Joe Hunt was a handsome and charismatic man who had boyhood charm. He led the Billionaire Boys Club, an exclusive social and investment club, in which members would dress in Armani suits and drive high-end BMWs on their way to dining at Spago and partying with supermodels.
But ultimately, the club turned out to be too good to be true — a giant, high-stakes investment scam, reports The Los Angeles Times.
The scheme unraveled when investor Ron Levin disappeared in 1984 after allegedly conning the club. His body was never found. In 1987, Hunt was convicted of murdering Levin.
Now, Hunt wants a chance to be released and is looking to persuade California Gov. Jerry Brown to commute his sentence of life without the possibility of parole. Is this a sincere act from a changed man, or is it another con job by a master manipulator?
“Joe doesn’t deserve to be out of jail at all,” said Leslie H. Zoeller, the Beverly Hills police detective who led the investigation into the Billionaire Boys Club, according to The Los Angeles Times. “He is a borderline sociopath in my opinion.”
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