ESPN cancels bowl game sponsorship deal with non-existent company
"The Albuquerque Journal reported yesterday that ESPN has cut ties with DreamHouse, an alleged film production company based in Albuquerque that had been announced as the title sponsor for the New Mexico Bowl on Oct. 1. Yesterdays announcement followed a series of reports from Enchantment Sports and the Albuquerque Journal revealing that not only is DreamHouse not registered as an official business with the city, it doesnt even seem to have a working office space."
"The Journal was following up on a few stories published by Enchantment Sports, in which people who know DreamHouse CEO Eric Martinez described him as a scam artist:
Numerous people contacted for this story said he is a relentless self promoter who lies about nearly everything he says he does.
[Martinez has] gone from claiming hes an Olympic boxer to a music manager, to the number one Latino actor in the country, to owning a magazine, to being a producer, to a director, to a filmmaker, said [Steven Michael] Quezada, one of the states top actors who had a recurring role in Breaking Bad and won an award from the Screen Actors Guild.
ESPNs partnership with DreamHouse was supposed to be for four years, and when it was announced outside of DreamHouses fake office, New Mexico Bowl Director Jeff Siembieda said, I think you know what the film industry is doing for our state. Its a hub for our economy, and DreamHouse is a big part of that. This partnership is right. Very embarrassing for that guy!"
https://deadspin.com/espn-cancels-bowl-game-sponsorship-deal-with-company-th-1839356576