1 00:00:08,041 --> 00:00:11,077 Narrator: In this episode of "American Greed"... 2 00:00:11,111 --> 00:00:14,514 it had all the makings of a red-carpet romance. 3 00:00:14,547 --> 00:00:17,617 She's an outspoken activist and TV star. 4 00:00:17,650 --> 00:00:24,391 ♪ I'm getting' my star on the Hollywood walk of fame ♪ 5 00:00:24,424 --> 00:00:29,162 Narrator: He's an Oscar-winning artist and all-around renaissance man. 6 00:00:29,195 --> 00:00:33,700 Oxford, Navy SEAL, smart, handsome. 7 00:00:33,733 --> 00:00:37,437 Narrator: But this is one rom-com with a true crime twist. 8 00:00:37,470 --> 00:00:40,573 He's a pro. He's a con artist. 9 00:00:40,607 --> 00:00:42,909 And he's dangerous. 10 00:00:42,942 --> 00:00:45,378 Narrator: From Florida, to Texas, to Hollywood, 11 00:00:45,412 --> 00:00:47,714 Antonio Wilson has a cross-country rap sheet 12 00:00:47,747 --> 00:00:49,549 going back decades. 13 00:00:49,582 --> 00:00:52,352 He's stolen more than $4 million 14 00:00:52,385 --> 00:00:55,021 by breaking hearts, smashing dreams, 15 00:00:55,055 --> 00:00:59,159 and swindling businessmen and women with outrageous lies. 16 00:00:59,192 --> 00:01:01,161 Wyman: He brought in a lot of money on the basis 17 00:01:01,194 --> 00:01:03,430 that he was a successful sound designer, 18 00:01:03,463 --> 00:01:05,398 that he had won three Oscars. 19 00:01:05,432 --> 00:01:08,468 Everything seemed legit... Until it wasn't. 20 00:01:08,501 --> 00:01:13,440 Dress: But it all boiled down to lies, lies, lies. 21 00:01:13,473 --> 00:01:15,575 "Give me your money. Here's some lies." 22 00:01:15,608 --> 00:01:19,479 Narrator: "American Greed" has shocking new details in the torrid tale 23 00:01:19,512 --> 00:01:22,582 of this master in the art of deception. 24 00:01:22,615 --> 00:01:25,452 Crime does pay. That's what you're saying. 25 00:01:25,485 --> 00:01:30,323 Lewis: "AKA Tony Mariot." "AKA Brice Carrington." 26 00:01:30,357 --> 00:01:32,192 He had a million names. 27 00:01:32,225 --> 00:01:35,462 Shipley: Antonio [bleep] with the wrong woman, is what he did. 28 00:01:35,495 --> 00:01:38,131 She brought down the wrath. 29 00:01:38,164 --> 00:01:41,968 Lewis: I'm sure Tony was confident I would never tell. 30 00:01:42,002 --> 00:01:43,737 It would be a scandal. 31 00:01:43,770 --> 00:01:45,638 Wrong girl. 32 00:01:45,672 --> 00:01:53,672 ♪♪ 33 00:01:58,718 --> 00:02:06,718 ♪♪ 34 00:02:11,664 --> 00:02:13,767 Narrator: Actress, singer, and social activist 35 00:02:13,800 --> 00:02:17,137 Jenifer Lewis has spent decades on the Broadway stage, 36 00:02:17,170 --> 00:02:19,305 and starred in dozens of movies. 37 00:02:19,339 --> 00:02:23,209 ♪♪ 38 00:02:23,243 --> 00:02:26,713 And in may 2015, Lewis is on top of her game, 39 00:02:26,746 --> 00:02:28,715 when she earns a co-starring role 40 00:02:28,748 --> 00:02:34,287 as savagely funny Ruby Johnson on the TV series "Black-ish." 41 00:02:34,320 --> 00:02:37,624 Just got "Black-ish," and boom. 42 00:02:37,657 --> 00:02:41,261 I said, "Oh, God sent the man." 43 00:02:41,294 --> 00:02:44,931 Narrator: The man is Antonio Tony Mariot Wilson, 44 00:02:44,964 --> 00:02:47,734 a manager and personal trainer at the L.A. Fitness 45 00:02:47,767 --> 00:02:50,670 where Lewis escapes from her hectic schedule 46 00:02:50,704 --> 00:02:52,639 for a quick workout. 47 00:02:52,672 --> 00:02:54,741 Lewis isn't looking for a boyfriend, 48 00:02:54,774 --> 00:02:58,678 but one fine spring day, love is in the air. 49 00:02:58,712 --> 00:03:02,749 So, he bumped into me as I was exiting the gym. 50 00:03:02,782 --> 00:03:05,485 And it happened to be just a happy day, 51 00:03:05,518 --> 00:03:09,322 so, when he did, I smiled, and said, "Excuse me." 52 00:03:09,356 --> 00:03:10,890 And he smiled back. 53 00:03:10,924 --> 00:03:15,562 He complimented my hair, and I kind of flirted with him. 54 00:03:15,595 --> 00:03:17,297 He flirted with me. 55 00:03:17,330 --> 00:03:19,566 And we met for coffee. 56 00:03:19,599 --> 00:03:22,435 Narrator: Lewis now believes the bump was a ruse. 57 00:03:22,469 --> 00:03:25,572 But at the time, it seemed like a harmless one. 58 00:03:25,605 --> 00:03:28,375 She's flattered, and charmed. 59 00:03:28,408 --> 00:03:32,245 He said he had graduated from Oxford University. 60 00:03:32,278 --> 00:03:34,080 He'd been a Navy SEAL. 61 00:03:34,114 --> 00:03:35,749 His mother had passed away. 62 00:03:35,782 --> 00:03:38,451 He had two children, and was divorced. 63 00:03:38,485 --> 00:03:40,453 Narrator: Lewis is impressed. 64 00:03:40,487 --> 00:03:42,455 Well, he was beautiful. 65 00:03:42,489 --> 00:03:44,924 He was handsome, well-spoken. 66 00:03:44,958 --> 00:03:46,760 He was educated. 67 00:03:46,793 --> 00:03:49,896 I mean, what woman wouldn't, you know, 68 00:03:49,929 --> 00:03:53,767 sit up when someone says they graduated from Oxford. 69 00:03:53,800 --> 00:03:56,870 Narrator: Intriguingly, despite Lewis' long career 70 00:03:56,903 --> 00:03:59,439 and high visibility in "Black-ish," 71 00:03:59,472 --> 00:04:02,742 Tony Wilson also says he's unfamiliar with Lewis' work 72 00:04:02,776 --> 00:04:05,021 on stage and screen. 73 00:04:05,045 --> 00:04:08,748 Is his professed ignorance a power move? 74 00:04:08,782 --> 00:04:12,118 Lewis: When he said he didn't know me as an actress, 75 00:04:12,152 --> 00:04:15,488 I believed him, in that he was in England. 76 00:04:15,522 --> 00:04:16,823 Narrator: Within weeks, 77 00:04:16,856 --> 00:04:20,760 Wilson sweeps Jenifer Lewis off her feet. 78 00:04:20,794 --> 00:04:23,430 She finds her personal... And now exclusive... 79 00:04:23,463 --> 00:04:26,533 Trainer is a bona fide renaissance man, 80 00:04:26,566 --> 00:04:28,935 a real-life Indiana Jones. 81 00:04:28,968 --> 00:04:32,672 Yes, the former Navy SEAL is an Oxford grad, 82 00:04:32,706 --> 00:04:36,876 but he's also an author, theology professor at UCLA, 83 00:04:36,910 --> 00:04:39,846 Biblical studies, archeologist. 84 00:04:39,879 --> 00:04:43,383 By all appearances, Tony Wilson is a catch. 85 00:04:43,416 --> 00:04:46,519 According to Lewis, Wilson is deeply religious. 86 00:04:46,553 --> 00:04:48,355 And his claims are credible. 87 00:04:48,388 --> 00:04:51,858 He shows her his writings, and when she checks online, 88 00:04:51,891 --> 00:04:54,661 his books are available on Amazon. 89 00:04:54,694 --> 00:04:58,898 Nothing about him made me not think 90 00:04:58,932 --> 00:05:01,868 he hadn't graduated from Oxford. 91 00:05:01,901 --> 00:05:03,870 Narrator: A good visual doesn't hurt, either, 92 00:05:03,903 --> 00:05:06,172 as Jenifer finds when she opens the door one day 93 00:05:06,206 --> 00:05:09,509 to find "Tony" in full military garb, 94 00:05:09,542 --> 00:05:11,845 replete with the Navy SEALs trident 95 00:05:11,878 --> 00:05:14,547 to wow his famous girlfriend. 96 00:05:14,581 --> 00:05:17,884 He wore his uniform here, 97 00:05:17,917 --> 00:05:22,689 and said he had just trained some young Navy SEALs. 98 00:05:22,722 --> 00:05:27,036 He brought medals to my house, and said this is the one Clinton 99 00:05:27,060 --> 00:05:31,765 pinned on me after a special task force. 100 00:05:31,798 --> 00:05:33,366 Narrator: And to top it all off, 101 00:05:33,400 --> 00:05:35,969 turns out, they're both in the movie business. 102 00:05:36,069 --> 00:05:39,048 He says he's a motion picture sound designer 103 00:05:39,072 --> 00:05:43,410 for blockbuster films like "Jurassic Park" and "King Kong." 104 00:05:43,443 --> 00:05:44,944 What's not to believe? 105 00:05:44,978 --> 00:05:46,946 He seems to know his way around Hollywood 106 00:05:46,980 --> 00:05:48,948 as well as Jenifer. 107 00:05:48,982 --> 00:05:52,619 We would be driving near a studio, 108 00:05:52,652 --> 00:05:54,454 and he would say things like, 109 00:05:54,487 --> 00:05:57,757 "That's the building that we worked on with 'Jurassic Park.'" 110 00:05:57,791 --> 00:06:01,461 Narrator: but his real passion isn't fame, he tells Jenifer. 111 00:06:01,494 --> 00:06:04,631 It's fortune. He's a mogul in the making. 