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    Notorious founder of the Billionaire Boys Club wants parole. Prosecutors say it's just his latest con

    by Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times Oct 26, 2018 4 minutes

    LOS ANGELES - Before O.J. Simpson, before Erik and Lyle Menendez, there was Joe Hunt.

    Handsome and charismatic with a boyish charm, Hunt led the Billionaire Boys Club, a social and investment fraternity. Club members, clad in Armani suits and driving high-end BMWs, dined at Spago and partied with supermodels. The exclusive club, however, was a giant, high-stakes investment scam.

    The whole scheme unraveled when investor Ron Levin vanished in 1984 after allegedly conning the club. His body would never be found, but a Santa Monica jury convicted Hunt in 1987 of murdering Levin.

    Now, Hunt wants a chance to be released and is trying to persuade Gov. Jerry Brown to commute his sentence of life without the possibility of parole.

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