r/breakingbad • u/Boring_Elevator3817 • 9h ago

RJ Mitte (Walt Jr) has passed 😥

Wow, I was shocked to hear this. They are saying it was suicide. So sad. He was only 34 years old. RIP, Flynn ❤️

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u/JJBro1 8h ago

I met him and his mom back when I used to live in LA. From what I remember his mom was his manager. Hopefully it's not his mom who defrauded him and it was someone else.

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u/laveshnk 7h ago

No it wasn’t his mom. His mom actually had an accident that left her paralyzed when he was a kid. He actually was the main breadwinner and financially supported his family since he was 13!!!

And then the manager fucked him over and stole his breaking bad money, but yet he still had to pay the IRS himself. Took him 10 years to repay the debt apparently

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u/ChristIsKing316146 6h ago

Why can’t we get justice ?

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u/Sleeping_Bat 6h ago

How does a manager get someone millions into debt? It could only have been a bad investment decision, which sucks but isn't super uncommon with actors who put all their eggs in one basket

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u/laveshnk 6h ago

he didnt lose money in investing. His manager literally stole it

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u/Sleeping_Bat 6h ago

then why isn't his manager literally in jail? Because redirecting tax payments is literally a crime and tax-related fraud is one case the government is literally obsessed with prosecuting.

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u/laveshnk 6h ago

https://youtu.be/5zHqkupx_w0?si=8KigFWUHyWaE3gIZ

He goes into it in depth here. They tried pretty hard to prosecute him, but cases like these take years and is very expensive.

the manager had done this to lots of people too apparently, disabled and elderly were their main targets.

And guess what RJ was still on the hook for taxes to the IRS, and it took him 10+ years to pay off the back pay apparently. It also looked like he didnt make the best financial decisions even after the whole scam, seemingly losing money in penny stocks, NFTS and crypto stuff.

Very very unfortunate

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u/CathieWoods1985 5h ago

The IRS comes after you, the taxpayer, not your accountant or manager.

You can bring your accountant / manager to court for fraud, but that's between you and them. You still need to pay the IRS what they're owed

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u/Brodakk 8h ago

Multiple versions of this flying around.

Other comment says it was his tax accountant, not his manager.