112 00:06:04,664 --> 00:06:06,566 With all his industry know-how, 113 00:06:06,599 --> 00:06:09,769 he's created a specialized sound effects company, 114 00:06:09,803 --> 00:06:12,372 Ultimate FX. 115 00:06:12,405 --> 00:06:15,709 And, he says, he already has multi-million dollar prospects 116 00:06:15,742 --> 00:06:18,078 in the works with blue chip clients like 117 00:06:18,111 --> 00:06:20,914 ABC and EA Sports. 118 00:06:20,947 --> 00:06:24,384 Ultimate FX is ready to launch into the stratosphere. 119 00:06:24,417 --> 00:06:28,421 He just needs to find the right investors. 120 00:06:28,455 --> 00:06:32,826 The graduating class of 2015! 121 00:06:32,859 --> 00:06:35,528 Narrator: It's an exciting time for Jenifer Lewis. 122 00:06:35,562 --> 00:06:38,698 And to the graduates who majored in theater arts... 123 00:06:38,732 --> 00:06:41,868 [ Cheering ] 124 00:06:41,901 --> 00:06:43,970 don't think that I'm not aware 125 00:06:44,070 --> 00:06:47,974 that you are now my competition. 126 00:06:48,074 --> 00:06:50,810 Narrator: But it's also a fragile time. 127 00:06:50,844 --> 00:06:54,056 Lewis: In all of that, movies, and television, 128 00:06:54,080 --> 00:06:56,282 and commencement speeches, 129 00:06:56,316 --> 00:07:01,521 my mother just happened to be ill at the time that I met Tony. 130 00:07:01,554 --> 00:07:03,690 I was real busy. 131 00:07:03,723 --> 00:07:07,427 So, basically, I was not paying attention. 132 00:07:07,460 --> 00:07:10,096 Narrator: Though in court statements, Wilson will later deny 133 00:07:10,130 --> 00:07:12,866 that his relationship with Lewis was ever intimate, 134 00:07:12,899 --> 00:07:14,734 his texts to her, calling her 135 00:07:14,768 --> 00:07:18,838 "the future Mrs. Wilson," imply a serious romance. 136 00:07:18,872 --> 00:07:21,107 "The reason I don't want to know about you 137 00:07:21,141 --> 00:07:24,511 or see your work is to know for certain I love you, 138 00:07:24,544 --> 00:07:25,779 and nothing else. 139 00:07:25,812 --> 00:07:27,313 It is my hope we get to a place 140 00:07:27,347 --> 00:07:29,516 where we never have to think about cash 141 00:07:29,549 --> 00:07:31,851 but the peace it brings." 142 00:07:31,885 --> 00:07:34,688 One of my girlfriends, one night, she came in, 143 00:07:34,721 --> 00:07:37,033 and she was like, "Jenny's in love. 144 00:07:37,057 --> 00:07:38,725 Jenny's in love. Jenny's in love." 145 00:07:38,758 --> 00:07:42,562 Well, I was, I kind of told her, "No, I'm not in love. 146 00:07:42,595 --> 00:07:45,799 I'm in a relationship, but I'm not in love yet," you know? 147 00:07:45,832 --> 00:07:48,702 Narrator: But when he introduces Jenifer to his children, 148 00:07:48,735 --> 00:07:50,046 she melts. 149 00:07:50,070 --> 00:07:51,971 Lewis: When I saw how beautiful they were, 150 00:07:52,072 --> 00:07:56,576 smart and lovely, I, uh, softened. 151 00:07:56,609 --> 00:08:02,582 And he built up this fantasy world, and I started thinking, 152 00:08:02,615 --> 00:08:04,718 "Could I live a normal life? 153 00:08:04,751 --> 00:08:09,189 Could I actually marry and raise two children... 154 00:08:09,222 --> 00:08:11,191 Help raise two children?" 155 00:08:11,224 --> 00:08:14,527 And I was like, "you know, why not?" 156 00:08:14,561 --> 00:08:16,796 Narrator: Wilson offers undying devotion, 157 00:08:16,830 --> 00:08:20,600 and a comfortable, if conventional, life together. 158 00:08:20,633 --> 00:08:23,503 Less than three months after meeting Antonio Wilson, 159 00:08:23,536 --> 00:08:25,638 Lewis is sold. 160 00:08:25,672 --> 00:08:28,842 He started to tell me about his sound business, 161 00:08:28,875 --> 00:08:30,610 and I agreed to invest in it. 162 00:08:30,643 --> 00:08:31,745 It sounded great. 163 00:08:31,778 --> 00:08:34,080 I looked it up on the Internet. 164 00:08:34,114 --> 00:08:37,083 Looked legit. So, I invested. 165 00:08:37,117 --> 00:08:39,953 Narrator: To the tune of $50,000. 166 00:08:40,053 --> 00:08:43,490 According to court papers, he instructs her to write "gift" 167 00:08:43,523 --> 00:08:47,293 in the memo line of her checks, instead of "investment." 168 00:08:47,327 --> 00:08:49,062 And there's something else. 169 00:08:49,095 --> 00:08:51,398 Lewis says that, despite all their fun times 170 00:08:51,431 --> 00:08:52,799 and talk of the future, 171 00:08:52,832 --> 00:08:54,768 she's still just a bit ambivalent. 172 00:08:54,801 --> 00:08:56,169 There's a nagging instinct 173 00:08:56,202 --> 00:08:57,937 that she can't put her finger on. 174 00:08:57,971 --> 00:08:59,906 Something is off. 175 00:09:00,006 --> 00:09:02,985 It was like... it was shattered. 176 00:09:03,009 --> 00:09:04,987 Something wasn't right. 177 00:09:05,011 --> 00:09:09,783 There was no alignment in the feelings, you see? 178 00:09:09,816 --> 00:09:11,994 Narrator: But when Jenifer confesses she's scared 179 00:09:12,018 --> 00:09:14,287 by the pace of their whirlwind romance, 180 00:09:14,320 --> 00:09:17,657 Wilson, who's courted her as a knight in shining armor, 181 00:09:17,691 --> 00:09:20,760 Responds with an un-chivalrous ultimatum. 182 00:09:20,794 --> 00:09:23,830 "Love your money or me, to be blunt." 183 00:09:23,863 --> 00:09:25,165 Katzenstein: That's pressure. 184 00:09:25,198 --> 00:09:29,202 And by pressuring a victim to pay quickly, 185 00:09:29,235 --> 00:09:30,904 you not only get the money, 186 00:09:30,937 --> 00:09:33,640 but you cut off the victim's opportunities to check on 187 00:09:33,673 --> 00:09:35,942 what's going on, and check your claims. 188 00:09:36,042 --> 00:09:40,022 That type of pressure is also a red flag. 189 00:09:40,046 --> 00:09:43,025 Narrator: Coming up, a friend of Jenifer Lewis goes sleuthing, 190 00:09:43,049 --> 00:09:47,821 and learns the stunning truth about Antonio Mariot Wilson. 191 00:09:47,854 --> 00:09:50,824 When I met, him he had just gotten out of jail! 192 00:09:50,857 --> 00:09:55,862 ♪♪ 193 00:09:59,529 --> 00:10:03,033 ♪♪ 194 00:10:04,668 --> 00:10:09,606 ♪♪ 195 00:10:09,639 --> 00:10:13,076 Narrator: By September of 2015, actress Jenifer Lewis 196 00:10:13,110 --> 00:10:17,347 is ramping up a whirlwind romance with Antonio Wilson... 197 00:10:17,381 --> 00:10:19,583 Mr. Too-good-To-Be-True. 198 00:10:19,616 --> 00:10:23,086 "Just wanted you to know you are being thought of. 199 00:10:23,120 --> 00:10:24,287 Love you." 200 00:10:24,321 --> 00:10:27,257 Whatever his faults, Tony is her rock. 201 00:10:27,290 --> 00:10:29,126 She announces she's going to marry him, 202 00:10:29,159 --> 00:10:31,495 and plans to pour tens of thousands more 203 00:10:31,528 --> 00:10:35,332 into his Ultimate FX sound software business. 204 00:10:35,365 --> 00:10:38,702 Concerned, and suspicious, friends gently caution. 205 00:10:38,735 --> 00:10:43,507 What does she really know about Antonio Wilson? 206 00:10:43,540 --> 00:10:45,742 A close girlfriend starts sleuthing 207 00:10:45,776 --> 00:10:49,346 Antonio Wilson's online footprint. 208 00:10:49,379 --> 00:10:51,248 Lewis: She went home, and researched him, 209 00:10:51,281 --> 00:10:54,051 went deeper into the Internet, looking. 210 00:10:54,084 --> 00:10:58,288 And then, she found Brice Carrington. 211 00:10:58,321 --> 00:11:01,491 His picture. In my face. 212 00:11:01,525 --> 00:11:04,461 Charged for fraud. 213 00:11:04,494 --> 00:11:09,466 When I met him, he had just gotten out of jail! 214 00:11:09,499 --> 00:11:11,668 Oh my God, it was... 215 00:11:11,702 --> 00:11:14,705 it was beyond shocking. 216 00:11:14,738 --> 00:11:17,441 Narrator: She recalls wondering just how many other people 217 00:11:17,474 --> 00:11:20,143 her then-boyfriend had ripped off. 218 00:11:20,177 --> 00:11:21,745 But as she'll soon discover, 219 00:11:21,778 --> 00:11:25,115 Antonio Wilson has been slipping into new personas, 220 00:11:25,148 --> 00:11:30,087 and inventing fantastical fictions for decades. 221 00:11:30,120 --> 00:11:34,324 ♪♪ 222 00:11:34,358 --> 00:11:37,327 In 2005, in the affluent Bay Area city 223 00:11:37,361 --> 00:11:40,197 of Pleasanton, California, Antonio Wilson 224 00:11:40,230 --> 00:11:44,201 goes by a different name... Brice Carrington. 