The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that Broadway producer Roland Scahall scammed investors out of over $165,000 to produce a play about opera star Kathleen Battle. Schall claimed to have secured the rights to Battle's life story, and also claimed to have hired Lupita Nyong'o to play Battle.
The play doesn't exist. Scahall admitted that he had never worked with Battle and pled guilty to larceny and fraud. He will serve six months in jail, and will be on probation for five years. In addition he will have to repay investors and submit to psychiatric evaluation or treatment.
You can read the entire story here.
The play doesn't exist. Scahall admitted that he had never worked with Battle and pled guilty to larceny and fraud. He will serve six months in jail, and will be on probation for five years. In addition he will have to repay investors and submit to psychiatric evaluation or treatment.
You can read the entire story here.
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