Kiefer Sutherland Makes a Bad Beef Investment

By PopEater Staff Posted Jan 27th 2010 07:00AM

He may play a bone-snapping, don't-take-no-for-an-answer agent on '24,' but when it comes to real life, Kiefer Sutherland is just a dude who lost almost $900K on cows. Wait, whaaaa? Yes, Sutherland sank $896,000 into some fine bovine, part of an investment scheme that turned out to be (insert token "bull" or "udder-ly" joke here) ... uh, bogus.

According to court documents, Sutherland was one of several people who were bilked by Michael Wayne Carr. The competitive steer-roping promoter and cattle manager convinced people that if they invested in Mexican cattle, the cows would then be sold to the U.S. for a whopping profit. Well, guess what? There were never any cows.

Stephen Maier, the Deputy District Attorney in San Joaquin County -- where the case is being prosecuted -- tells PEOPLE that "Mr. Sutherland has been very friendly and helpful with our investigation ... I'm sure he's happy someone's getting to the bottom of this."

Carr faces the possibility of up to 12 felony charges, including five counts of grand theft with "great taking enhancements," three forgery counts and embezzlement. He faces up to 18 years in prison if he's found guilty of all 12 possible charges.

According to TMZ, Kiefer is quite the cow man. They claim Sutherland "bought a ranch in Montana and pursued rodeo competitions -- he even won some roping contests."

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Wednesday 27 January

By Amy

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"the cows would then be solt to the U.S. for a whopping profit"

Solt? Really? Who checks grammar and spelling on here? Seriously. That gave me a good chuckle for sure. Solt...why didn't you just write selled?

By Eben

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Were you wearing your glasses when you 'saw' the word as 'solt'? Or maybe the 'glasses' you were looking through was full of the fruit of the vine?....or something stronger even?

By kluji

Quite the cow man? More like a horses ass! LMFAO. How greedy can yah be, more profits, more money, more more more, lets buy cheap cows, jack up the price and sell them to middle america! Too bad it wasn't for 800 million instead of 800 thousand!

By david mathews

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Amy, Where did you see the word solt? I think u need glasses.

By brian

I saw "solt", too. The article has been edited in the last hour or so.

By Kevin

david, she is probably wearing glasses. The same ones she wore when she looked at obama, just before voting for him!

By j

Bush Bankrupt Amerika With A War Of Lies About Iraq

And you j, being the idiot you are, in supporting obama, have done more to destroy the US than anyone could!

By FMW

WE ARE TOO CUDDLEY WITH CON ARTISTS. ACTURLLY, THEY ARE NOTHING MORE THEN THIEVES. START EXECUTING THEM AND CLEAN UP OUR LEGAL SYSTEM.

FMW, shouldn't we start with the one in the White House?

By Zzzzzzzzzz!

Sorry Kief, but I think it's karma.

By Artie

well, well, well . Mexican cows?. How stupid is Sutherland?. Those supposed Mexican cows were rustled probably from Southern-New-Mexico ranchers AND Arizona ranchers ,and most likely Texas ranches. Oh yes , Yo Quiero Buffalo from North Dakota . Much betta in wheat tortillas dude. Very lean meat, and enjoy !

Thursday 28 January

By Ram

Anyone interested in Kiefer's ranching life should check out "Kiefer Sutherland: Living Dangerously." There's a whole chapter about Kiefer's life on his ranch in Montana. It's a really good book.

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