225 00:11:44,234 --> 00:11:46,103 It's a name he penned himself, 226 00:11:46,136 --> 00:11:49,106 and it sounds like a soap opera character. 227 00:11:49,139 --> 00:11:51,675 Brice Carrington finds a home to match the name 228 00:11:51,708 --> 00:11:54,244 in a $2.7 million estate 229 00:11:54,277 --> 00:11:57,314 in the exclusive Ruby Hill subdivision. 230 00:11:57,347 --> 00:12:00,217 He enlists mortgage broker Clay Cunningham 231 00:12:00,250 --> 00:12:02,219 to help him ink the deal. 232 00:12:02,252 --> 00:12:03,653 Cunningham: Beautiful home. 233 00:12:03,687 --> 00:12:07,324 6,100 square feet, four-car garage, 234 00:12:07,357 --> 00:12:10,293 huge acre worth the land, 235 00:12:10,327 --> 00:12:13,430 backed up to an 18-hole golf course, 236 00:12:13,463 --> 00:12:17,300 which was the allure for that private community. 237 00:12:17,334 --> 00:12:19,770 Narrator: Reviewing his new client's financials, 238 00:12:19,803 --> 00:12:22,406 Cunningham sees large deposits, 239 00:12:22,439 --> 00:12:24,441 but no regular paychecks. 240 00:12:24,474 --> 00:12:26,209 Brice tells him that's because he works 241 00:12:26,243 --> 00:12:27,377 in the movie industry, 242 00:12:27,411 --> 00:12:30,514 and that's not a regular 9-to-5 job. 243 00:12:30,547 --> 00:12:36,653 I'm like, "How do you just get paid, like, $60,000, 244 00:12:36,687 --> 00:12:40,390 and $40,000, and $90,000?" 245 00:12:40,424 --> 00:12:42,426 And he goes, "That's the way it goes in Hollywood. 246 00:12:42,459 --> 00:12:43,727 It's piecework." 247 00:12:43,760 --> 00:12:47,164 So, everything kind of... 248 00:12:47,197 --> 00:12:49,433 fell into place, and had a reasonable, 249 00:12:49,466 --> 00:12:53,337 plausible explanation. 250 00:12:53,370 --> 00:12:56,707 Narrator: As Cunningham works the deal, he goes back and forth 251 00:12:56,740 --> 00:12:59,309 as to whether his client is legit. 252 00:12:59,343 --> 00:13:03,680 On the one hand, his style seems to match his story. 253 00:13:03,714 --> 00:13:07,617 Carrington zips around town in a revolving lineup of luxury cars. 254 00:13:07,651 --> 00:13:12,789 There's his custom Hummer H2, Mercedes SL500R, 255 00:13:12,823 --> 00:13:17,694 and the pride of his fleet, a black Lamborghini Murcielago. 256 00:13:17,728 --> 00:13:20,697 On the other hand, there are red flags. 257 00:13:20,731 --> 00:13:22,299 Carrington is quick to brag 258 00:13:22,332 --> 00:13:24,568 that he's an Oscar-winning sound designer, 259 00:13:24,601 --> 00:13:26,636 creating all the signature sound effects 260 00:13:26,670 --> 00:13:29,639 for blockbuster movies "Spiderman," 261 00:13:29,673 --> 00:13:33,710 "King Kong," "Fantastic Four," "Jurassic park." 262 00:13:33,744 --> 00:13:38,749 He said that he created the sound for the T-Rex 263 00:13:38,782 --> 00:13:40,784 on "Jurassic Park." 264 00:13:40,817 --> 00:13:42,285 Look out! 265 00:13:46,456 --> 00:13:49,993 So, I went to the movies, and watched "Jurassic Park." 266 00:13:50,093 --> 00:13:51,461 When the credits start rolling, 267 00:13:51,495 --> 00:13:53,330 I'm like, "I'm gonna read every name." 268 00:13:53,363 --> 00:13:54,574 And i want to see if Brice Carrington 269 00:13:54,598 --> 00:13:56,733 is on there somewhere. And it wasn't. 270 00:13:56,767 --> 00:13:58,769 Narrator: Gary Rydstrom is the real 271 00:13:58,802 --> 00:14:01,014 seven-time-Oscar-winning sound artist. 272 00:14:01,038 --> 00:14:03,373 But Brice Carrington breezily explains 273 00:14:03,407 --> 00:14:06,309 why his own name isn't in the credits. 274 00:14:06,343 --> 00:14:08,945 "Oh, that's typical, because, you know, 275 00:14:09,046 --> 00:14:11,581 we're... we're the back office. 276 00:14:11,615 --> 00:14:13,483 You know, we put the sounds together, 277 00:14:13,517 --> 00:14:17,320 and the producers put it... The film together." 278 00:14:17,354 --> 00:14:19,666 Narrator: Carrington builds a friendship with Cunningham... 279 00:14:19,690 --> 00:14:22,225 Perhaps strategically. 280 00:14:22,259 --> 00:14:28,665 Cunningham: We took rides in very expensive cars, like his Lamborghini. 281 00:14:28,699 --> 00:14:31,535 He seemed to be a very nice guy. 282 00:14:31,568 --> 00:14:35,238 Narrator: Any lingering doubts Cunningham has quickly evaporate 283 00:14:35,272 --> 00:14:36,973 when he visits Carrington's house, 284 00:14:37,074 --> 00:14:40,677 and spots three gleaming Oscars in Carrington's office. 285 00:14:40,711 --> 00:14:43,447 Cunningham: And I'm like, "Wow. Can I touch it? 286 00:14:43,480 --> 00:14:44,815 Can I pick one up?" 287 00:14:44,848 --> 00:14:46,259 And he goes, "Yeah, but put those little 288 00:14:46,283 --> 00:14:47,517 white gloves on first, 289 00:14:47,551 --> 00:14:48,828 because I don't want your fingerprints 290 00:14:48,852 --> 00:14:53,457 to ruin the polish on the statuette." 291 00:14:53,490 --> 00:14:55,425 Narrator: Cunningham is starstruck, 292 00:14:55,459 --> 00:14:57,594 and convinced that Brice Carrington 293 00:14:57,627 --> 00:14:59,363 is the real deal. 294 00:14:59,396 --> 00:15:02,366 And, as he will do years later with Jenifer Lewis, 295 00:15:02,399 --> 00:15:04,935 Antonio Wilson makes his pitch. 296 00:15:05,035 --> 00:15:08,505 Though big-screen sound wizardry is his claim to fame, 297 00:15:08,538 --> 00:15:11,808 his software business, dubbed Ultimate FX, 298 00:15:11,842 --> 00:15:14,378 is on the brink of taking off. 299 00:15:14,411 --> 00:15:17,714 Carrington says he's creating a software mixing board 300 00:15:17,748 --> 00:15:20,250 that allows everyday folks to download 301 00:15:20,283 --> 00:15:23,720 Hollywood-caliber sound effects into their own home movies 302 00:15:23,754 --> 00:15:25,856 with a few clicks. 303 00:15:25,889 --> 00:15:28,558 He doctors up impressive-looking contracts 304 00:15:28,592 --> 00:15:31,928 with Pinnacle Software to show Cunningham. 305 00:15:31,962 --> 00:15:35,432 Cunningham: And then, he offered me the opportunity to be an investor, 306 00:15:35,465 --> 00:15:37,501 because he was going to make big money. 307 00:15:37,534 --> 00:15:39,436 I trust, but verify. 308 00:15:39,469 --> 00:15:43,607 I verified, even more than a normal person, 309 00:15:43,640 --> 00:15:46,576 the other investors, would verify. 310 00:15:46,610 --> 00:15:49,079 I did his lousy mortgage. 311 00:15:49,112 --> 00:15:54,451 Narrator: Cunningham invests $100,000, then another $200,000. 312 00:15:54,484 --> 00:15:56,286 And he isn't alone. 313 00:15:56,319 --> 00:15:59,356 According to court documents, at least 13 investors 314 00:15:59,389 --> 00:16:03,360 fork over more than $4.5 million. 315 00:16:03,393 --> 00:16:06,096 In reality, that's what is funding Brice's 316 00:16:06,129 --> 00:16:09,800 glamorous lifestyle, say prosecutors. 317 00:16:09,833 --> 00:16:12,502 Defense attorney Randy Sue Pollack recalls 318 00:16:12,536 --> 00:16:16,473 that her former client knows most of his targets well. 319 00:16:16,506 --> 00:16:18,685 A lot of the people were people who lived in his community. 320 00:16:18,709 --> 00:16:20,777 I mean, they had money. 321 00:16:20,811 --> 00:16:22,679 And they had the money to invest. 322 00:16:22,713 --> 00:16:25,082 And there's just... it's greed. 323 00:16:25,115 --> 00:16:27,317 Everyone wants more money. 324 00:16:27,351 --> 00:16:29,953 Narrator: Prosecutors allege that, while Carrington will spend 325 00:16:30,053 --> 00:16:33,323 a few hundred thousand on developing a basic concept, 326 00:16:33,357 --> 00:16:36,126 he has zero credits in the film industry. 327 00:16:36,159 --> 00:16:39,496 But who needs experience when you're a great hype man? 328 00:16:39,529 --> 00:16:42,499 He touts his a-list movie work in PR listings, 329 00:16:42,532 --> 00:16:47,704 and flaunts "polishing my statuettes" on twitter. 330 00:16:47,738 --> 00:16:49,506 Up next, Hollywood's had it 331 00:16:49,539 --> 00:16:52,051 with Brice Carrington's credit poaching. 332 00:16:52,075 --> 00:16:53,710 He hurt our community. 333 00:16:53,744 --> 00:16:55,912 He hurt, you know, a lot of people in the community. 334 00:16:55,946 --> 00:16:58,715 Narrator: But will he get away with his lies? 335 00:16:58,749 --> 00:17:01,084 Crime does pay. That's what you're saying. 