A lawyer for Ozy Media Inc. CEO Carlos Watson grilled the company’s co-founder on Friday about his attempt to impersonate a YouTube executive and other misrepresentations.
The lawyer, Ronald Sullivan, opened the trial in the conspiracy case against Watson last week by telling jurors that Samir Rao was a “crooked co-founder” of the media company who got a “sweetheart deal” from prosecutors. Rao is a key prosecution witnesses, and Sullivan continued to paint him as a serial deceiver who implicated Watson to save himself.
“You’re a liar, right?” Sullivan said. “You’ve become quite a proficient liar?”
“I did it a ...
Learn more about Bloomberg Law or Log In to keep reading:
Learn About Bloomberg Law
AI-powered legal analytics, workflow tools and premium legal & business news.
Already a subscriber?
Log in to keep reading or access research tools.