He pimped her out to rich businessmen in the Middle East for most of the years they were married

Old Hollywood

Which B/C-list actress and socialite who is still alive (I think) has rarely if never talked about her first husband?

He pimped her out to rich businessmen in the Middle East for most of the years they were married.

Yes, it was going on back in the 1930s and 1940s too!

Zsa Zsa Gabor
Burhan Asaf Belge

Source: Mr. X via http://www.crazydaysandnights.net