Instead, Mr. Schachter posited that Mr. Philbrick got overleveraged and resorted to fraud, seeking to maintain his lifestyle. During the reporting of the story for New York magazine, Mr. Schachter said, he direct messaged repeatedly with Mr. Philbrick. According to Mr. Schachter, Mr. Philbrick made nothing easy, including the fact-checking. What do you mean you didn’t take private planes?’” (The Times spoke with another friend of Mr. Philbrick’s who described VistaJet as “Inigo’s very own sybaritic pleasure vehicle.”)“I said, ‘You’re like ‘The Talented Mr. Ripley,’” Mr. Schachter continued. Mr. Schachter said he never seriously considering suing Mr. Philbrick.

Source: New York Times March 13, 2020 05:12 UTC