr was named as the Australia Day Ambassador for his contribution to the country’s entertainment industry.Elsewhere, he has founded a music publishing company called Standard Music and has earned several awards from the Australian Performing Right Association (APRA) for Vanessa Amorosi’s Shine and Tina Arena’s Wasn’t It Good?. Ralph Carr’s company has also been recognized for the success of American country music artist Jo Dee Messina and her chart-busting song Burn.Tina Arena has maintained complete silence on the speculation that Ralph Carr is the man convicted of s*xual misconduct.