336 00:17:01,118 --> 00:17:06,356 ♪♪ 337 00:17:09,723 --> 00:17:12,760 ♪♪ 338 00:17:16,130 --> 00:17:18,932 Narrator: Brice Carrington is shamelessly promoting himself 339 00:17:19,033 --> 00:17:21,268 as an Oscar-winning sound designer. 340 00:17:21,301 --> 00:17:24,938 He says it, I see it, then "Wow. You got it." 341 00:17:25,039 --> 00:17:27,941 And I wouldn't have paid attention to a sound engineer. 342 00:17:28,042 --> 00:17:31,111 You know, if you'd... If he told me won for acting, 343 00:17:31,145 --> 00:17:32,613 I would know that. 344 00:17:32,646 --> 00:17:33,966 But, you know, it didn't seem like 345 00:17:34,048 --> 00:17:36,650 something really far afield. 346 00:17:36,684 --> 00:17:38,686 Narrator: But while most people might not catch on 347 00:17:38,719 --> 00:17:40,220 to his made-up credits, 348 00:17:40,254 --> 00:17:44,591 Hollywood's actual sound community knows the truth. 349 00:17:44,625 --> 00:17:46,960 Everybody knew that he wasn't for real. 350 00:17:47,061 --> 00:17:49,630 We just considered him to be just, you know, a jerk... 351 00:17:49,663 --> 00:17:53,967 Just a guy making up stuff because he can. 352 00:17:54,068 --> 00:17:57,047 Narrator: Charles Maynes is one of the real sonic maestros 353 00:17:57,071 --> 00:17:59,049 behind dozens of iconic films, 354 00:17:59,073 --> 00:18:02,810 including "Fantastic Four" and "Spiderman." 355 00:18:02,843 --> 00:18:04,812 I mean, I think people were really offended 356 00:18:04,845 --> 00:18:06,580 when he took the credit that he did. 357 00:18:06,613 --> 00:18:10,117 Narrator: Beyond offensive, Carrington is downright absurd 358 00:18:10,150 --> 00:18:13,120 when he advertises in Hollywood with this photo, 359 00:18:13,153 --> 00:18:15,255 claiming he uses a lion's roar 360 00:18:15,289 --> 00:18:19,827 in all of his "signature sound effects." 361 00:18:19,860 --> 00:18:23,006 He literally had made these bus billboard posters, 362 00:18:23,030 --> 00:18:24,832 and it was like somebody took a picture of it, 363 00:18:24,865 --> 00:18:27,835 and was like, "Oh. my God." You know, "Really?" 364 00:18:27,868 --> 00:18:30,838 Narrator: But by 2007, Maynes has had enough, 365 00:18:30,871 --> 00:18:33,240 and calls Carrington out. 366 00:18:33,273 --> 00:18:34,918 Maynes: Somewhere along the lines, I had heard 367 00:18:34,942 --> 00:18:37,111 that he'd claimed credit for working on "Spiderman." 368 00:18:37,144 --> 00:18:39,613 I was able to actually get in touch with him. 369 00:18:39,646 --> 00:18:42,216 And I just said, you know, like, "This really isn't right. 370 00:18:42,249 --> 00:18:43,650 You shouldn't be claiming credit 371 00:18:43,684 --> 00:18:45,028 for stuff you weren't involved in." 372 00:18:45,052 --> 00:18:46,553 And, you know, "Please stop." 373 00:18:46,587 --> 00:18:48,622 In an industry trade statement, 374 00:18:48,655 --> 00:18:50,958 Carrington writes a rambling retraction, 375 00:18:51,058 --> 00:18:53,794 admitting that he's never worked on a feature film, 376 00:18:53,827 --> 00:18:55,829 then claiming he's simply creating 377 00:18:55,863 --> 00:18:59,600 his own versions of well-known movie sound effects, 378 00:18:59,633 --> 00:19:02,069 and selling these alternatives to the public. 379 00:19:02,102 --> 00:19:03,671 "Like, in 'Jurassic Park, ' 380 00:19:03,704 --> 00:19:06,607 we make a T-Rex using hogs in water, 381 00:19:06,640 --> 00:19:10,811 lion growls, a lawn mower, and elephant roars. 382 00:19:10,844 --> 00:19:12,212 That is my version." 383 00:19:12,246 --> 00:19:15,182 His explanation lands with a thud. 384 00:19:15,215 --> 00:19:17,785 I think, you know, anybody in the community 385 00:19:17,818 --> 00:19:20,020 who saw that was like going, "Yeah, right." 386 00:19:20,054 --> 00:19:21,755 It's total BS. 387 00:19:21,789 --> 00:19:26,927 There's no evidence that these alternatives even exist. 388 00:19:27,027 --> 00:19:29,730 Narrator: The sound community is entirely unaware 389 00:19:29,763 --> 00:19:32,900 that he's pirating their credits to steal millions of dollars. 390 00:19:32,933 --> 00:19:35,803 And he's not about to stop... until 2009, 391 00:19:35,836 --> 00:19:39,306 when Internal Revenue Service agents come calling. 392 00:19:39,340 --> 00:19:42,076 Carrington's tax filings are in arrears. 393 00:19:42,109 --> 00:19:45,779 And U.S. attorneys take up a criminal prosecution. 394 00:19:45,813 --> 00:19:48,248 Up until now, Carrington's mortgage-broker 395 00:19:48,282 --> 00:19:51,819 turned Ultimate FX investor, Clay Cunningham, 396 00:19:51,852 --> 00:19:55,031 believes his friend is going to make him rich. 397 00:19:55,055 --> 00:19:58,926 Everything seemed legit... Until it wasn't. 398 00:19:58,959 --> 00:20:01,695 Narrator: When IRS investigators show up with questions 399 00:20:01,729 --> 00:20:04,698 about his role in financing Carrington's house, 400 00:20:04,732 --> 00:20:06,400 his heart sinks. 401 00:20:06,433 --> 00:20:10,671 It's an unnerving feeling, to open the door, 402 00:20:10,704 --> 00:20:12,272 and have two IRS agents. 403 00:20:12,306 --> 00:20:16,276 And they were just drilling me, for four hours. 404 00:20:16,310 --> 00:20:18,946 I had a wife. I had a son. 405 00:20:18,979 --> 00:20:22,216 Just a working Joe, trying to make it. 406 00:20:22,249 --> 00:20:25,319 And I thought this was gonna be my "make it." 407 00:20:25,352 --> 00:20:27,755 Narrator: Though they immediately clear Cunningham 408 00:20:27,788 --> 00:20:30,624 of any wrongdoing, it's cold comfort. 409 00:20:30,657 --> 00:20:32,726 He realizes he's been taken. 410 00:20:32,760 --> 00:20:36,163 And he says the ripple effects are painful. 411 00:20:36,196 --> 00:20:39,299 What a horrible thing to go through, and lose that money, 412 00:20:39,333 --> 00:20:41,335 and being involved with something like this, 413 00:20:41,368 --> 00:20:44,204 and set my family back, and be a catalyst of my divorce, 414 00:20:44,238 --> 00:20:46,974 my bankruptcy. 415 00:20:47,007 --> 00:20:53,981 Lost a home, lost my child at 13, 416 00:20:54,014 --> 00:20:58,052 and I ended up back in Michigan, where I was born and raised. 417 00:21:04,858 --> 00:21:06,694 But it's out. 418 00:21:06,727 --> 00:21:08,295 I no longer have to hide it. 419 00:21:11,298 --> 00:21:14,044 Narrator: As Carrington's court-appointed counsel, 420 00:21:14,068 --> 00:21:17,838 Randy Pollack discovers her new client is full of surprises. 421 00:21:17,871 --> 00:21:22,343 First, Brice Carrington is also Antonio Wilson. 422 00:21:22,376 --> 00:21:25,055 Worse, Antonio Wilson has skipped out 423 00:21:25,079 --> 00:21:27,348 on another fraud case in Texas 424 00:21:27,381 --> 00:21:30,150 that he hasn't disclosed to anyone. 425 00:21:30,184 --> 00:21:31,985 Pollock: But it was the same type of case, 426 00:21:32,086 --> 00:21:35,956 and his claim was he... He didn't know about it. 427 00:21:35,989 --> 00:21:39,994 But he did, and it was under his other name of Antonio Wilson. 428 00:21:40,094 --> 00:21:42,229 Narrator: Carrington pleads "guilty" to tax evasion 429 00:21:42,262 --> 00:21:45,075 and federal wire fraud for scamming Cunningham 430 00:21:45,099 --> 00:21:47,201 and other investors. 431 00:21:47,234 --> 00:21:51,171 The IRS confiscates his sprawling house and fancy cars, 432 00:21:51,205 --> 00:21:55,085 and he agrees to pay $4.1 million in restitution 433 00:21:55,109 --> 00:21:59,089 to victims of his Ultimate FX investment scam. 434 00:21:59,113 --> 00:22:02,349 Carrington is sentenced to four years in prison. 435 00:22:02,383 --> 00:22:04,184 And there's a cherry on top. 436 00:22:04,218 --> 00:22:07,187 Remember those Oscars he showed Cunningham... 437 00:22:07,221 --> 00:22:09,356 The ones that sealed the deal? 438 00:22:09,390 --> 00:22:10,891 They're fake. 439 00:22:10,924 --> 00:22:13,861 Carrington paid a local jeweler $52,000 440 00:22:13,894 --> 00:22:16,764 to create exact replicas. 