“Artist” Fake Hollywood Career In order to shake investors from $ 500,000, says Lawsuit says

When 23-year-old investor Nicolas Mugalli decided to open an office in Riyadh in 2023, he sought comfortable with the Saudi Arabia government to increase his chance of success.

So after the self-designed director Bowa Keruak came to a resident of New York with the opportunity to invest in a documentary that demonstrates people and places of the kingdom in the best light, he jumped on a chance.

It seemed safe. Keruak boasted projects in his mouths, which guided Hollywood A-Rabbits, including Leonardo Di Caprio and Tom Cruz, and claimed that he had the agreements with the largest industry studios. His extensive connections guaranteed that DOC would be the winner, and he promised a profit of more than $ 24 million, says Mugalli. More importantly, the project will allow Mugalli to collect the “goodwill” of the Saudi, while promoting their own business.

But, according to an eight -digit claim obtained IndependentThe Keruac Field was nothing but a scam conducted by Muugalli with a “cultivated English accent” and a “bold art of persuasion.” Even Keruak’s name was fake, court documents claim.

The lawsuit describes the “villainy” concerning political intrigue, financial betrayal and frank deception that has played throughout the US, Europe and the Middle East, until the bold scheme finally came out. Keruac is accused of theft of at least $ 500,000 from investors in the movie, half of which came from Mugali, according to his complaint, which refers to the actions of Keruak, which showed a “high degree of moral inviolability” and “meaninglessness”.

Having reached on the phone on Wednesday, embarrassed that invents the Keruuac who lives in the UK, insisted on that Independent contacted him for comments.

“Nothing makes sense of it,” Keruak argued, calling Mugalli’s assertion “ridiculous.”

“None of these claims are true,” Keruac stressed in the further email.

He stated that in recent months he could not get to Mugall, and did not want to offer more details before contacting a lawyer to resolve allegations of a claim.

In the email, said Mugalli Sean Holas lawyer Independent that the dispute is the case of “not cutting cookie”.

He argued that Keruak had caused “numerous harm” and that Mugalie and his company now “seek justice and compensation … for the losses caused by fraudulent faults and well -being of Mr. Keruak.” Mugalli “remains loyal” to fill in an unfinished documentary, added a lawyer.

The part of the fairy tale begins in October 2023, when Mugalli, who claims that he manages the hedge fund and has a personal net value of $ 100 million, threw himself on the ways News -York state court.

Mugalli was presented in Keruac at the beginning of 2024 by Sheldon Gerron, a mutual acquaintance, a complaint continues. It is said there Ravi: narratorIt is partially funded by Mugalli, demonstrating people, places and “rich cultural history” of Saudi Arabia. The rest of the budget would come from the English cinema, which Keruak demanded from the donation with the former professional player, according to the complaint.

Mugalli was impressed with the deck of Keruak’s deck for a documentary, who was looking for a total budget of $ 3 million. He has listed past work with Paramount, Universal and Netflix, future projects with Dicaprio, Cruise and Jake Gillenhaal, among other megastaries, and Mugalya believed that funding and creating a movie would be well reflected in his company, according to the complaint.

Keruak first suggested Mugalli to get a loan in exchange for an “old classic car”, according to the complaint. But, during a further meeting in Italy, Keruac asked Mugalli to start $ 7.2 million for the project that Mugalli hesitated to be upset.

However, Mugalli agreed to invest $ 250,000 when Keruac stated Mugalli that he expected that he would later sell the right to a finished movie for a predicted $ 24 million, the complaint said.

Keruac who describes himself on the Internet as an artist and activist began to attract a public message as Director in 2022Turning to James Sandford, a former Rugby Star, who worked to revive a non-existent English rugby club, a carbon, and suggested to make a documentary about Sandford’s initiative. Article at the time in Worcester News call Keruac as “Hollywood director“.

It was through Sandford Keruak that he met Guerron, a movie editor and a photo director who worked on projects for artists such as Guy Richie, Jerry Brookheimer and Justin Timberlake.

Mugalli’s complaint states that Keruak was opportunistly attached Guerron as a person who would provide “a veil of legitimacy that he needs” to buy people with a high pure price and “the market of himself as a established director.” To supplement this, Keruac created the IMDB page, claiming that he cooperated with well -known actors such as Richard E. Grant, and Jeremy Airons, “Among the many others.”

Spencer Matthewus, a participant of the acting role in the reality -show 4 Channel Made in Chelsea$ 125,000 was offered to provide a documentary, a complaint, plus the percentage of Bekenda’s profit from a possible movie sales – a neat amount for a good enough lift.

But, positioning himself as a top -auster, “lack of etiquette, protocol and professionalism” Keruaka, as well as the obvious inability to “write the script itself”, immediately raised the eyebrows when removed further Well It began during the first part of 2024, according to the complaint. He continues to describe the obvious “absence of experience” on his part, supported by “False It”, is “Person”, who got into a sharp focus when the cameras began to roll.

At the end of July, an email from one of the film’s investors to several other “expressed concern” about the legitimacy of the series of receipts, which Keruac filed, according to the complaint. Most were not really paid, and further investigation found that Keruac had slid through a large part of the film’s budget before the issue even started, the message said.

Soon Guerron who did not respond to a few requests for comment IndependentHe was experiencing his own trust in Keruak and sent by e -mail to investors from the container ship in the middle of the Mediterranean, where he said that he had shot a movie with Jason, according to the exhibits filed in court with the complaint of Mugali.

“All this situation was incredibly stressful when she solves,” Guron wrote. “I spent last year, using my skills to help create these assets with Boow, and he was so ridiculously not qualified and not qualified, I was always very confused by his outrageous statements of previous work. I not only spent this time under this handbag (sic) … but also brought Nick to the table …, which I am very sorry for now. I absolutely had no idea what this guy intended, and now we know. ”

At the moment, the complaint states that the “unexpected plot” suddenly appeared.

Not only did Keruac not had an impressive resume he claimed, he was not even those who said he was in the complaint.

In fact, the complaint claims that “Beau Kerouac” is a person named Michael John Stevens who “thought of new identity and has falsified credentials as a established director to demand tens of millions of dollars/pounds from indivisible investors for future movies he had further to zero association.

The complaint is described by Keruac as “an aspirational artist from almost without recognition and almost zero experience in the film industry” who “developed a rebrand plan as a prestigious director to penetrate into exclusive social and professional circles, which he only for ever for ever When -Dear is regarded as a stranger. “

Keruac said Independent that in the change of “nothing was” there was nothing, what he said, what he did for professional purposes.

In the end, the complaint states that Keruak pulled Matthens from his six -digit fee after he gave his voice, as a contract, never paid Gerron for the necessary work after production, and he estimates that he would cost at least $ 300,000 for editing fees to complete only the movie.

Instead, Keruac spent the movie budget for Rolex expensive clocks, cash withdrawal, tickets to first -class airlines and luxury hotels, the complaint said. The source that knows the situation stated that Matthewu, who refused to comment on this article, recorded Voiceover as a treaty but never paid.

As for the hopes of Mugalli to impress the Saudi, the complaint states that he not only undermined this chance, but claims that all the experience has undermined his violent official relations in the kingdom.

Mugalli requires at least $ 24 million from Kerouac for breach of a trusted duty, breach of contract and harmful dependence, as well as $ 750,000 for unjust enrichment, conversion and fraud, plus penalties and lawyers.