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   Richard Wershe Jr. (born July 18, 1969), [ 2 ] known as " White Boy Rick ", is an American former drug trafficker and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) informant. The youngest known informant in the history of the FBI, Wershe became a confidential informant when he was 14 to 16 years old. When he was 15, Wershe told the FBI that a major ...

2. screenrant.com › white-boy-rick-true-story-explainedWhite Boy Rick True Story Explained: Where Is Richard Wershe ...

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   4 days ago · Richard Wershe Jr. was released from prison on July 20, 2020, a fact that wasn't revealed in the end credits of White Boy Rick, as the film came out two years earlier in 2018. Ricky is now an activist for non-violent offenders serving time for drug-related charges (via SlashFilm). He has also started his own brand of cannabis called The 8th ...

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4. www.detroitnews.com › story › news'White Boy Rick' arrested in Miami after fight with ...

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   May 10, 2023 · 1:55. Richard Wershe, Jr., a former drug dealer known as "White Boy Rick," was arrested in Miami Tuesday and charged with battery and robbery following a fight with a woman that allegedly started ...

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5. allthatsinteresting.com › richard-wershe-jrThe Story Of Richard Wershe Jr., The 1980s Detroit Drug Lord ...

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   Jul 13, 2024 · 17-Year-Old Richard Wershe Jr. Goes On Trial. White Boy Rick was still a few days shy of his 18th birthday when the Detroit police broke down his front door. They caught him with 17 pounds of cocaine. The police took White Boy Rick right to the media. The baby-faced teenager, the news said, wasn’t just a drug dealer.

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     After 32 years behind bars, ‘White Boy Rick’ Wershe Jr. to be released Monday

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7. www.freep.com › story › news'White Boy Rick's' $100M lawsuit dismissed against FBI ...

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   Sep 19, 2023 · A federal judge on Monday dismissed Richard Wershe Jr.'s $100 million lawsuit against the FBI and Detroit police, concluding that the infamous drug informant and dealer known as "White Boy Rick ...

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8. www.bbc.com › news › world-us-canada-57918115Former informant 'White Boy Rick' sues FBI for $100m - BBC

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   Jul 21, 2021 · Richard Wershe Jr has filed a $100m (£73m) lawsuit against former FBI agents and prosecutors, alleging child abuse in connection with his time as an informant. Wershe, now 52, spent three decades ...

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   Who was Richard Wershe Jr?

   • Richard Wershe Jr. was arrested in his home in 1988 with 17 pounds of cocaine. He was 17 years old. Reporters and the police broadcasted the teenager all over the news with headlines that called him the leader of a drug cartel. Wershe, the police claimed, was a dangerous cocaine godfather known to his underlings as “White Boy Rick.”

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   Who was 'White Boy Rick' Richard Wershe Jr?

   • The 1980s Detroit Drug Lord Known As ‘White Boy Rick’ Richard Wershe Jr. uncovered the largest police corruption scandal in Detroit history when he was 15 years old. Two years later, he was sentenced to life in jail. Richard Wershe Jr. was arrested in his home in 1988 with 17 pounds of cocaine. He was 17 years old.

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   Why did Richard Wershe get a life sentence?

   • While Michigan repealed the 650-Lifer Law that handed Richard Wershe Jr. a life sentence, he was still in prison long after other offenders were released. Wershe claims that it was because he had helped the FBI with Operation Backbone, which targeted corrupt police and public officials.

   White Boy Rick Movie vs. the True Story of Richard Wershe Jr

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   Was Richard Wershe a gangster?

   • Richard Wershe Sr. didn’t have any answers but his 14-year-old son, Richard Wershe Jr., knew every name. The 14-year-old wasn’t a drug dealer or a gangster. Though he wasn’t an angel — he already started looting people’s homes for cash — Wershe Jr. had never touched cocaine in his life.

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   What did Richard Wershe wear?

   • Yes. In addition to driving a Jeep that blatantly referenced his life as an up-and-coming cocaine dealer, Richard Wershe Jr. wore chains and tracksuits, a belt made of gold, a mink coat (given to him by Johnny Curry), and a Rolex with diamonds encircling it.

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   Did a Detroit police officer offer Richard Wershe money to kill Ricky?

   • Richard Wershe Jr. also had the Detroit police after him as well. Nate Boone Craft, a former Detroit hitman for hire, claimed to Click On Detroit that a Detroit police officer offered him a significant amount of money to kill Ricky. Craft said,

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10. www.historyvshollywood.com › reelfaces › white-boy-rickWhite Boy Rick Movie vs. the True Story of Richard Wershe Jr.

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    Jul 20, 2018 · Yes. The White Boy Rick true story reveals that, like in the movie, it happened when Johnny Curry was in jail awaiting trial. His wife, Cathy Volsan (Mayor Coleman Young's niece), 24, began having an affair with Wershe, then 17. They were seen stepping out together but Wershe says that the relationship was tumultuous.