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What Scaramucci offered Bankman-Fried, however, were “established financial, political, and social connections which included high-profile celebrities and wealthy investors around the world,” the receivers said.

A 2019 New York magazine story outlined Gabbard’s longtime family connections to a Hinduism-derived group called Science of Identity, which one source described as a cult and others said is run by an individual who is attempting to use Gabbard to secure influence with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Following the Coltart report, Smyth faced deportation from Zimbabwe but Graystone says he used his significant connections to avoid this, lobbying various cabinet ministers - some of whose sons had attended his camps - with suggestions that even then-President Robert Mugabe was approached by one of Smyth’s associates.

Many of the cast and crew had connections to the real-life people in the story.

He described the connections between bluegrass figurehead Bill Monroe and celebrated American songwriter John Prine.