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Time of India
03-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Time of India
ROMCON: Who the F**k is Jason Porter? OTT Release Date - When and where to watch chilling true crime documentary
ROMCON: Who the F**k is Jason Porter? OTT Release Date - It starts like every modern love story: a meet-cute on a dating app, charming texts, weekend getaways, and whispered dreams about forever. But what Heather Rovet didn't know was that she wasn't dating a man. She was dating a mirage - a con, a criminal, a chameleon. ROMCON: Who the F**k is Jason Porter? is the two-part docuseries that dares to ask the question every ghosted, gaslit, and gutted dater has wondered at least once: Who the f**k was I really talking to? This is a true crime documentary starting to stream from June 13 on Prime Video. This isn't catfish. This is war. Heather Rovet is not your typical victim. She's a successful real estate broker in Toronto. Smart, self-made, fiercely independent. So when she fell for a guy named 'Jace,' a laid-back handyman who seemed oddly perfect, she thought she'd finally hit the dating jackpot. For three whole years, she believed the fantasy: texts, cuddles, birthday cakes, the works. But the fairy tale cracks wide open when she discovers 'Jace' isn't Jace. He's Jason Porter, a man with a rap sheet long enough to wrap around the CN Tower. He's been in and out of jail, and the name he gave her? Completely fake. If this were a movie, you'd scream at the screen. But this is real. And Heather isn't staying silent. Real love, real lies and real consequences What makes ROMCON hit different is that it's not just about Heather finding out the truth. It's about what she does next. The woman grabs a metaphorical detective's badge and goes on a hunt, not just for Jason, but for the other women he's duped. Spoiler: there are a lot. Across two unflinching episodes, we watch her build a case. She pieces together his lies, talks to other victims, and lays bare a trail of emotional devastation that spans provinces. And the worst part? Jason Porter isn't some shadowy monster. He's a smiling, beer-drinking, boy-next-door. That's what makes this terrifying. Directed by Henry Roosevelt (The Vow, Take Care of Maya) and produced by Blink49 Studios, the series is backed by Amazon MGM Studios. Watch ROMCON: Who the F**k is Jason Porter? then maybe… delete that dating app for a while.
Yahoo
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Titan Submersible Implosion Examined in Trailer for Netflix Doc ‘The OceanGate Disaster'
The Titan submersible's doomed voyage is the focus of the trailer for the Netflix documentary Titan: The OceanGate Disaster. Director Mark Monroe's feature is set to premiere at the Tribeca Festival on June 6 before it begins streaming June 11. The film hails from the Story Syndicate team that is also behind such previous projects as Take Care of Maya, Gone Girls and Britney v Spears. More from The Hollywood Reporter Topher Grace (Yes, Topher Grace) Is an Opium Kingpin in Netflix's 'The Waterfront' Trailer Thomas Haden Church Is Here to Help the Shop - and Will's Erections - in 'Tires' Season 2 Trailer (Exclusive) 'Sirens' Review: Meghann Fahy, Milly Alcock and Julianne Moore Star in Netflix's Erratic Slice of Affluence Porn Titan: The OceanGate Disaster examines the mindset of OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush and his determination to become a leader in oceanic exploration. Through whistleblower testimony, audio recordings and footage from the company's beginnings, the film offers fresh perspective on the implosion of the Titan submersible that commanded the world's attention in June 2023. Rush was among the five people who died aboard the vessel while it was off the coast of Canada during a voyage to the Titanic wreckage. 'There was no way of knowing when Titan was going to fail,' one individual says in the trailer. 'But it was a mathematical certainty that it would fail.' Another participant in the project says in the footage, 'I thought Stockton was a borderline psychopath. How do you manage a person like that who owns the company?' Producers for Titan: The OceanGate Disaster include Monroe, Lily Garrison and Jon Bardin. Liz Garbus, Dan Cogan, Kate Barry, Mala Chapple, Tommy Coriale, Jude Gerard Prest, Hannah Olson and Amy Herdy serve as executive producers. Monroe is a filmmaker who won a WGA Award for his writing work on the Ron Howard-directed documentary feature Jim Henson: Idea Man. Best of The Hollywood Reporter Hollywood Stars Who Are One Award Away From an EGOT 'The Goonies' Cast, Then and Now "A Nutless Monkey Could Do Your Job": From Abusive to Angst-Ridden, 16 Memorable Studio Exec Portrayals in Film and TV
