Hollywood Con Queen Trailer - Plot Synopsis: The ultimate Hollywood heist - how one person fooled an entire industry. From the mind behind "Fyre" and "Tiger King" comes Hollywood Con Queen, May 8, 2024 on Apple TV+
A three-part documentary series Hollywood Con Queen, from Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Chris Smith (“Tiger King,” “Fyre,” “100 Foot Wave”). Based on the original reporting of investigative journalist Scott Johnson, and his book published by Harper Collins, “Hollywood Con Queen: The Hunt for an Evil Genius,” Hollywood Con Queen explores the shocking story behind one of Hollywood’s biggest scams.
A mysterious figure dubbed the ‘Con Queen’ impersonates the industry’s most powerful women, luring unsuspecting victims to Indonesia with the promise of a life-changing career opportunity. The ‘Con Queen’s’ marks exhaust their personal finances in pursuit of a big break, while being exploited in a perverse psychological game spanning the globe. The scam eventually draws the attention of veteran investigative journalist Johnson of The Hollywood Reporter, and dedicated private investigator Nicole Kotsianas, formerly of K2 Integrity, who set out to find the truth only to discover a story more strange than they could have imagined.
A three-part documentary series Hollywood Con Queen, from Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Chris Smith (“Tiger King,” “Fyre,” “100 Foot Wave”). Based on the original reporting of investigative journalist Scott Johnson, and his book published by Harper Collins, “Hollywood Con Queen: The Hunt for an Evil Genius,” Hollywood Con Queen explores the shocking story behind one of Hollywood’s biggest scams.
A mysterious figure dubbed the ‘Con Queen’ impersonates the industry’s most powerful women, luring unsuspecting victims to Indonesia with the promise of a life-changing career opportunity. The ‘Con Queen’s’ marks exhaust their personal finances in pursuit of a big break, while being exploited in a perverse psychological game spanning the globe. The scam eventually draws the attention of veteran investigative journalist Johnson of The Hollywood Reporter, and dedicated private investigator Nicole Kotsianas, formerly of K2 Integrity, who set out to find the truth only to discover a story more strange than they could have imagined.
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00:00 Do I deserve to be locked up for life?
00:03 That's not fair.
00:05 Because I just may be the nicest criminal you'd ever know.
00:10 I get a call from this Hollywood producer
00:14 and she starts explaining this incredible opportunity.
00:17 This is gonna make you a star.
00:20 Six days later, I'm on a flight to Indonesia.
00:27 It's a story that sounds like a Hollywood movie.
00:30 Creative professionals lured to Indonesia
00:33 on the promise of work from major Hollywood figures.
00:36 There were actors, photographers, makeup artists,
00:39 literally hundreds and hundreds of victims
00:41 from all around the world.
00:43 I had exhausted all of my savings.
00:45 $200, over a million dollars.
00:47 But it wasn't really about the money.
00:50 It was about something else.
00:52 We have a special relationship.
00:55 You understand what I mean, right?
00:57 Then she said, "Could you take your shirt off?"
01:00 This is a really horrible person.
01:04 She wanted to get inside the minds and the dreams of people
01:08 and twist them and destroy them.
01:10 Their sole purpose was psychological devastation.
01:16 We were completely paranoid.
01:18 How do I get out of here? Who do I trust?
01:20 What would drive somebody to create such an elaborate fantasy?
01:24 We had to figure out who was behind this.
01:27 At the center of this is a mysterious figure
01:30 known as the Khan Queen.
01:32 Khan Queen.
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