Carl Rinsch, the director of 47 Ronin, has been sentenced to 30 months in prison after taking $11 million from Netflix, intended to fund the production of his sci-fi series White Horse, and blowing it on luxury goods and investments in dogecoin.

Rinsch was reportedly handed the lenient sentence on Monday after Judge Jed Rakoff heard statements from the likes of Keanu Reeves, and others who knew Rinsch, attesting to his poor mental health and good character. 

He was convicted of wire fraud in December 2025 after he misappropriated the millions Netflix gave him in 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, to help finish his series that had already cost $44 million.

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