| Sadleir of
Aviron Pictures Pled Guilty and Got 6
Years Now US Opposes Ending Restitution
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon SDNY COURTHOUSE,
July 29 รข€“ William Sadleir was
arrested and released in May,
2020 on fraud charges. On
December 21, 2020 U.S.
District Court for the
Southern District of New York
Judge Paul A. Engelmayer held
a proceeding. Inner City Press
covered it, below. On January
19, 2022 Sadleir converted a
pre-trial conference into a
change of plea - and pled
guilty. Inner City Press
spotted the proceeding in the
docket and covered it. His
plea deal is for 108 months
and referenced a Central
District of California case.
His forfeiture will include a
Tesla and a Beverly Hills
mansion. His sentencing is set
for May 10 at 10:30 am. The SDNY
prosecutors previously
announced "the unsealing of a
Complaint in Manhattan federal
court charging WILLIAM
SADLEIR, the former chairman
and chief executive officer of
Aviron Pictures, LLC, a movie
production and distribution
company based in Los Angeles,
California, with engaging in
multiple fraudulent schemes
relating to investments made
by a New York-based investment
fund in Aviron Pictures, LLC
and its affiliated entities."
The US
Attorney's Office has sought
and gotten sealed treatment
for its "post-indictment
restraining order" and
affidavits supporting it;
what's in the docket names
9135 Hazen Drive in Los
Angeles. Judge
Engelmayer asked about the
California case, and set
another conference for January
28. Inner City
Press covered this conference,
too. Now the defense wants to
push the SDNY trail to January
2022, in defense to a July
2021 trial date in the Central
District of California where
the defense says the COVID
situation is not good. On September 9,
2022, "WILLIAM SADLEIR was
sentenced today by U.S.
District Judge Paul A.
Engelmayer to six years in
prison for his participation
in two fraudulent schemes
relating to investments made
by a New York-based investment
fund in Aviron Pictures, LLC
and its affiliated entities." A year later on
September 7, 2023, the US
Attorney's Office filed
opposition to Sadleir's motion
for a sentence reduction
based, they say, on a lack of
"uroflow." They say BOP will
provide medically appropriate
treatment, and that release
would send the wrong message. On July 29, 2026
the US opposed Sadleir's pro
se motion to end restitution
because BIT "full recovered
all losses through liquidation
of Sadleir's assets." The case is US v. Sadleir, 20-cr-320 (Engelmayer)
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Friday, July 31, 2026
Sadleir of Aviron Pictures Pled Guilty and Got 6 Years Now US Opposes Ending Restitution
