Wow. I finally watched the Netflix doc. I'm so interested in the making of this. There is so much footage that probably wasn't easy to get, especially near the end where Billy is actively scamming people while on bail. Impressive doc production. While having no narrator, the story was told entirely through footage and I wonder if there was anyway to make any of this look good with creative editing. Some of the participants had a great spirit about the failure and their involvement, while being open to having responsibility but also humbly respecting the fact that they believed in what they were doing.
I just don't understand how anyone would buy into this guy. He has one of them contrived, creepy, untrustworthy, even forced perma-grins as seen on the face of such people such as
Pharma bro Shkerli
or even a president
VIP appears to be the most expensive 3 letters these days. He took advantage of that in such a selfish manner.