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Jul 12, 2021 · Published July 12, 2021. Updated April 14, 2023. Richard Wershe Jr., popularly known as "White Boy Rick," was 14-years-old when the FBI enlisted him as an informant. Richard Wershe Jr. was arrested in his home in 1988 with 17 pounds of cocaine. He was 17 years old.
Mar 13, 2024 · White Boy Rick is a 2018 crime drama starring Matthew McConaughey that tells the unbelievable but true story of a young man turned drug informant. Custom Image by Zach Moser. Summary. Richard Wershe Sr. was not involved in his son's drug dealing, rather he was an FBI informant himself.
Jul 21, 2021 · 21 July 2021. David Guralnick, The Detroit News. Richard Wershe Jr has sued the FBI one year after his release from prison. His exploits were fictionalised in a Hollywood movie, and now the true...
Jul 31, 2021 · FBI and Detroit police taught ‘White Boy Rick’ the drug game then double-crossed him, he says. Now, he wants $100 million By Eliott C. McLaughlin , CNN
Rick Wershe is a single father who's struggling to raise two teenagers during the height of the crack epidemic in 1980s Detroit. Wershe sells guns illegally to make ends meet but soon attracts ...
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Jun 4, 2018 · Kingpin. Informant. #WhiteBoyRickMovie – Based on the true story. Only in theaters this Fall.Set in 1980s Detroit at the height of the crack...
White Boy Rick. In 1980s Detroit, Rick Wershe Jr. agrees to become an undercover drug informant in exchange for keeping his father out of prison. When young Rick gets in too deep, he finds himself seduced by the lure of easy money and becomes a drug dealer himself. more. Starring: Matthew McConaugheyRichie MerrittBel Powley. Director: Yann Demange.
