Aug. 15 (UPI) -- An HBO producer with a new show about to premiere next month has been sentenced to one year in prison for his role in the attempted cover-up of a fatal overdose.
Marc Henry Johnson, producer of The Deuce, a gritty drama about the sex trade in 1970's Times Square starring James Franco and Maggie Gyllenhaal, pleaded guilty in March to acting as an accessory to drug distribution . He was sentenced in Manhattan federal court Tuesday.