The star of the HBO documentary “Telemarketers” — which chronicles the chaotic rise of a New Jersey-based call center — was reported missing Friday night and has not been seen or heard from since.
Patrick J. Pespas, a slick salesman with a history of substance abuse, disappeared from his home in Easton, Pennsylvania where he was last seen around 8 p.m., the director of the mini-documentary series said.
“Pat is gone, and [his wife] Sue, her family and friends are very worried about her,” said co-director Adam Bhala Lough in a post on X, previously Twitter. “Please get the word out that Pat is missing and help us find her.”
Pespas, 55, and co-director Sam Lipman-Stern are former telemarketers who began investigating the New Jersey-based call center where they worked and the telemarketing industry as a whole after learning their employer Civic Development Group was allegedly collecting donations made by people for various organization.
Lipman-Stern began documenting their investigation, and along with Bhala Lough, turned the 20 years of footage into a three-part series that aired on HBO in August.
Patrick Pespas of the HBO documentary series “Telemarketers” went missing this weekend. HBO Patrick Pespas was last seen in Easton, PA around 8pm Friday. Getty Images for HBO Pespas stars in the recently released series “Telemarketers” documenting his transition from call center worker to industry fraud investigator.HBO
Pespas was last seen in his white Ford Mustang and is believed to be somewhere in New Jersey, Bhala Lough said.
He shared photos of the vehicle as well as the latest Pespas to X photos, asking anyone in the area to be on the lookout and contact [email protected] with any tips or leads.
Pespas and co-director Sam Lipman-Stern were co-workers at a New Jersey-based call center that allegedly pocketed money people donated to the organization. HBO
Pespas had struggled with heroin addiction in the past but said he had stopped using the drug later in the document. He relied on methadone to survive his past addiction, according to his wife.
The subject of the documentary series may have been seen at a bar in Pittsburgh Saturday night, according to a tipster but that information has not been confirmed, Bhala Lough said in an update Sunday afternoon.
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