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Rightwing commentator says she is hundreds of thousands of dollars out of pocket and claims she was misled by promoter Rocksman

None of the 15,000 ticket holders for conservative influencer Candace Owens’ cancelled Australian tour are expected to get their money back from the promoter, after it spent all its money then collapsed.

Owens herself says she is hundreds of thousands of dollars out of pocket and claims she was misled by the promoter, Rocksman, a company with links to the influential conservative lobby group Turning Point Australia.

Rocksman collapsed with just 21 Australian cents in its bank account and will never refund Owens, her Australian ticket holders or other creditors, according to its liquidator’s statutory report to creditors, filed with Asic and dated 3 March.

Owens is a rightwing commentator who has since had a public falling out with Donald Trump.

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[–] Lydon_Feen@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago

Could you please not jail the promoter, Australia?

This couldn't have happened to a nicer group of people.

[–] Witchfire@lemmy.world 83 points 12 hours ago

The grifter party grifted its own members? Shocker!

[–] AmbitiousProcess@piefed.social 44 points 11 hours ago

Her 2024 Australian tour was delayed then cancelled after the Australian government refused to give her a visa as she had the “capacity to incite discord”, a decision the high court backed in October.

lmao

[–] Cypher@aussie.zone 40 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

As an Aussie: Hahahahah fuck those cunts.

[–] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 17 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

As a non-aussie reading this sentence:

[–] TheLowestStone@lemmy.world 4 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Its OK. It means something different there. It's basically takes the place of most punctuation and some nouns.

[–] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 4 points 9 hours ago

I know, but it's still funny.

[–] ZeroCool@piefed.ca 44 points 12 hours ago

A grifter got grifted by grifters. hahaha I love that for her.

[–] BillyClark@piefed.social 21 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

She wants to place the blame completely on Rocksman, but wasn't she the one who decided to work with a shady company instead of a legitimate one in the first place?

Also, she's out of pocket hundreds of thousands of dollars? This amount of money seems excessive to the point of absurdity. It's so high that it makes you feel like it's got to be a smokescreen. Like, that's exactly what you would expect her to say if this whole thing was her grift and she kept all of the money from ticket sales herself.

[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 1 points 10 minutes ago

Hundreds of thousands of dollars seems a reasonable price for a multi-city speaking tour. Venue fees are expensive, considering the cost of the facility and the staffing, plus room and board for the people actually on the tour.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world -4 points 10 hours ago

Shhhhhhhuddauup

[–] tanisnikana@lemmy.world 9 points 12 hours ago

Oh no! Anyway,

[–] HumanOnEarth@lemmy.ca 5 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Going to try a homemade veggie cheesesteak with protein curls..... bought a huge bulk box of soy protein curls and they soak up whatever flavor you give them.

Soaking the curls in mushroom stock then sauteeing in some kind of beefy sauce tbd. Sauteed green peppers and mushrooms, caramelized onions, melted provolone....and a mushroom au jus.

Much better use of free will than these fucking losers.

[–] LogicalDrivel@sopuli.xyz 1 points 37 minutes ago

Got a link for the protein curls? I need to stock up on bulk staples and was looking for these before.

[–] treehugger6@lemmy.world 4 points 11 hours ago

I have no sympathy for bigots paying to listen other bigots

[–] radiouser@crazypeople.online 5 points 12 hours ago

Unlucky, dickheads.

[–] Juan_de_Silentio@lemmy.world 2 points 11 hours ago

An offshoot of TPUSA conned Candace Owens out of hundres of thousands of dollars? Hahahaha, what a wonderful day.

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world -1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Why was she even set to tour Australia in the first place? 🤔

[–] Linktank@lemmy.today 4 points 11 hours ago

To steal all of that money, obviously!