| 词条 | Steven Kunes |
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| name = Steven Kunes | image = Steven kunes crop.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = 1956 | birth_place = Bucks County, Pennsylvania | nationality = | occupation = | other_names = | years_active = | alma_mater = New York University | known_for = Convicted conman | notable_works = }} Steven Kunes (born 1956) is an American conman and former screenwriter.[1] He has been convicted of felony commercial burglary and grand theft by false pretenses. Early life and educationKunes was born in 1956 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.{{cn|date=January 2018}} He graduated in 1974 from Neshaminy High School,[1] and attended college at New York University. CareerKunes' IMDb page claims writing credits for an episode of the TV show The Love Boat and a TV movie Alvin Goes Back to School, as well as various roles as an "uncredited creative consultant", but it has been heavily edited and redacted.[2] At various times he has claimed to have written Johnny Carson's final monologue,[4] worked on a Harry Potter film,[4] and written the biopic Catch Me If You Can.[2] In 2011, Kunes wrote a number of guest commentaries that were published by Santa Barbara media outlets. It was eventually discovered that they had largely been plagiarized from Newsweek columns and they were removed from websites.[2] The Turner Classic Movies database, which, unlike IMDb is not editable by readers, lists as Kunes' only credit being a writer for Alvin Goes Back to School.[3] Legal troublesIn 1982, Kunes attempted to sell to People magazine an interview with reclusive author J. D. Salinger, whom he claimed he had met. Salinger sued and settled the case under the conditions that Kunes was "permanently enjoined from representing by any means that he is associated with Salinger", barred from "exhibiting, transmitting or exhibiting documents, writing or statements attributed to Salinger" and "required to collect and turn over any such documents or writings for destruction". The interview was never published.[4][5] He later succeeded in selling a fake interview with Jimmy Buffett to the Santa Barbara Daily Sound.[6] Kunes was arrested on March 17, 2011, for purportedly swindling his friend, former Café Buenos Aires owner Wally Ronchietto, out of $2,000 for a nonexistent movie deal.[6] On April 23, 2011, Noozhawk, a Santa Barbara online publication, announced that it had removed six of Kunes' articles from its digital archives as two contained plagiarized passages.[7] On August 27, 2011, a Santa Barbara judge issued a $200,000 bench warrant for his arrest when he failed to appear in court.[8] Thought to have been hiding in Bucks County, he was apprehended in New Jersey less than a month later. [9]At court, Kunes pleaded guilty and admitted to forging checks.[10] On May 4, 2012, he was sentenced to five years in jail for felony commercial burglary and grand theft by false pretenses. A plea deal allowed for a sentence of only four years if Kunes had paid restitution to his victims, but no payments were made.[11][12] In February 2013, Kunes was re-arrested. He had been serving his five-year sentence and had been approved for electronic monitoring on August 1, 2012. Kunes removed the device on August 22, 2012, and mailed the device back to the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office. A photo posted on the Sheriff's Office Facebook page led to his identification at a Carpinteria cafe and his subsequent arrest.[13][14] He was released from prison in June 2015 but arrested again for violating the terms of his probation after falsely telling the Bucks County Courier Times that he was producing a Netflix series called Over My Dead Body.