{"id":698499,"date":"2026-05-28T03:27:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T03:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/698499\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T03:27:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T03:27:11","slug":"keanu-reeves-goes-to-bat-for-netflix-fraudster-carl-rinsch-read-letter-to-judge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/698499\/","title":{"rendered":"Keanu Reeves Goes To Bat For Netflix Fraudster Carl Rinsch, Read Letter To Judge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                          Keanu Reeves To Judge<br \/>\n                          Take It Easy On My Netflix Fraudster Friend<\/p>\n<p>\n                                                                        Published<br \/>\n                              May 27, 2026<br \/>\n                            5:35 PM PDT\n                                                                            <\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260527_7cc986d4ee3348c695b40cc9f78b73e0\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:39972cd5-1391-49af-acee-1ba72ce52236\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/7cc986d4ee3348c695b40cc9f78b73e0_md.jpg\" alt=\"MAIN keanu reeves carl rinsch getty comp\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/keanu-reeves\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Keanu Reeves<\/a> is going to bat for a director convicted of defrauding Netflix out of $11 Million &#8230; and you can read the letter the actor sent to a federal judge, where Keanu asks for a light sentence for his friend.<\/p>\n<p>Keanu&#8217;s letter was part of a sentencing memorandum in the case of Carl Rinsch, who was convicted in December on federal charges including wire fraud and money laundering.<\/p>\n<p>    <a class=\"media-link document-block__link js-track-link\" href=\"https:\/\/dam.tmz.com\/document\/35\/o\/2026\/05\/28\/35f592c14fab40e38173ffa14c8f3e31.pdf\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:document-asset:document_pdf_20260528_35f592c14fab40e38173ffa14c8f3e31\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:39972cd5-1391-49af-acee-1ba72ce52236\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><\/p>\n<p>              <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/5e40ff95cef14e2eba8c2958fbe727fd_md.jpg\" alt=\"keanu reeves letter launch\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors claimed he used Netflix money intended for a series called &#8220;White Horse&#8221; and used it to fund a lavish lifestyle.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<p>In Keanu&#8217;s letter, he says Carl became a friend after directing him in the 2013 movie &#8220;47 Ronin&#8221; and that Carl can \u201cself-sabotage&#8221; by pushing boundaries.<\/p>\n<p>Keanu also mentions &#8220;White Horse&#8221; &#8230; he says Carl showed him the project back in the day when it was still unfinished, describing it as a &#8220;superb and visionary art.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260527_55114e811cc34a638a0de803edd67846\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:39972cd5-1391-49af-acee-1ba72ce52236\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/55114e811cc34a638a0de803edd67846_md.jpg\" alt=\"keanu reeves carl rinsch getty\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Carl gets a glowing review from Keanu, hailing him as an &#8220;exceptional artist&#8221; who brings joy, warmth and creative inspiration to others.<\/p>\n<p>The judge is set to sentence Carl on June 29 &#8230; and it will be interesting to see if Keanu&#8217;s letter moves the needle.<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Keanu Reeves To Judge Take It Easy On My Netflix Fraudster Friend Published May 27, 2026 5:35 PM&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":698500,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[49,48,75],"class_list":["post-698499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/698499","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=698499"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/698499\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/698500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=698499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=698499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=698499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}