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Crawlspace - True Crime & Mysteries

506 // The Redemption of a Felon w/ Jonathan Schwartz

Crawlspace - True Crime & Mysteries

Crawlspace Media

True Crime, News, Society & Culture

41.4K Ratings

🗓️ 16 April 2025

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Welcome to Crawlspace. In this new episode, Tim Pilleri & Lance Reenstierna are joined by Jonathan Schwartz, the former business manager of high profile clients like Alanis Morissette, Beyonce, Linkin Park, Halsey and more. In 2017 Schwartz pled guilty to embezzling nearly 5 million dollars from Morissette and was sentenced to 6 years in prison. He has been released, is now a convicted felon working to help others struggling with addiction.  He is the current case manager at Altus Rehab in California and has embarked on his personal journey towards redemption.  If you or someone you know is suffering from a gambling and/or drug addiction, contact:  1-800-GAMBLER or Altus Rehab: https://altus.rehab/ For help from Jonathan, contact him at his professional IG: @TheRealJonathanSchwartz. Follow Missing: TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@missingcsm. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/missingcsm. IG: https://www.instagram.com/MissingCSM/. Twitter: https://twitter.com/MissingCSM. FB: https://www.facebook.com/MissingCSM. Follow Crawlspace: Twitter: https://twitter.com/crawlspacepod . Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Crawlspacepodcast . Instagram: https://www.Instagram.com/Crawlspacepodcast. TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@crawlspacepodcast. Check out our entire network at http://crawlspace-media.com/. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

I'm Welcome to crawl space.

0:29.5

I'm Tim here today with Lance.

0:31.1

Lance, how are you today?

0:32.4

I'm doing great today, Tim.

0:33.8

Thanks so much for asking.

0:35.2

I've got to say the list of riveting guests that we've

0:39.2

been so fortunate to have sit down with us and share their story with us on this show

0:44.8

keeps growing longer and longer. And this one is not only no exception to that list. It's a

0:51.6

banger of a conversation. And I think a lot of people are just going to be

0:55.0

shaking their heads as they're listening to this person speak. But Tim, I'm shaking my head now

0:58.8

because I've no idea how you are. How are you? I'm doing great. Thanks a lot for asking.

1:04.4

Yes, very excited to introduce this new conversation that we've recently had with Jonathan Todd Schwartz.

1:12.1

He was a business manager for some very famous people, including Beyonce, Mariah Carey,

1:18.0

Alanis Morissette, Halsey, Gwyneth Paltrow, the band Lincoln Park.

1:22.3

But he developed a wild gambling habit and drug habit, and it led him to steal millions of dollars from

1:32.5

some of these clients the fallout was he went to prison and he's now out of prison and he's working

1:38.8

for a rehab facility called altus rehab now and he he really just wants to share his story of highs and lows

1:48.9

with the world at this point. Exactly. One thing that he emphasizes in this conversation is that

1:54.8

he's not asking for pity. He's taken full accountability for everything that he's done. Yeah,

1:59.3

he lost everything. He lost his family.

2:02.5

He's rebuilding his family. He still doesn't talk to certain members of his family. He lost a client

2:07.3

base that, like you said, included Atlantis Morris Set and Lincoln Park and Beyonce. Plus, the firm he

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