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The erstwhile business partner of nan incarcerated “midwestern, millennial Madoff” who ripped disconnected investors and pals to nan tune of $650 cardinal pinch promises of lucrative licensing authorities to HBO and Netflix flicks is plentifulness peeved astatine Amazon Studios, Vice Studios and head Rebecca Chaikin.
“As a consequence of Defendants’ desire to sensationalize nan Series and boost spectator numbers, Hallivis’ estimation and profession person been destroyed, causing him awesome individual suffering and nonaccomplishment of earnings,” shaper Julio Hallivis claims successful a wide ranging damages seeking title revenge today successful Los Angeles Superior Court complete the Hollywood Hustler: Glitz, Glam, Scam docuseries.
Having formed 1inMM Productions successful 2013 pinch scammer Zach Horwitz, Hallivis and his lawyer Alexander Rufus-Isaacs asseverate that nan American Carnage shaper was nary partner successful crime to nan 2022 sentenced Horwitz — contempt nan implications to nan contrary rampant passim nan three-part Hollywood Hustler.
The assemblage proceedings seeking title states: “Hallivis played nary portion successful nan Ponzi strategy and knew thing astir really Horwitz raised money aliases astir nan business activities he carried connected done 1inMM Capital. Hallivis did not cognize that Horwitz was doing thing forbidden until aft Horwitz was arrested. He ne'er had nan title of bookkeeper for 1inMM Capital and he ne'er did bookkeeping activity for immoderate Horwitz-owned entity. He only ever worked arsenic a shaper for 1inMM Productions and nan typical accumulation entities that were group up for each movie which was made.”
Part of streamer defamation specializing lawyer Rufus-Isaacs’ maneuver present is to accent that Hallivis is not a nationalist fig and hence nan modular by which to put distant a defamation declare is comparatively low. “He declined to beryllium interviewed for nan Series and has ne'er spoken aliases written publically astir nan strategy aliases nan Series,” nan 19-page filing says of Hallivis and nan October 2025 debuting Hollywood Hustler. “He is truthful a backstage fig for defamation purposes.”
Neither Amazon Studios aliases Tiger King filmmaker Chaikin responded to Deadline’s petition for remark connected Hallivis’ suit. Neither did Vice Studios. Still, it takes nary elephantine leap of religion to presume nan defendants will move to person nan perchance costly lawsuit tossed retired successful owed course.
After moving his Ponzi strategy for astir 5 years and bilking everyone astir him it seems, Horwitz, who appeared successful nan films 1inMM made, started to stumble successful 2019 arsenic nan institution began to default connected its promissory notes. With a flurry of clone emails, agreements, presentations and more, nan very high-living Horwitz had been capable up until that constituent person nan likes of Chicago-based JJMT Capital, LLC and much that he could supply returns of up to 35% connected their investments for Netflix and HBO licensing agreements successful Latin America.
Not judge if it was an Oscar winning capacity always, but Horwitz put connected rather nan show, according to affidavits from nan feds.
“To prolong nan strategy and support nan illusion that 1inMM Capital was a morganatic business successful nan aftermath of these mounting defaults, HORWITZ falsely represented to JJMT that nan online platforms had refused to salary connected clip for nan distribution authorities arsenic obligated, and provided excuses that were purportedly fixed by Netflix and HBO,” noted FBI Special Agent John Verrastro successful a Spring 2021 filing erstwhile Horwitz was arrested.
In a lawsuit of 1 of nan worst Valentine gifts ever, Horwitz was fixed 20 years down bars connected February 14, 2022. At nan time, he was besides ordered by U.S. District Judge Mark C. Scarsi to salary $230,361,884 successful restitution to his victims.
Fast guardant to February 14, 2024, and nan Securities and Exchange Commission obtained a last judgement against Horwitz of “$62,847,901.05, representing nett profits gained arsenic a consequence of nan behaviour alleged successful nan complaint, together pinch prejudgment liking thereon successful nan magnitude of $11,375,011.28.”
That’s immoderate hustle.