441 00:22:16,797 --> 00:22:18,399 Now, in addition to prison, 442 00:22:18,432 --> 00:22:21,802 he has to pay a $15,000 copyright infringement fine 443 00:22:21,835 --> 00:22:25,873 to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 444 00:22:25,906 --> 00:22:28,809 Clay Cunningham, left to rebuild his life, 445 00:22:28,842 --> 00:22:30,844 recalls angrily addressing the judge 446 00:22:30,878 --> 00:22:33,313 at his former friend's sentencing. 447 00:22:33,347 --> 00:22:36,216 Cunningham: I have no more faith in your judicial system. 448 00:22:36,250 --> 00:22:39,753 Crime does pay. That's what you're saying. 449 00:22:42,923 --> 00:22:45,959 Behind bars, Brice Carrington is reborn 450 00:22:45,993 --> 00:22:50,297 as Oxford University theologian Dr. Tony Mariot, 451 00:22:50,331 --> 00:22:53,267 and launches a hustle as a religious author, 452 00:22:53,300 --> 00:22:58,305 self-publishing "Behind the Faith: Revelation." 453 00:22:58,339 --> 00:23:02,209 He's released in 2013, after serving three and a half years. 454 00:23:02,242 --> 00:23:09,416 ♪♪ 455 00:23:09,450 --> 00:23:12,152 On September 11th, 2015, 456 00:23:12,186 --> 00:23:15,031 within hours of her friend revealing the devastating truth 457 00:23:15,055 --> 00:23:17,091 about her potential fiancé, 458 00:23:17,124 --> 00:23:20,427 Lewis is rocked by another crushing blow. 459 00:23:20,461 --> 00:23:27,267 Not only did I find out that he was a con artist, 460 00:23:27,301 --> 00:23:32,139 but I found it out on the day my mother died. 461 00:23:32,172 --> 00:23:34,241 Narrator: Though still reeling from grief, 462 00:23:34,274 --> 00:23:38,979 that night, Lewis fires off a Final Text To Tony Wilson... 463 00:23:39,079 --> 00:23:41,148 "Tony, I have been given some information 464 00:23:41,181 --> 00:23:43,117 that is beyond disturbing. 465 00:23:43,150 --> 00:23:44,518 I need to figure things out. 466 00:23:44,551 --> 00:23:48,064 Please do not contact me at all." 467 00:23:48,088 --> 00:23:49,590 She notifies police, 468 00:23:49,623 --> 00:23:53,293 and is eventually granted a temporary restraining order. 469 00:23:53,327 --> 00:23:54,928 But in a civil complaint, 470 00:23:54,962 --> 00:23:58,932 Lewis says police tell her she doesn't have a case. 471 00:23:58,966 --> 00:24:02,403 That's because Wilson instructed Jenifer to write "gift" 472 00:24:02,436 --> 00:24:05,039 in the memo line for her investments. 473 00:24:05,072 --> 00:24:08,242 And according to police, she says, that four-Letter word 474 00:24:08,275 --> 00:24:11,178 is Wilson's get-out-of-jail-free card. 475 00:24:11,211 --> 00:24:13,947 Though under fraudulent circumstances, 476 00:24:14,048 --> 00:24:15,416 she gave him the money. 477 00:24:15,449 --> 00:24:18,152 Police do not arrest Wilson. 478 00:24:18,185 --> 00:24:21,555 I found out I had to get justice myself. 479 00:24:21,588 --> 00:24:23,323 Lewis alerts L.A. Fitness, 480 00:24:23,357 --> 00:24:25,192 and tries to have him fired, 481 00:24:25,225 --> 00:24:27,961 but alleges in a later civil complaint 482 00:24:28,062 --> 00:24:29,963 that Wilson keeps his job. 483 00:24:30,064 --> 00:24:34,068 And she is told to "stop making accusations without proof." 484 00:24:34,101 --> 00:24:36,046 It's an assault. 485 00:24:36,070 --> 00:24:38,372 You're humiliated. 486 00:24:38,405 --> 00:24:43,110 It's the impact of a tsunami, 487 00:24:43,143 --> 00:24:45,412 when somebody gets that close to you, 488 00:24:45,446 --> 00:24:51,151 and you find out that it's all a lie. 489 00:24:51,185 --> 00:24:54,188 Everything's a lie. 490 00:24:54,221 --> 00:25:00,327 And I will say, God knows I should have seen it. 491 00:25:00,361 --> 00:25:03,230 Narrator: Coming up, Jenifer Lewis knows the awful truth 492 00:25:03,263 --> 00:25:05,008 about Antonio Wilson, 493 00:25:05,032 --> 00:25:08,202 and she's making sure everyone else does, too. 494 00:25:08,235 --> 00:25:11,405 I'm sure Tony was confident that, 495 00:25:11,438 --> 00:25:14,641 being a celebrity, I would never tell. 496 00:25:14,675 --> 00:25:16,310 It would be a scandal. 497 00:25:16,343 --> 00:25:18,412 Wrong girl. 498 00:25:18,445 --> 00:25:23,484 ♪♪ 499 00:25:27,217 --> 00:25:30,820 ♪♪ 500 00:25:32,522 --> 00:25:37,060 ♪♪ 501 00:25:37,093 --> 00:25:38,762 Narrator: Living in Santa Monica, 502 00:25:38,795 --> 00:25:41,898 Antonio Wilson has scaled back from his flashy days 503 00:25:41,931 --> 00:25:43,700 in Northern California. 504 00:25:43,733 --> 00:25:46,069 Instead of a golf course estate, 505 00:25:46,102 --> 00:25:48,805 he stays off the radar in an upscale condo 506 00:25:48,838 --> 00:25:51,107 blocks away from the beach. 507 00:25:51,141 --> 00:25:54,511 But after his scam on Jenifer Lewis goes bust, 508 00:25:54,544 --> 00:25:57,514 Antonio Wilson is strapped for cash. 509 00:25:57,547 --> 00:26:01,685 He reboots with a new persona... Altruistic businessman... 510 00:26:01,718 --> 00:26:05,021 And a new company he calls "A Second Life." 511 00:26:05,055 --> 00:26:07,257 Announcer: Second Life's application will let you choose 512 00:26:07,290 --> 00:26:09,059 the service you need. 513 00:26:09,092 --> 00:26:11,037 Narrator: Wilson says it's a software application, 514 00:26:11,061 --> 00:26:14,130 featuring videos to help viewers get government benefits 515 00:26:14,164 --> 00:26:16,933 like welfare and medical care. 516 00:26:17,033 --> 00:26:19,636 Announcer: There is no method of simplifying the explanation 517 00:26:19,669 --> 00:26:21,571 of how to get public assistance 518 00:26:21,604 --> 00:26:25,308 for those who find it difficult to understand the process. 519 00:26:25,342 --> 00:26:29,145 Second Life's application is a solution to this challenge. 520 00:26:29,179 --> 00:26:32,148 Narrator: And just like before, Wilson targets wealthy, 521 00:26:32,182 --> 00:26:35,185 successful women as investors in his platform. 522 00:26:35,218 --> 00:26:37,520 Prosecutors say he hooks up with them 523 00:26:37,554 --> 00:26:40,223 through dating apps such as Bumble. 524 00:26:40,256 --> 00:26:43,593 They were not vulnerable, easy targets. 525 00:26:43,626 --> 00:26:45,037 The women, by and large, 526 00:26:45,061 --> 00:26:47,864 were smart, successful, sophisticated women. 527 00:26:47,897 --> 00:26:50,166 He just moved very quickly. 528 00:26:50,200 --> 00:26:53,803 I think he could identify what they were looking for, 529 00:26:53,837 --> 00:26:57,640 and, within a day or two, were talking to him on the telephone, 530 00:26:57,674 --> 00:27:01,177 and within that week, going on their first date with him. 531 00:27:01,211 --> 00:27:03,813 Narrator: Within a few dates, each new love interest 532 00:27:03,847 --> 00:27:05,682 gets the same smooth script 533 00:27:05,715 --> 00:27:08,018 featuring Wilson's many talents... 534 00:27:08,051 --> 00:27:12,655 Author, Oxford grad, and enterprising entrepreneur. 535 00:27:12,689 --> 00:27:16,826 He hints that big investors are already jockeying for position 536 00:27:16,860 --> 00:27:18,862 to buy into his company. 537 00:27:18,895 --> 00:27:22,332 He would start going into these investment firms 538 00:27:22,365 --> 00:27:25,735 that wanted to give him $30 million for it, 539 00:27:25,769 --> 00:27:29,039 and that he was out raising $10 million dollars, 540 00:27:29,072 --> 00:27:31,841 and all these people wanted in on his new app. 541 00:27:31,875 --> 00:27:34,020 And then, he would say, 542 00:27:34,044 --> 00:27:36,179 "If you get in early, before all this happens, 543 00:27:36,212 --> 00:27:38,248 you know, you will own a certain number of shares 544 00:27:38,281 --> 00:27:40,026 before the price goes up." 545 00:27:40,050 --> 00:27:42,585 Narrator: While investigators say Wilson does spend 546 00:27:42,619 --> 00:27:44,054 a few thousand dollars 547 00:27:44,087 --> 00:27:46,032 in web development and promotional work, 548 00:27:46,056 --> 00:27:49,893 A Second Life's shares are utterly worthless. 549 00:27:49,926 --> 00:27:54,731 But it all boiled down to lies, lies, lies. 550 00:27:54,764 --> 00:27:57,043 "Give me your money. Here's some lies." 551 00:27:57,067 --> 00:27:59,336 Narrator: Between 2015 and 2018, 552 00:27:59,369 --> 00:28:01,237 prosecutors say that Wilson rakes in 553 00:28:01,271 --> 00:28:06,076 at least $300,000 from girlfriends turned investors. 