Originally Posted by
monet
Here is DarkOz breaking down his rise to AP stardom and his fall from the Hollywood Biz...
I find it interesting because he didn't get involved in the AP/WoN scam but allowed his daughter to get hustled for 4K in cash. However he claims he has been living the good life APing the East Coast taking his family and friends to Disney World. I just can't understand him being so smart to evade WoN but allow his daughter to get taken. It just doesn't add up. In my opinion he isn't telling us the whole WoN story. He just wanted to make it look like WoN jacked his daughter and he was just a poor misguided fool falling for a scam. You can read this thread on WoV Thread... Gun Promoters No Place to Hide. This is his response to RS questioning him about his 2 year homeless life in New York. I find it very interesting that his friends and family got to the point of not allowing him to reside at their place. They would only allow showers and shaving in short bursts. Seems odd to me that his family and friends didn't love him enough to allow him to stay permanently until he got back on his feet. However after he gets rich, living the good life APing all is well and Disney for everyone!
Personally, I am a bad guy not to be trusted but even my worst friends or family members that I don't get along with will not be refused free room and board by me. I have had friends stay at my house and I will give up my own bed... that's just how I am. I'm not putting anyone I know personally on the street or just allowing them to shower.
Good questions
2005 - lost two bi-coastal apartments when my film company i owned went from making $250,000 a year (it was me and one employee) to almost nothing due to a change in technology (a switch from shooting film to digital. I was a specialist in the handling of motion picture film. I worked on a number of big hollywood films
2005 - 2007 moved in with my dad. He passed in november 2007
2008 - 2010 bounced around couch surfing relative to relative to friend
2010 - 2012 full on homeless sleeping on benches and subways. However those same family and friends while not allowing me to stay did allow for visits which included showers. I was able to keep up my hygiene although at a few days intervals
2012 - started AP at casinos. Began with literally nothing in January of that year. Found a room in August of 2012 in a house on the beach. House destroyed by hurricane Sandy in november of that year. Homeless in hotel from FEMA remainder
2013 - FEMA funding ends. Full on homeless again sleeping on subways February to March. April started sleeping on busses to Sands Casino. 24 hours of round trips earned me over $100 a day
By September saved up enough for apartment. Had entire bankroll stolen so slept on floors for two months lol but hell i was used to it by then. Had a roof over my head now
2014 - present - kicked my AP skills up hired other people began running and organizing one of the most feared AP outfits on the East Coast. Took my first (of 7) trips to disney world. Brought a home theater. Living the good life since then
I have always identified democrat. Dont think it made any difference to me politically my being homeless
EDIT: for those wondering why so many trips to disney besides being a disney buff it was payback to all those families and friends during the homeless years who helped me. They all had kids and one by one i took them down for a week here and a week there
EDIT EDIT: during the good years in Hollywood I had purchased option rights to a comic book series called Dark Oz - sequel to Wizard of Oz. From 2004 - 2011 the project was worming its way through Hollywood producers of Bridge to Terabithia were attached. Producers of Batman and the Transformers all involved in development. I was literally calling hollywood studio execs on Obama phones watching my minutes or emailing from library computers. I was certain my homelessness would be wonderful storytelling on entertainment tonight at the premiere
When Oz the Great and Powerful was greenlit (long competing film project) mine was toast. My hopes and dreams for Hollywood did fuel some of my refusal to get a job as i waited for the big break but it wasnt the only reason. The recession had hit and other financial factors too played a role
I think my favorite part is that he is currently running one of the most feared AP crews on the East Coast but allows WoN to scam his daughter out of 4K. Of course he doesn't mention this or the masked lunch in his timeline.