Cover Story: Seed Money

Published: Dec. 22, 2022, 9 a.m.

b'Ex-spy Matt Marshall makes a stunning accusation: billionaire Mike Goguen has been trafficking women to his Montana safehouse, paying them for sex, and bribing law enforcement to get away with it. Matt said he knew this because he\\u2019d been Mike\\u2019s right-hand man for years. The rich philanthropist had a secret life of paying millions of dollars to strippers and harboring his own fantasies of saving the world. Was the billionaire with a superhero complex actually a super villain? And could the former CIA operative be trusted?\\n\\nIn season two of \\u201cCover Story: Seed Money\\u201d from New York magazine and Vox, host Hanna Rosin and investigator Ken Silverstein interview both Mike and Matt and try to make sense of the accusations, lawsuits, and criminal charges in the case. How did two best friends find themselves in a world of sex, money and international intrigue\\u2026and what can the reporters believe of a story in which they know everyone has lied to them?'