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Trump Takes Aim at Swift After Super Bowl Boos

Football - NFL - Super Bowl LIX - Philadelphia Eagles v Kansas City Chiefs - Caesars Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States - February 9, 2025 Singer Taylor Swift in the stands during the game. (Reuters)
Football - NFL - Super Bowl LIX - Philadelphia Eagles v Kansas City Chiefs - Caesars Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States - February 9, 2025 Singer Taylor Swift in the stands during the game. (Reuters)
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Trump Takes Aim at Swift After Super Bowl Boos

Football - NFL - Super Bowl LIX - Philadelphia Eagles v Kansas City Chiefs - Caesars Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States - February 9, 2025 Singer Taylor Swift in the stands during the game. (Reuters)
Football - NFL - Super Bowl LIX - Philadelphia Eagles v Kansas City Chiefs - Caesars Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States - February 9, 2025 Singer Taylor Swift in the stands during the game. (Reuters)

Donald Trump mocked pop star Taylor Swift after the singer was booed Sunday at the Super Bowl during the Kansas City Chiefs defeat to the Philadelphia Eagles.

Trump -- who became the first sitting US President to attend the Super Bowl in Sunday's showpiece in New Orleans -- left the game shortly after half-time.

However, the US President could not resist posting a social media dig at Swift, who was in the crowd to watch her boyfriend, Chiefs star Travis Kelce.

The Chiefs would go on to suffer a bruising 40-22 defeat at the Superdome.

"The only one that had a tougher night than the Kansas City Chiefs was Taylor Swift," Trump wrote in a post on his Truth Social platform.

"She got BOOED out of the Stadium. MAGA is very unforgiving!"

Trump had earlier shared a post from a different account mocking Swift, which contrasted Trump's reception by Super Bowl fans with that of the singer.

Trump was given loud roars of applause when he was shown on the giant screen inside the stadium, saluting while singing the US national anthem.

"Trump gets massive cheers at the Super Bowl while Taylor Swift gets booed - the world is healing!" the post read.

Swift was a prominent celebrity backer of Trump's US presidential election rival Kamala Harris last year.

Her endorsement prompted Trump to post on Truth Social: "I hate Taylor Swift."

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Hollywood Director Arrested on Charges of Swindling Netflix Out of $11M for a Show That Never Aired 

In this Nov. 4, 2017, file photo, the logo of entertainment company Netflix is pictured in Paris. (AP)
In this Nov. 4, 2017, file photo, the logo of entertainment company Netflix is pictured in Paris. (AP)
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Hollywood Director Arrested on Charges of Swindling Netflix Out of $11M for a Show That Never Aired 

In this Nov. 4, 2017, file photo, the logo of entertainment company Netflix is pictured in Paris. (AP)
In this Nov. 4, 2017, file photo, the logo of entertainment company Netflix is pictured in Paris. (AP)

A Hollywood writer-director was arrested Tuesday on charges that he swindled $11 million from Netflix for a sci-fi show that never aired, instead steering the cash toward cryptocurrency investments and a series of lavish purchases that included a fleet of Rolls-Royces and a Ferrari.

Carl Erik Rinsch — perhaps best known for directing the film “47 Ronin" — has been charged with wire fraud and money laundering over what federal prosecutors allege was a scheme to defraud the streaming giant.

Prosecutors said Netflix had initially paid about $44 million to purchase an unfinished show called “White Horse” from Rinsch, but eventually doled out another $11 million after he said he needed the additional cash to complete the show.

Rather than using the extra money to wrap up production, Rinsch quietly transferred the money to a personal brokerage account, where he made a series of failed investments that lost about half of the $11 million in two months, according to prosecutors.

The filmmaker then dumped the rest of the money into the cryptocurrency market, which proved to be a profitable move, with Rinsch eventually transferring the earnings into a personal bank account, according to an indictment.

From there, Rinsch spent about $10 million on personal expenses and luxury items in a spending spree that, according to prosecutors, included about $1.8 million on credit card bills; $1 million on lawyers to sue Netflix for more money; $3.8 million on furniture and antiques; $2.4 million for five Rolls-Royces and one Ferrari; and $652,000 on watches and clothes.

Rinsch, 47, was arrested in West Hollywood, California, and had an initial court hearing on Tuesday.

He appeared in a federal courtroom in Los Angeles in a turtleneck sweater and jeans with shackles on his arms and legs. He did not enter a plea and spoke only to answer a judge’s questions. When asked if he’d read the indictment against him, he said “not cover to cover” but told the judge he understood the charges.

US Magistrate Judge Pedro V. Castillo ordered that he be released later Tuesday after he agreed to post a $100,000 bond to assure he’ll appear in court in New York, where his indictment was filed.

His newly appointed attorney, Annie Carney, declined to comment outside court. She said during the hearing that she had not yet seen the prosecution’s evidence against Rinsch. When discussing the terms of his release, she said, “the allegations in this case are purely financial.”

Rinsch's New York court date had not yet been set.