The star of the HBO docuseries “Telemarketers” — which chronicled the chaotic rise of a Latest Jersey-based call center — reportedly vanished on Friday night and has not been seen or heard from since.
Patrick J. Pespas, a devious salesman with a history of substance abuse, went missing from his home in Easton, Pennsylvania where he was last seen around 8 p.m., the administrators of the mini-documentary series said.
“Pat is missing, and [his wife] Sue, his family and friends are very nervous about him” co-director Adam Bhala Lough said in a post on X, formerly Twitter. “Please put out the word that Pat is missing and help us find him.”
Pespas, 55, and co-director Sam Lipman-Stern were former telemarketers who began investigating the Latest Jersey-based call center where they worked and the telemarketing industry as an entire after learning their employer Civic Development Group allegedly pocketed the donations people made for various organizations.
Lipman-Stern began documenting their investigation, and along with Bhala Lough, turned the 20-years-worth of footage into the three-part series which aired on HBO in August.
Pespas was last seen in his white Ford Mustang and is believed to be somewhere in Latest Jersey, Bhala Lough said.
He shared photos of the vehicle in addition to a recent photo of Pespas to X, asking for anyone in the realm to be looking out and to contact findpatpespas@gmail.com with any suggestions or leads.
Pespas has struggled with heroin addiction up to now but said that he had stopped using the drug later within the docuseries. He relies on methadone to survive his past addiction, in keeping with his wife.
The documentary series subject could have been seen at a bar in Pittsburgh Saturday night, in keeping with a tipster but that information has not been confirmed, Bhala Lough said in an update Sunday evening.
