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Until a couple weeks ago, Scooter Braun was quietly negotiating to buy OnlyFans. Yes, per two sources familiar, the former music manager turned wannabe K-pop mogul turned Sydney Sweeney P.D.A. partner had lined up financial backers, was deep into talks with C.E.O. Keily Blair and deals guru Jamie Sharp, and had sketched out the contours of a role as the face and brains of the porn-friendly video platform. But alas, those talks have broken down, I’m told, and Braun has walked away from what could have been an extremely lucrative opportunity. OnlyFans, currently owned by Ukranian American businessman Leonid Radvinsky and his Fenix International, generated $6.6 billion in revenue in 2023, according to a filing obtained by Reuters, which reported in May that L.A.-based investment firm Forest Road Co. was among the suitors for the company. It would have been valued at around $8 billion, per press reports.