Director faces decade-plus in prison for bilking Netflix out of $11M — as pal Keanu Reeves begs for leniency
A jury found Carl Rinsch guilty of taking $11M in production funds from Netflix that was originally meant for a sci-fi series called “White Horse."
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Page Six Hollywood Director faces decade-plus in prison for bilking Netflix out of $11M — as pal Keanu Reeves begs for leniency Published June 29, 2026, 9:45 a.m. ET Director Carl Rinsch is facing over a decade in prison. John Sciulli It’s the day of reckoning for director Carl Rinsch. On Monday, US District Judge Jed S. Rakoff of the Southern District of New York will sentence Rinsch after he was found guilty in December 2025 of wire fraud and money laundering. A federal jury in Manhattan found Rinsch guilty of taking $11 million in production funds from Netflix that was originally meant for a sci-fi series called “White Horse,” which he had sold to the streamer that paid him for the show between 2018 and 2020. 4 US District Judge Jed S.
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