554 00:28:06,109 --> 00:28:07,811 It isn't a billion-dollar heist, 555 00:28:07,844 --> 00:28:09,713 but, as Charles Maynes recalls, 556 00:28:09,746 --> 00:28:12,749 years after his own Brice Carrington encounter, 557 00:28:12,782 --> 00:28:15,185 he might be chasing a bigger thrill. 558 00:28:15,218 --> 00:28:17,253 You know, I kept thinking back to the film 559 00:28:17,287 --> 00:28:18,788 "Catch Me If You Can." 560 00:28:18,822 --> 00:28:21,925 He was extremely skilled at deceiving people. 561 00:28:22,025 --> 00:28:24,361 Narrator: Former assistant U.S. attorney Alex Wyman, 562 00:28:24,394 --> 00:28:26,229 who will later prosecute Wilson, 563 00:28:26,262 --> 00:28:28,932 thinks there's another motivation. 564 00:28:29,032 --> 00:28:30,233 Greed played a factor. 565 00:28:30,266 --> 00:28:31,801 He wanted to live above his means. 566 00:28:31,835 --> 00:28:33,236 He wanted more than he had. 567 00:28:33,269 --> 00:28:35,705 Need, I think, certainly played a factor. 568 00:28:35,739 --> 00:28:37,273 He was a convicted felon. 569 00:28:37,307 --> 00:28:41,020 He turned to fraud as a way of making money. 570 00:28:41,044 --> 00:28:43,113 But most of all, I think he was a predator. 571 00:28:43,146 --> 00:28:46,216 Narrator: And it seems he's a sucker for the spotlight. 572 00:28:46,249 --> 00:28:49,819 Slipping into his Dr. Wilson, Oxford academic character, 573 00:28:49,853 --> 00:28:52,355 he promotes himself as a learned scholar. 574 00:28:52,389 --> 00:28:56,359 And he records himself as a self-styled Indiana Jones, 575 00:28:56,393 --> 00:28:59,129 implying he's in Israel and the Middle East 576 00:28:59,162 --> 00:29:01,731 on archeological digs. 577 00:29:01,765 --> 00:29:07,103 He would have videos of himself out on dig sites, 578 00:29:07,137 --> 00:29:10,206 you know, looking for, like, antiquities and stuff. 579 00:29:10,240 --> 00:29:12,985 He would be in the dirt, you know, with a little brush. 580 00:29:13,009 --> 00:29:15,445 And I don't know where he would go to take these pictures, 581 00:29:15,478 --> 00:29:19,849 but I think it was probably out in the Mojave Desert. 582 00:29:19,883 --> 00:29:23,386 Dr. Mariot Wilson gains enough academic notoriety 583 00:29:23,420 --> 00:29:26,122 that writers even seek him out for interviews. 584 00:29:26,156 --> 00:29:30,827 He offers readers sage pearls of wisdom... "Be honest." 585 00:29:30,860 --> 00:29:33,005 Though, while he's busy wooing women 586 00:29:33,029 --> 00:29:37,133 to invest in A Second Life, he's still a married man. 587 00:29:37,167 --> 00:29:38,802 Married with two kids. 588 00:29:38,835 --> 00:29:40,937 I'm not really sure how that works. 589 00:29:41,037 --> 00:29:44,240 Narrator: And remember how he told Jenifer Lewis he was divorced? 590 00:29:44,274 --> 00:29:46,076 That's just one story. 591 00:29:46,109 --> 00:29:48,912 Other versions are downright gruesome. 592 00:29:48,945 --> 00:29:51,114 And at the time, they knew he had kids, 593 00:29:51,147 --> 00:29:54,851 but he always had some sob story about, you know, his wife, 594 00:29:54,884 --> 00:29:58,121 usually that she was murdered, or in a car accident. 595 00:29:58,154 --> 00:30:00,857 And another one where she was murdered 596 00:30:00,890 --> 00:30:02,792 in front of him and his children. 597 00:30:02,826 --> 00:30:04,160 Narrator: But one by one, 598 00:30:04,194 --> 00:30:06,796 investors are beginning to notice cracks 599 00:30:06,830 --> 00:30:08,198 in Wilson's stories. 600 00:30:08,231 --> 00:30:11,368 When a girlfriend asks where her $150,000 dollar 601 00:30:11,401 --> 00:30:13,003 investment has gone, 602 00:30:13,036 --> 00:30:16,006 he tap dances around an explanation. 603 00:30:16,039 --> 00:30:19,009 He would give her an excel document of some business 604 00:30:19,042 --> 00:30:20,543 expenses that he was doing, 605 00:30:20,577 --> 00:30:23,113 but he never quite had the right answer for her. 606 00:30:23,146 --> 00:30:25,248 So, she was starting to get very suspicious. 607 00:30:25,281 --> 00:30:26,916 And he never answered her question 608 00:30:26,950 --> 00:30:28,494 of what he was actually doing with her money, 609 00:30:28,518 --> 00:30:30,887 and when she'd be able to get her money back. 610 00:30:30,920 --> 00:30:33,790 Narrator: Once Wilson's victims have handed over their money, 611 00:30:33,823 --> 00:30:36,292 he avoids their questions, moves on, 612 00:30:36,326 --> 00:30:39,562 and apparently counts on them to stay quiet. 613 00:30:39,596 --> 00:30:43,500 A lot of victims in romance scams are ashamed. 614 00:30:43,533 --> 00:30:46,236 They're embarrassed that they were conned by someone 615 00:30:46,269 --> 00:30:50,907 that they trusted, someone they were romantically involved in. 616 00:30:50,940 --> 00:30:54,077 Narrator: But Jenifer Lewis isn't ashamed anymore. 617 00:30:54,110 --> 00:30:55,812 She's mad as hell. 618 00:30:55,845 --> 00:30:59,249 Most people would've just wanted to go push away from that. 619 00:30:59,282 --> 00:31:01,184 Not her. 620 00:31:01,217 --> 00:31:04,254 Narrator: And this Hollywood icon is about to turn the tables. 621 00:31:04,287 --> 00:31:06,189 She not only took out Antonio, 622 00:31:06,222 --> 00:31:08,358 she absolutely vaporized that guy. 623 00:31:08,391 --> 00:31:12,095 She brought down the wrath. 624 00:31:12,128 --> 00:31:13,897 Narrator: Want more greed? 625 00:31:13,930 --> 00:31:16,800 Follow us on Instagram, connect on Facebook, 626 00:31:16,833 --> 00:31:18,902 and listen to the "American Greed" podcast 627 00:31:18,935 --> 00:31:21,104 wherever you get your podcasts. 628 00:31:21,137 --> 00:31:22,339 We'll be right back. 629 00:31:27,805 --> 00:31:30,808 ♪♪ 630 00:31:32,476 --> 00:31:37,057 [ Piano playing ] 631 00:31:37,081 --> 00:31:40,451 ♪♪ 632 00:31:40,484 --> 00:31:44,822 Narrator: By early 2017, Jenifer Lewis is on a mission. 633 00:31:46,757 --> 00:31:50,894 This man came into my life, into my home, 634 00:31:50,928 --> 00:31:54,898 into my bedroom and then into me. 635 00:31:54,932 --> 00:31:56,734 I was embarrassed. 636 00:31:56,767 --> 00:32:01,472 I felt like a victim... Which, I don't like that word. 637 00:32:01,505 --> 00:32:03,841 I believe in fighting back. 638 00:32:03,874 --> 00:32:06,710 I believe in getting justice. 639 00:32:06,744 --> 00:32:08,479 Narrator: And she has a plan. 640 00:32:08,512 --> 00:32:10,023 She hires a private investigator, 641 00:32:10,047 --> 00:32:12,025 files a scathing civil suit 642 00:32:12,049 --> 00:32:15,028 against L.A. Fitness and Antonio Wilson, 643 00:32:15,052 --> 00:32:18,122 and sets the stage to play the player. 644 00:32:18,155 --> 00:32:21,525 Jasmine Brand, whose namesake entertainment site 645 00:32:21,558 --> 00:32:25,038 gets wind of the civil suit, publishes an exclusive. 646 00:32:25,062 --> 00:32:27,064 Brand: So, typically, when we break a big story, 647 00:32:27,097 --> 00:32:29,433 I'm always nervous about, 648 00:32:29,466 --> 00:32:31,368 how is it going to be perceived? 649 00:32:31,402 --> 00:32:33,704 You know, what are fans going to think? 650 00:32:33,737 --> 00:32:35,472 Are we going to get backlash? 651 00:32:35,506 --> 00:32:38,051 She's an established actress, and she was a victim? 652 00:32:38,075 --> 00:32:40,711 It didn't really make sense to the average person, 653 00:32:40,744 --> 00:32:42,413 but it was true, 654 00:32:42,446 --> 00:32:44,748 and everyone was really kind of shocked by it. 655 00:32:44,782 --> 00:32:47,885 Narrator: Lewis lights up her former boyfriend on TMZ 656 00:32:47,918 --> 00:32:50,087 and social media interviews. 657 00:32:50,120 --> 00:32:52,589 This is a horrible man, and he... 658 00:32:52,623 --> 00:32:54,591 You know, I really got hurt. 659 00:32:54,625 --> 00:32:55,826 It was very painful. 660 00:32:55,859 --> 00:32:57,070 Interviewer: Are you suing L.A. Fitness? 661 00:32:57,094 --> 00:32:58,796 I most certainly am. 662 00:32:58,829 --> 00:33:02,633 I'm sure Tony Mariot was confident that, 663 00:33:02,666 --> 00:33:05,803 being a celebrity, I would never tell. 664 00:33:05,836 --> 00:33:08,038 It would be a scandal. 