Hollywood Legal Hustle Amazon & Vice Smacked With Defamation Suit Over Docuseries On Millennial Madoff & $650M Ponzi Scheme
News Source : Deadline
News Summary
- Julio Hallivis is suing Amazon Studios, Vice Studios and director Rebecca Chaikin over the Hollywood Hustler: Glitz, Glam, Scam docuseries.
- He is the former business partner of the incarcerated “midwestern, millennial Madoff” who ripped off investors and pals to the tune of $650 million with promises of lucrative licensing rights to HBO and Netflix flicks.
- The jury trial seeking complaint states: “Hallivis played no part in the Ponzi scheme and knew nothing about how Horwitz raised money or about the business activities he carried on through 1inMM Capital.”
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