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Much of the film focuses on Marc Collins-Rector, who was convicted of child sexual abuse, and co-owned and operated Digital Entertainment Network, with Brock Pierce also owning a minor share. DEN produced brief online videos during the early days of the Internet, and was noted for wild parties featuring underage boys at Collins-Rector's house.
Marc John Collins-Rector (born October 16, 1959) is an American-born businessman who founded Digital Entertainment Network, an online streaming video broadcaster and dot-com failure. In 2004, he was convicted of child sexual abuse which was highlighted in the 2014 documentary An Open Secret .
[20] and leading to the resignations of Collins-Rector, Shackley, and Pierce, leaving Ritts in charge [2] [21] In July 2000, Alex Burton, then an 18-year-old DEN actor, Mark Ryan, a second DEN employee, and an unnamed third plaintiff who was 15 years old at the time, filed suit against Collins-Rector, Shackley and Pierce, alleging rape, assault ...
Pierce retired from acting at 16 and joined as a minor partner with Marc Collins-Rector and Chad Schackley in establishing Digital Entertainment Network (DEN), which raised $88 million in venture capital. [7] DEN's goal was to deliver original episodic video content over the Internet aimed at niche audiences. [8]
Marc Collins-Rector and his partner Jim Shackley founded Digital Entertainment Network, which was to deliver original episodic video content over the Internet aimed at niche audiences. The startup collapsed after Collins-Rector’s legal troubles in 2000. [6] 1998 October Technology
IGE initially used an address in the city of Marbella, Spain, where Collins-Rector and Pierce shared a villa until it was raided by Interpol in 2002. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] In January 2004, IGE acquired its major competitor, Yantis Enterprises, then run by another secondary market figure, Jonathan Yantis, [ 9 ] for $2.4 million and 37% share of the company.
In April 2014, actor and model Michael Egan sued Singer for sexual assault of a minor, alleging that Singer drugged and raped him in Hawaii over a period of two years after meeting him at parties hosted by convicted sex offender Marc Collins-Rector. [82]
Marc Cécillon, French rugby union player and convicted murderer; Marc Chagall, Belarusian painter; Marc Cherry (born 1962), American television writer and producer; Marc Cohn, American Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter; Marc Collins-Rector (born 1959), American businessman; Marc Copani (born 1981), American professional wrestler and ...