According to Newsweek, Christopher and Jonathan Nolan have never spoken on the record about their oldest brother Matthew. While rumors abounded that the oldest Nolan was operating as a hitman named “Oppenheimer,” only part of that was true. Per Newsweek, Matthew was arrested and charged with the murder of Robert Cohen in Costa Rica in 2009, with records indicating that he called himself MM McCall-Oppenheimer. Christopher is certainly not the first celeb with a brother arrested on murder charges.
While folks may be quick to link that codename to Christopher’s blockbuster film “Oppenheimer,” the name is more coincidental than anything. The Daily Mail notes that investigators believe Matthew used the name to trick Cohen into thinking he was a part of the millionaire Oppenheimer family. He was never extradited from the U.S. after the charges, so the Costa Rican authorities dropped it in 2010, per Newsweek.
Cohen’s daughter Alisa told the Daily Mail that her family wants justice for her father’s death. “We believe Matthew Nolan should stand trial in Costa Rica for the murder of my father. I believe that, if Nolan was not from a famous family, it would be a different situation,” she told the outlet. He did serve some jail time, though, because he tried to escape his holding at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Chicago, the outlet added.