[1][14] References1. ^1 {{cite news |first=Adrian |last=Sipes |url=http://www.buckscountycouriertimes.com/5303700a-c14a-11e5-aeba-6ff01b834fd4.html |title=Steven Kunes, bogus Netflix producer, in Bucks County prison |newspaper=Bucks County Courier Times |date=January 22, 2016 |accessdate=January 30, 2018 }} 2. ^1 2 3 {{cite web|url=http://www.independent.com/news/2013/feb/28/conman-works-jail/|title=Conman works jail system|work=Santa Barbara Independent|first=Tyler|last=Hayden|date=February 28, 2013|accessdate=August 4, 2018}} 3. ^Staff (ndg) "Filmography for Steven Kunes" TCM.com 4. ^Weber, Myles. "Augmenting the Salinger Oeuvre by Any Means" in Bloom, Harold, ed. J. D. Salinger New York: Infobase Publishing ("Bloom's Modern Critical Views" series), 2008; pp. 199, 202, 210 5. ^Associated Press "Lawsuit by Salinger muzzles his imitator" Ottawa Citizen November 5, 1982, p. 65, col. 1 6. ^1 2 3 {{Cite news | last = Hayden | first = Tyler | coauthors = | title = A Tale Stranger Than Fiction: Hollywood Screenwriter with History of Mischief Accused of Theft | newspaper = Santa Barbara Independent | location = Santa Barbara, California | pages = | language = | publisher = | date = | url = http://www.independent.com/news/2011/mar/31/tale-stranger-fiction/ | accessdate = August 27, 2011}} 7. ^{{Cite news | last = Magnoli | first = Giana | title = Accused Forger, Plagiarist Steven Kunes Appears in Court: The Santa Barbara man, who submitted apparent cribbed commentaries to local publications, is also suspected of trying to pass $12,000 in bad checks | newspaper = Noozhawk | location = Santa Barbara and Goleta, California | pages = | language = | publisher = | date = May 4, 2011 | url = http://www.noozhawk.com/local_news/article/050411_steven_kunes_appears_in_court/ | accessdate = August 27, 2011}} 8. ^{{Cite news | last = Hayden | first = Tyler | title = Judge Issues Warrant for Wanted Screenwriter: Steven Kunes, Charged with Felony Forgery and Grand Theft, Fails to Appear in Court | newspaper = Santa Barbara Independent | location = | pages = | language = | publisher = | date = August 27, 2011 | url = http://independent.com/news/2011/aug/27/judge-issues-warrant-wanted-screenwriter/ | accessdate = August 27, 2011}} 9. ^{{Cite news | last = Finley | first = Ben |author2=Dan Perez | title = Cops: Neshaminy grad wrote more than just scripts in California | newspaper = phillyBurbs.com | location = Philadelphia | pages = | language = | publisher = | date = September 16, 2011 | url = http://www.phillyburbs.com/news/local/cops-neshaminy-grad-wrote-more-than-just-scripts-incalifornia/article_25b149cb-0135-5f04-993e-204749675b34.html | accessdate = September 17, 2011 | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20120401140423/http://www.phillyburbs.com/news/local/cops-neshaminy-grad-wrote-more-than-just-scripts-incalifornia/article_25b149cb-0135-5f04-993e-204749675b34.html | archivedate=April 1, 2012 }} 10. ^{{Cite news | last = Hayden | first = Tyler | title = Steven Kunes Admits to Forging Checks and Scamming Friend: Will Spend Four or Five Years Behind Bars, Depending on Restitution to Victims | newspaper = Santa Barbara Independent | location = Santa Barbara, California | pages = | language = | publisher = | date = November 29, 2011 | url = http://www.independent.com/news/2011/nov/29/steven-kunes-admits-forging-checks-and-scamming-fr/ | accessdate = January 25, 2012}} 11. ^{{Cite news | last = Hayden | first = Tyler | title = Scheming Screenwriter Sentenced to Five Years | newspaper = Santa Barbara Independent | location = | pages = | language = | publisher = | date = May 8, 2012 | url = http://www.independent.com/news/2012/may/08/scheming-screenwriter-sentenced-five-years/ | accessdate = May 12, 2012}} 12. ^{{Cite news | last = Magnoli | first = Giana | title = Check Forger Steven Kunes Sentenced to 5 Years in Santa Barbara County Jail | newspaper = Noozhawk | location = | pages = | language = | publisher = | date = May 4, 2012 | url = http://www.noozhawk.com/article/050412_check_forger_sentenced_to_five_years_in_county_jail/ | accessdate = May 12, 2012}} 13. ^{{Cite news | last = Nelson | first = Michelle | title = Facebook Photo Leads to Arrest of Fugitive Steven Kunes | newspaper = Noozhawk | location = | pages = | language = | publisher = | date = February 25, 2013 | url = http://www.noozhawk.com/article/022513_facebook_photo_leads_to_arrest_fugitive/ | accessdate = April 3, 2013}} 14. ^1 {{cite news |first=Léna |last=Garcia |url=https://www.independent.com/news/2016/jan/22/former-montecito-conman-arrested-pennsylvania/ |title=Former-Montecito Conman Arrested in Pennsylvania |newspaper=Santa Barbara Independent |date=January 22, 2016 |accessdate=January 30, 2018 }} External links
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