A charismatic film producer from Brazil who found success in Hollywood on projects like 2019'sThe Lighthouse and the 2017 Oscar winner Call Me by Your Name now finds himself accused by former business partners of fraud, lack of transparency and, according to one complaint, running a Ponzi scheme.
The producer is Rodrigo Teixeira, and his relentless drive has made him one of the darlings of Brazil's film industry. But according to a pair of lawsuits filed in Los Angeles and Sao Paulo, Teixeira, 47, has courted wealthy Brazilians to invest in his company, RT Features — and they have, to the tune of $16 million — butthe majority of the funds have allegedly disappeared, with no adequate records kept to show where they went.
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