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Gene Maddaus

Arts Crime Movies & TV

Drugs, Diamonds, International Intrigue — You Won't Believe Two Hollywood Producers' Crazy Backstory

Did Remington Chase and Stefan Martirosian “orchestrate” a contract killing in Moscow?

Gene Maddaus LA Weekly Jan 2014 20min Permalink

Media

Michael Hastings' Dangerous Mind: Journalistic Star Was Loved, Feared and Haunted

The life and death of a reporter.

Gene Maddaus LA Weekly Aug 2013 25min Permalink

Crime

The Case of the Bank-Robbing Prostitutes

How a struggling comedian became a pimp who eventually started sending teenage hookers on bank robbery missions that earned them notoriety as the “Starlet Bandits.”

Gene Maddaus LA Weekly Jul 2013 20min Permalink

Sports

Josh Macciello Convinced L.A. He Was in Line to Buy the Dodgers. But He Was Really a Fraud

How a con-man convinced Los Angeles that he was prepared to purchase the Dodgers from the now-bankrupt Frank McCourt.

Gene Maddaus LA Weekly Mar 2012 Permalink