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Producer Jason Cloth Ordered to Pay $19.6 Million After Skipping Fraud Trial


Producer Jason Cloth was ordered to pay $19.6 million after failing to appear at a fraud trial last week in West Palm Beach, Fla.

Jason Cloth, a Canadian financier with credits on dozens of films including “Babylon” and “Joker,” was hit with a $19.6 million verdict last week after failing to appear at a fraud trial in West Palm Beach, Fla. Cloth is also facing a class action suit in Chicago, where is accused of defrauding investors on “Ghostbusters: Afterlife,” “Monkey Man” and other films out of more than $80 million. In the Chicago case, filed in March, Cloth is accused of working with two salesmen to solicit investments in a series of film projects.

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