665 00:33:08,072 --> 00:33:10,074 Wrong girl. 666 00:33:10,107 --> 00:33:12,476 No. I tell everything. 667 00:33:12,509 --> 00:33:14,712 I told him, I said, "You [bleep] with the wrong girl.' 668 00:33:14,745 --> 00:33:16,022 "You [bleep] with the wrong girl, 669 00:33:16,046 --> 00:33:18,849 'cause all I got is time and money." 670 00:33:18,882 --> 00:33:22,419 When you tell, it is so freeing. 671 00:33:22,453 --> 00:33:24,030 You're not holding it in. 672 00:33:24,054 --> 00:33:25,189 She was brutally honest. 673 00:33:25,222 --> 00:33:26,657 And, you know, she said, 674 00:33:26,690 --> 00:33:28,192 "Because of this experience, you know, 675 00:33:28,225 --> 00:33:31,795 I had to go therapy again. I battled depression again." 676 00:33:31,829 --> 00:33:33,464 Those are real feelings. 677 00:33:33,497 --> 00:33:34,808 And the fact that she's in the public eye, 678 00:33:34,832 --> 00:33:36,734 and she talked about that, kind of speaks to 679 00:33:36,767 --> 00:33:38,736 this is something that could happen to any woman, 680 00:33:38,769 --> 00:33:40,671 and this is something that can affect you. 681 00:33:40,704 --> 00:33:42,115 Narrator: As the news gains traction, 682 00:33:42,139 --> 00:33:44,575 Lewis finds an army of supporters, 683 00:33:44,608 --> 00:33:48,579 and a hard-as-nails champion named Don Shipley. 684 00:33:48,612 --> 00:33:50,981 That's the power of people like Jenifer Lewis, 685 00:33:51,081 --> 00:33:52,216 the power of the Internet. 686 00:33:52,249 --> 00:33:53,984 It works both ways. 687 00:33:54,084 --> 00:33:56,654 The phonies use it, you might as well use it, as well. 688 00:33:56,687 --> 00:33:57,988 Narrator: Far from Hollywood, 689 00:33:58,088 --> 00:34:00,858 at his veteran's retreat in rural Maryland, 690 00:34:00,891 --> 00:34:05,005 Shipley is a retired Navy SEAL senior chief. 691 00:34:05,029 --> 00:34:07,865 He's also obsessed with "stolen valor," 692 00:34:07,898 --> 00:34:09,867 the act of military impersonation 693 00:34:09,900 --> 00:34:11,769 that is a federal crime. 694 00:34:11,802 --> 00:34:15,739 A lot of the lies are very easy to understand. 695 00:34:15,773 --> 00:34:17,207 The guy goes to the VFW. 696 00:34:17,241 --> 00:34:19,076 He's a veteran. He goes to the VFW. 697 00:34:19,109 --> 00:34:20,944 He has a few shots of Bruce Lee at the bar, 698 00:34:21,045 --> 00:34:22,746 and he drops the SEAL bomb. 699 00:34:22,780 --> 00:34:25,025 And he can't get out of it, because people have heard him. 700 00:34:25,049 --> 00:34:26,517 Shipley publishes a website 701 00:34:26,550 --> 00:34:29,219 featuring a Phony SEAL of the Week. 702 00:34:29,253 --> 00:34:32,056 He has defrocked thousands. 703 00:34:32,089 --> 00:34:35,192 I'm good at it, and I, uh, don't enjoy doing it, 704 00:34:35,225 --> 00:34:39,930 but I enjoy taking down guys that need taken down. 705 00:34:39,963 --> 00:34:41,532 I think I'll be doing this 706 00:34:41,565 --> 00:34:44,535 till I close my eyes for the final time. 707 00:34:44,568 --> 00:34:46,136 When Jenifer Lewis goes public, 708 00:34:46,170 --> 00:34:49,273 many people see that Wilson claims to be a SEAL. 709 00:34:49,306 --> 00:34:53,277 Some of them write to Shipley, asking him to find the truth. 710 00:34:53,310 --> 00:34:56,180 Shipley: Navy SEAL training is an unclassified Navy school. 711 00:34:56,213 --> 00:34:59,059 It's like being a cook in the Navy, a gunner's mate. 712 00:34:59,083 --> 00:35:02,086 And records are kept of every guy that's ever graduated 713 00:35:02,119 --> 00:35:04,855 in any form of underwater demolition or SEAL team. 714 00:35:04,888 --> 00:35:07,691 And it's right at my fingertips, couple of keystrokes. 715 00:35:07,725 --> 00:35:09,860 Narrator: Amazingly, Shipley realizes 716 00:35:09,893 --> 00:35:13,097 that he has investigated Wilson years before, 717 00:35:13,130 --> 00:35:17,167 back when Brice Carrington was first making his phony claims. 718 00:35:17,201 --> 00:35:19,169 Then, and now, 719 00:35:19,203 --> 00:35:22,015 Antonio Wilson has never been a SEAL. 720 00:35:22,039 --> 00:35:24,308 But he is a Navy veteran. 721 00:35:24,341 --> 00:35:27,020 Shipley: He did seven years. He got out as an E-5. 722 00:35:27,044 --> 00:35:30,080 He had deployed with those air wings overseas a couple times. 723 00:35:30,114 --> 00:35:31,715 There was no combat. 724 00:35:31,749 --> 00:35:33,851 There were no personal awards that he had. 725 00:35:33,884 --> 00:35:37,030 But by everything on his record, he was a good sailor. 726 00:35:37,054 --> 00:35:39,223 Narrator: Good sailor, better liar. 727 00:35:39,256 --> 00:35:42,259 But not good enough to outrun the truth forever. 728 00:35:42,292 --> 00:35:44,928 Wilson earns a four-star excoriation 729 00:35:44,962 --> 00:35:47,040 in a two-parter Don Shipley writes 730 00:35:47,064 --> 00:35:49,700 for Phony SEAL of the Week. 731 00:35:49,733 --> 00:35:53,704 Antonio [bleep] with the wrong woman, is what he did. 732 00:35:53,737 --> 00:35:57,908 Now you're out, and everybody else knows you're a phony, 733 00:35:57,941 --> 00:36:01,988 and everybody who hasn't heard about the term "phony Navy SEAL" 734 00:36:02,012 --> 00:36:05,716 before, that watched, knows it now. 735 00:36:05,749 --> 00:36:08,819 Narrator: Meanwhile, after months of civil litigation, 736 00:36:08,852 --> 00:36:11,689 Lewis obtains a $13,000 judgment 737 00:36:11,722 --> 00:36:15,092 against L.A. Fitness that she donates to charity. 738 00:36:15,125 --> 00:36:17,227 A moral victory. 739 00:36:17,261 --> 00:36:20,230 L.A. Fitness has not responded to "American Greed," 740 00:36:20,264 --> 00:36:21,899 but, in a statement, 741 00:36:21,932 --> 00:36:24,335 claimed Wilson passed their background check, 742 00:36:24,368 --> 00:36:26,370 and denied wrongdoing. 743 00:36:26,403 --> 00:36:29,773 By 2018, when federal prosecutors and the FBI 744 00:36:29,807 --> 00:36:31,375 take up the case, 745 00:36:31,408 --> 00:36:35,245 Wilson is still selling ladies with his Second Life scheme. 746 00:36:35,279 --> 00:36:37,314 But he's no match for the legal comeuppance 747 00:36:37,348 --> 00:36:39,316 that's headed his way. 748 00:36:39,350 --> 00:36:42,686 The FBI uses a trap and trace technique, 749 00:36:42,720 --> 00:36:44,655 identifying call patterns, 750 00:36:44,688 --> 00:36:46,824 and reaching out to the women he's swindled, 751 00:36:46,857 --> 00:36:49,059 including Jenifer Lewis. 752 00:36:49,093 --> 00:36:51,829 They came right to my door. It was kind of cool. 753 00:36:51,862 --> 00:36:54,732 The FBI comes to your door, and goes, "FBI." 754 00:36:54,765 --> 00:36:56,333 It reminded me of "Dragnet," 755 00:36:56,367 --> 00:36:58,736 where he would say, "Just the facts, ma'am." 756 00:36:58,769 --> 00:37:01,705 And one of the female FBI members said, 757 00:37:01,739 --> 00:37:04,641 "Uh, Ms. Lewis, just the facts." 758 00:37:04,675 --> 00:37:05,986 I was like, "Okay. Okay." 759 00:37:06,010 --> 00:37:07,988 And more women are coming forward, 760 00:37:08,012 --> 00:37:11,315 with stories eerily similar to Jenifer's. 761 00:37:11,348 --> 00:37:13,851 One of Wilson's targets even offers to record 762 00:37:13,884 --> 00:37:15,085 a call with him, 763 00:37:15,119 --> 00:37:19,323 asking for her $75,000 investment back. 764 00:37:19,356 --> 00:37:22,726 This victim actually called a meeting with Antonio Wilson, 765 00:37:22,760 --> 00:37:24,762 and gave him a very big sob story 766 00:37:24,795 --> 00:37:26,139 about why she needed her money back. 767 00:37:26,163 --> 00:37:28,298 And he actually did give her her money back. 768 00:37:28,332 --> 00:37:29,800 But she was the only victim 769 00:37:29,833 --> 00:37:31,735 that actually ever saw any money back. 770 00:37:31,769 --> 00:37:35,673 Narrator: But it still doesn't erase his criminal culpability. 771 00:37:35,706 --> 00:37:39,343 If you're intentionally and knowingly telling lies 772 00:37:39,376 --> 00:37:41,879 to somebody to get them to invest in a business 773 00:37:41,912 --> 00:37:43,347 that doesn't even exist, 774 00:37:43,380 --> 00:37:45,315 absolutely, that's still criminal. 