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> Soon after he signed the contract, Mr. Rinsch’s behavior grew erratic, according to members of the show’s cast and crew, texts and emails reviewed by The New
by santiagobasulto 3y ago
> Soon after he signed the contract, Mr. Rinsch’s behavior grew erratic, according to members of the show’s cast and crew, texts and emails reviewed by The New York Times, and court filings in a divorce case brought by his wife. He claimed to have discovered Covid-19’s secret transmission mechanism and to be able to predict lightning strikes. He gambled a large chunk of the money from Netflix on the stock market and cryptocurrencies. He spent millions of dollars on a fleet of Rolls-Royces, furniture and designer clothing.
wtf, I was expecting some chaos on a Hollywood studio, but that's a bit much.
- toasted-subs 3y agoWhich is why "inning" people should be illegal.
- Modified3019 3y agoWhat is that referring to? All I get is baseball.
- rootsudo 3y agounrelated but this is why whale hunter companies exist. Why bother with volume when if you position a product to extract the most value from someone that can make one purchase $$$$ vs hundreds/thousands of smaller ones.
- isoprophlex 3y agoThat's... interesting. I had no idea, but of course that's a thing.
- btown 3y agoNot to mention F2P games, which make a small amount of money on their “monthly pass” IAPs, but make tremendously more on the “whales” who will buy $99 pack after $99 pack to stay competitive/max-out the characters they love.
- mike_hock 3y ago> He predicted that [the article] would “discuss the fact that I somehow lost my mind … [...]" Well, he was right about that.
- jkhdigital 3y agoSounds like he had a schizophrenic psychotic break. His behavior and especially his conspiratorial comments are classic schizophrenia. (Source: My sister and late aunt are schizophrenic)
- mock-possum 3y agoSomebody was having a manic episode…