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what happened to the delorean motor company?

• village-idiot 7y ago
  Criminal prosecution of the owner because he decided that running cocaine was the best way to finance his company.
  • caspper69 7y ago
    He was set up. He successfully argued entrapment, and was acquitted: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_DeLorean https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_DeLorean
    • village-idiot 7y ago
      I said prosecution, not conviction. He was entrapped, but he certainly said yes to bankrolling a cocaine smuggling operation, there's a recording of that event. While that was enough to escape conviction, it still cost him money and reputation at a time when he couldn’t afford it.
  • gremlinsinc 7y ago
    Asking for a friend, so you're saying this is a bad way to finance a company?