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Director Carl Rinsch Indicted on Charges of Defrauding $11 Million From Netflix


Carl Rinsch, a director, is accused of defrauding Netflix out of $11 million and failing to complete the sci-fi series 'White Horse.'

Director Carl Erik Rinsch has been indicted on charges of fraud and money laundering for allegedly taking $11 million from Netflix and spending it on luxury cars, antique furniture and mattresses. According to the court records, Rinsch pitched the show — also known as “Conquest” — in January 2018 to Netflix executives including Cindy Holland, who was then the VP in charge of original content, and who left the company in 2020. “Rinsch spent a large portion of the meeting sharing various theories he had been developing about COVID, the universe, interconnectivity, genders, God, higher callings and reproduction,” the ruling states.

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