Yahoo
12-02-2025
- Yahoo
All Children's says Maya trial and $208 million verdict flawed
TAMPA — Can a hospital be held liable for the suicide of a mother who had not stepped foot on its campus for more than three months? More than one year after a civil trial found that Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital falsely imprisoned and battered a 10-year-old Venice girl and contributed to her mother's suicide, hospital attorneys on Wednesday argued in a Tampa appellate court for a retrial or for the court to, at least, strike down some of the $208 million in damages. Beata Kowalski took her life in 2017, three months after a judge sheltered her daughter, Maya Kowalski, at All Children's where doctors had reported the mother for suspected medical child abuse. All Children's attorney Derek Stikeleather said the jury had found the hospital contributed to the mother's suicide even though it had no duty of care toward her, an extremely rare conclusion in Florida case law. He told the three judge panel from the Florida Second District Court of Appeal that no evidence had been produced that justified the jury's award of $5 million for the hospital fraudulently billing the family's insurance company. And the jury incorrectly found the hospital liable for conduct that should have been given immunity under state laws that protect agencies and others acting on behalf of Florida's child welfare system, he said. He characterized the amount of damages awarded as 'wildly off the mark.' 'These three major errors set the stage for wild allegations that this is a hospital that kidnapped and tortured a little girl in order to kill her mother,' Stikeleather said. 'That did not give the hospital a fair trial and a retrial is necessary.' The three judges asked Stikeleather a series of questions that suggest the hospital faces a high bar to overturn the results of the eight-week civil jury trial that concluded in November 2023. Judge Andrea T. Smith asked whether immunity extended to potentially harmful acts such as intentional infliction of emotional distress, one of the counts that the jury regarded as grounds for the hospital's part in the mother's suicide. There were also questions about the hospital's refusal to let the family remove their child from the St. Petersburg hospital. The court is expected to rule in the coming months. All Children's has much riding on the verdict. The hospital was maligned on social media after the case gained international acclaim through the Netflix documentary 'Take Care of Maya.' The award represents almost a third of the $702 million in revenue that the St. Petersburg hospital reported on its 2022 tax return, the most recent available. Additionally, if the appeal fails, the hospital will also be liable for interest, which has been accruing at roughly $55,000 per day. Michael Tanner, the appellate attorney for the Kowalski family, argued that the jury awarded damages based on the actions carried out by hospital employees and not social workers acting on behalf of the state. The Kowalski family sued the hospital in 2018 claiming that the hospital blocked the family from leaving the hospital with their child prior to a judge approving the state's request to remove her from her family. The hospital's report to the state abuse hotline was based on concerns that the child, who had been diagnosed with complex regional pain syndrome, was being prescribed high doses of ketamine. The lawsuit also detailed doctors placing the girl in a room equipped with video surveillance for one 48-hour period to try and prove she was faking her symptoms. On another occasion, she was told to strip her down to her shorts and training bra and was photographed without permission from her parents or a court. A hospital social worker sometimes kissed and hugged the girl and had her sit on her lap. The jury's initial award of $261 million was later reduced by roughly $50 million by the trial judge who also dismissed the hospital's calls for a new trial. Tanner also disputed that the damages were excessive. Maya Kowalski, who is now 19, was diagnosed with post traumatic stress disorder and chronic major depressive disorder as a result of the trauma she endured, he said. 'The numbers are large no doubt,' he said. 'But we have to remember that these injuries were done to a 10-year-old child who then would suffer those injuries for the rest of her life.'