775 00:37:45,349 --> 00:37:49,186 Narrator: Antonio Wilson has not responded to "American Greed." 776 00:37:49,219 --> 00:37:50,854 Though, in later court documents, 777 00:37:50,888 --> 00:37:53,033 Wilson expresses regret, 778 00:37:53,057 --> 00:37:55,192 he disputes at least some of the events 779 00:37:55,225 --> 00:37:58,962 that the women describe to prosecutors. 780 00:37:59,063 --> 00:38:01,332 Up next, the feds close in, 781 00:38:01,365 --> 00:38:04,735 and there's yet another surprise in store. 782 00:38:04,768 --> 00:38:09,473 He started conning people at 15 years old. 783 00:38:09,506 --> 00:38:14,745 ♪♪ 784 00:38:19,049 --> 00:38:27,049 ♪♪ 785 00:38:27,091 --> 00:38:29,059 Narrator: Federal Investigators comb through 786 00:38:29,093 --> 00:38:32,005 Antonio Wilson's records, and his bank accounts, 787 00:38:32,029 --> 00:38:34,932 to verify his victims' statements. 788 00:38:35,032 --> 00:38:37,368 And in this type of fraud, it's very relevant 789 00:38:37,401 --> 00:38:41,138 to review the money coming in, and where does that money go. 790 00:38:41,171 --> 00:38:42,806 What does he spend it on? 791 00:38:42,840 --> 00:38:44,908 Does he spend it on actual business expenses, 792 00:38:44,942 --> 00:38:48,245 and growing his app, like he's telling the victims? 793 00:38:48,278 --> 00:38:50,247 Or is he spending it on personal, 794 00:38:50,280 --> 00:38:52,025 uh, expenses, which he was. 795 00:38:52,049 --> 00:38:54,118 Narrator: And following up on Jenifer Lewis' 796 00:38:54,151 --> 00:38:56,029 preliminary legwork, 797 00:38:56,053 --> 00:38:59,256 they confirm perhaps the most unsettling discovery of all... 798 00:38:59,289 --> 00:39:01,525 Most of Antonio Wilson's adult life 799 00:39:01,558 --> 00:39:05,029 is a road map of coast-to-coast crimes. 800 00:39:05,062 --> 00:39:07,131 See, he was very smart. 801 00:39:07,164 --> 00:39:09,500 Not smart enough not to get caught. 802 00:39:09,533 --> 00:39:15,072 He started conning people at 15 years old. 803 00:39:15,105 --> 00:39:19,276 Narrator: In Florida, Wilson makes the papers in 1988 for earlier, 804 00:39:19,309 --> 00:39:22,989 less sophisticated versions of his romance scams. 805 00:39:23,013 --> 00:39:24,281 And makes headlines again 806 00:39:24,314 --> 00:39:26,917 after appearing on an Orlando morning show, 807 00:39:27,017 --> 00:39:31,088 claiming to be NFL pro Dokie Williams. 808 00:39:31,121 --> 00:39:35,025 But for all his dramatic flair and intriguing incarnations, 809 00:39:35,059 --> 00:39:38,028 all of Antonio Wilson's con-artist characters 810 00:39:38,062 --> 00:39:40,230 are finally catching up to him. 811 00:39:40,264 --> 00:39:44,435 In early 2020, the FBI calls Wilson's cellphone. 812 00:39:44,468 --> 00:39:47,013 Dress: At that point, he didn't know what we knew. 813 00:39:47,037 --> 00:39:50,441 I found it interesting that he just started rambling on, 814 00:39:50,474 --> 00:39:53,911 and he used the word, he wasn't doing anything "evil." 815 00:39:53,944 --> 00:39:56,313 And we hadn't even talked much at that point. 816 00:39:56,347 --> 00:39:58,315 We just asked him about his business. 817 00:39:58,349 --> 00:40:00,460 Narrator: But when she informs him that he's the target 818 00:40:00,484 --> 00:40:04,555 of a criminal investigation, Wilson lawyers up. 819 00:40:04,588 --> 00:40:07,324 And I'm wondering if it's 'cause he was in the same 820 00:40:07,358 --> 00:40:10,327 exact position a handful of years ago, 821 00:40:10,361 --> 00:40:14,031 and knows the process, knows what to expect, 822 00:40:14,064 --> 00:40:16,033 and if the FBI's calling, 823 00:40:16,066 --> 00:40:19,303 then, he probably knew his game was up. 824 00:40:19,336 --> 00:40:22,573 Narrator: Within days, he's ready to make a plea deal. 825 00:40:22,606 --> 00:40:26,010 In May of 2020, Wilson pleads guilty 826 00:40:26,043 --> 00:40:27,511 to a count of wire fraud. 827 00:40:27,544 --> 00:40:31,015 And Jenifer Lewis celebrates on Facebook. 828 00:40:31,048 --> 00:40:33,617 "Other women who have been abused by this predator 829 00:40:33,651 --> 00:40:37,888 came forward, and I am so proud of them. 830 00:40:37,921 --> 00:40:43,460 Sometimes, justice does prevail." 831 00:40:43,494 --> 00:40:45,105 Narrator: But before his sentencing hearing, 832 00:40:45,129 --> 00:40:47,564 Wilson doubles, then triples down on his lies, 833 00:40:47,598 --> 00:40:50,067 claiming to be a Navy chief. 834 00:40:50,100 --> 00:40:54,471 Prosecutors enter into evidence the DD-214 military service 835 00:40:54,505 --> 00:40:57,207 form he's falsified, listing embellished 836 00:40:57,241 --> 00:41:00,177 or made-up training and awards. 837 00:41:00,210 --> 00:41:01,545 And there's more. 838 00:41:01,578 --> 00:41:04,648 This appears to be a degree. 839 00:41:04,682 --> 00:41:09,653 Wilson even submits easily disproven diplomas from Oxford. 840 00:41:09,687 --> 00:41:13,123 The probation officer contacted Oxford, 841 00:41:13,157 --> 00:41:15,492 and Oxford had absolutely no record of Wilson 842 00:41:15,526 --> 00:41:18,095 ever being a part of any of their schools. 843 00:41:18,128 --> 00:41:20,097 It was kind of curious that he submitted this, 844 00:41:20,130 --> 00:41:21,675 given that, as part of the plea agreement, 845 00:41:21,699 --> 00:41:25,045 he admitted that he didn't actually graduate from Oxford. 846 00:41:25,069 --> 00:41:27,204 Narrator: On March 10th, 2021, 847 00:41:27,237 --> 00:41:30,240 instead of the 30 months prosecutors ask for, 848 00:41:30,274 --> 00:41:33,143 judge Stephen Wilson exceeds the range, 849 00:41:33,177 --> 00:41:36,180 sentencing him to eight years in federal prison. 850 00:41:36,213 --> 00:41:41,085 And he's ordered to pay $272,000 dollars in restitution. 851 00:41:41,118 --> 00:41:43,253 No, he's good. 852 00:41:43,287 --> 00:41:45,322 But you're not better than me. 853 00:41:45,356 --> 00:41:47,458 And I hope he's watching. 854 00:41:47,491 --> 00:41:49,126 Gotcha, didn't I? 855 00:41:49,159 --> 00:41:50,327 Yeah. 856 00:41:50,361 --> 00:41:51,695 And I'm gonna get you again. 857 00:41:51,729 --> 00:41:54,131 If you get out, I'm gonna get you again. 858 00:41:54,164 --> 00:41:57,334 I think all of the ladies in this story 859 00:41:57,368 --> 00:41:58,702 kind of got the last word, 860 00:41:58,736 --> 00:42:02,172 you know, 'cause look who's behind bars. 861 00:42:02,206 --> 00:42:05,376 Narrator: Jenifer Lewis has moved on to a new starring role 862 00:42:05,409 --> 00:42:07,678 as a formidable C.E.O. 863 00:42:07,711 --> 00:42:09,613 And her own real-life experience 864 00:42:09,646 --> 00:42:12,116 has inspired Lewis to lend her voice 865 00:42:12,149 --> 00:42:16,153 to a documentary for a family seeking justice. 866 00:42:16,186 --> 00:42:18,422 Reporter: Joining me now is actress Jenifer Lewis. 867 00:42:18,455 --> 00:42:21,191 She's also the narrator and executive producer 868 00:42:21,225 --> 00:42:23,494 of "Finding Kendrick Johnson." 869 00:42:23,527 --> 00:42:25,462 Narrator: Lewis says she never expects to see 870 00:42:25,496 --> 00:42:27,164 her investment money returned, 871 00:42:27,197 --> 00:42:32,336 even after Antonio Wilson is released from prison in 2028. 872 00:42:32,369 --> 00:42:33,737 He could be a good person, 873 00:42:33,771 --> 00:42:35,472 and choose to do the right thing, 874 00:42:35,506 --> 00:42:39,109 and he continues to do everything opposite of that. 875 00:42:39,143 --> 00:42:41,712 You know, he deserves to sit in prison for eight years, 876 00:42:41,745 --> 00:42:43,347 and think about that, 877 00:42:43,380 --> 00:42:45,158 and hopefully make better decisions when he comes out. 878 00:42:45,182 --> 00:42:46,650 Antonio's not gonna make the mistakes 879 00:42:46,684 --> 00:42:48,619 he made this time, but he's not done. 880 00:42:48,652 --> 00:42:50,154 I mean, he is gonna get out of prison. 881 00:42:50,187 --> 00:42:52,156 He's got to eat again. And he's good at it. 882 00:42:52,189 --> 00:42:54,491 And if Don Shipley's right... 883 00:42:54,525 --> 00:42:56,527 We don't mind coming after you again. 884 00:42:56,560 --> 00:43:03,200 Captions by VITAC... 885 00:43:03,233 --> 00:43:11,233 ♪♪