Convicted Ozy Media Founder Carlos Watson to Be Focus of Doc Debuting Weeks Before Sentencing (Exclusive)

Carlos Watson, the Ozy Media co-founder dealing with up to 37 years in jail following his July conviction on fraud fees, is the topic of a documentary inspecting his trial.

Helmed by filmmakers Candice Conley and Brenae Perkins, The Troubling Case of Carlos Watson: Whose Son is Subsequent? launches on YouTube on Tuesday forward of subsequent month’s sentencing. The doc contains particulars from the case that noticed Watson and Ozy Media convicted by a federal jury on July 16 of securities fraud conspiracy and wire fraud conspiracy, with Watson moreover convicted of id theft.

As seen in a trailer unique to The Hollywood Reporter, the function contains interviews with supporters alleging Watson obtained an unfair trial. The footage additionally means that U.S. District Choose Eric Komitee had hedge fund investments in 4 corporations alleged to have been victims within the fraud case. Watson’s lawyer famous in a movement filed final month that the choose ought to have recused himself from the case.

Amongst these talking for the doc is Juror No. 5 from Watson’s trial, who says in a brand new interview teased within the trailer, “I just feel a real injustice that’s been done, and I feel like I’m part of it.”

A Watson supporter provides within the trailer, “He deserves to have a fair trial. We need our brother.”

Watson is a journalist and tv host who launched media firm Ozy Media with co-founder Samir Rao in September 2013. Watson beforehand labored as an MSNBC anchor and CNN contributor and hosted interview program The Carlos Watson Present on YouTube.

Ozy, identified for its website that includes information and tradition items, shut down in 2021 following the New York Occasions reporting that Rao impersonated a YouTube government throughout a fundraising name with Goldman Sachs.

In the course of the trial, the prosecution alleged that Watson introduced false particulars about Ozy’s funds and site visitors numbers, together with fabricating contracts and offering deceptive earnings projections. Watson, who pleaded not responsible, faces a most of 37 years in jail, with sentencing set for Dec. 13. Rao and chief of employees Suzee Han had pleaded responsible and testified for the prosecution.