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.

  • AmbitiousProcess (they/them)@piefed.social
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    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

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    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.

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    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.

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

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    How about just ignore these morons. Don’t give them attention, don’t click on there junk like, podcasts, swag, video’s etc. We as in humans give these idiots power.