A Hollywood director once entrusted with tens of millions of dollars to create Netflix's next science fiction hit will instead spend the next two and a half years behind bars. Carl Rinsch was sentenced after a federal court found he diverted millions intended for an unfinished series into luxury purchases, failed investments and personal indulgence.
Rinsch, 48, received a 30-month prison sentence on Monday after being convicted in December of wire fraud and related offences stemming from an $11 million (£9.2 million) scheme involving the abandoned Netflix project 'White Horse.' The filmmaker, best known for directing the 2013 fantasy film '47 Ronin', must also repay roughly $11 million in restitution.
