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Netflix Gave An Unproven Director $55 Million For A Sci-Fi Series, And He Blew It On Rolls-Royces, Crypto, And Dodgy Stock Bets (jalopnik.com)

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[-] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 6 points 11 months ago

Can they not sue on a case like this?

[-] StarManta@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago

And get what money? The money’s spent, it’s gone, and the directors not getting another big payday like this ever again. They can spend $10k on lawyers to get the $216 in his checking account.

[-] gnurd@sh.itjust.works 9 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Article says it's in arbitration so it's not like they aren't doing anything about it. And one can assume they're still paying their lawyers quite a bit during the arbitration. Also the person can be forced to sell off assets to pay for damages.

Also at the end of the article it says he pulled out 27 million he made in doge coin from 4 million he invested of Netflix's money.

[-] Sweetpeaches69@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Dudes rock

[-] IWantToFuckSpez@kbin.social 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

They maybe can get him for wirefraud which means jail time. I don't know Im no lawyer though.

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