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FTX's COO Slams Netflix Series 'The Altruists,' Says Trailer Made Her Throw Up

Former staffers say the eight-episode series distorts FTX’s collapse and the roles of Sam Bankman-Fried and Caroline Ellison, they said.

  • Former FTX staffers are criticizing Netflix's new series "The Altruists" as more fiction than fact, with Constance Wang, the former chief operating officer of FTX, saying the trailer made her "physically throw up."
  • The show depicts FTX as a party-filled environment, but Wang said the company had fewer than 200 employees at its peak, with many working long days while "Whenever we walked in, day or night, Sam was at his desk."
  • Wang pushed back on the series' portrayal of Caroline Ellison, saying "I worked with Caroline and never once saw her get aggressive like she does in this trailer," and employees were unaware of her relationship with Bankman-Fried.
  • Andrew Croghan, the former head of business development at FTX, agreed with Wang, saying the show reduces a "complicated and tragic reality" to "trivial romantic conflict" after years working with SBF and Caroline.
  • "The Altruists" is the latest Hollywood production turning to Silicon Valley for inspiration, alongside documentaries like "Social Reckoning," which debuted on Friday, and the upcoming "Musk" and "Artificial.
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Constance Wang, ex-COO of FTX, judge false "The Altruists", the series Netflix on SBF and Caroline Ellison scheduled for 19 November. The article FTX: the ex-COO Constance Wang critic "The Altruists", the series Netflix on Sam Bankman-Fried appeared first on Coin Academy

Former FTX COO Constance Wang criticized the Netflix trailer for The Altruists, saying that the events shown are not true. According to her, the creators turned the story of the bankruptcy of the stock exchange, which destroyed the lives of many people, into a romantic drama about...

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