What’s the deal with the police stuff, is he right? Can they actually come after any of us? I’m amazed they have the time and resources given police couldn’t help me at all when I was a victim of serious crime a couple of years ago. Also, won’t they be snooping into his business stuff now?
If people here repeatedly make contact with him, his wife, work, as well as friends of his—I believe that goes way beyond the realms of “having a
gossip” on a public forum. As such, there could indeed, be grounds for investigation. But I’m not a lawyer so I don’t know for sure…
This is going to be VERY long, so buckle up Tattlers…
The whole thing is wild. The doubts about his illness on this thread— will be the thing he latches onto as a way to discredit any legitimate concerns that were previously made about him.
It’s a real shame because on the one hand, I can see why doubts about his illness began. We have all heard of people who have used fake diagnoses as a way to gain financial donations from kind, unsuspecting individuals. And in light of the original concern, which was “taking donations from people when he is already loaded” there is some justification for the initial “doubt,” but on the other hand, to the degree this doubt has taken over this thread is where it became problematic for me.
It’s obvious to me, just by looking at the guy, he isn’t well at all. Physically, he has lost a lot of weight, there is a yellow tinge to his skin, his eyes are sunken in and they roll into his head a lot—he has declined rapidly.
On a purely human level—I’ve always maintained that I don’t want him to die, and that I feel compassion for his situation. Because it must be really frightening, and I still hold out hope that he can get better, and just become a better person all round which brings me to my next point.
Even with all of the “proof” I STILL think he is a very untrustworthy man. His story seems to change, depending on what the agenda is for the day it seems. He has gone from telling everyone he is a multimillionaire, which HE even wrote on his websites, to now saying he was just “comfortable” at the time of the Gala.
I don’t know about you, but 50K a year salary is comfortable. A multimillionaire is wealthy. Which is it?
I do NOT believe that the vast majority of that 57K donation was from family. Why the need for the gala in the first place then? Surely, they would just transfer it into his bank account, and we would all be none the wiser.
His explanation of his past is insightful. Part of me agrees when he says decisions made in your twenties, should not be used against him as a grown man in his thirties. I know I’ve made some mistakes, I wish I could go back and change. But, I don’t have people questioning my character TODAY. And unfortunately who he is today, in 2023, is in question. So when evaluating the trustworthiness of a person, it is WISE to assess the history—all of which will help glean an accurate conclusion of them in the present.
This is how smart people think.
I’ve said this before several times. But Richard has said on his stories that “he is ruthless with money.” This came out of his own mouth last year. This is him TELLING us who he is. He isn’t hiding it. It’s all there just in that statement, and that is before we even get to the evidence—which demonstrates he repeatedly makes poor or unethical business decisions, and irrespective of whether he is directly responsible or not for them—the fact is this is HIS history.
This includes going into business with shady characters—one he now claims got a custodial sentence for fraud. And the other business misdemeanour he reported, “he was completely exonerated from,” and then he racked up a CCJ in 2022 which is pretty recent—not at all historical, and on Trustpilot for all to see. Then there is the burglaries three times in a week, and his bodyguard being beaten up which reeks of someone out for revenge.
And this is just what we know. Lord knows, there is probably a whole lot more. But it is starting to look like he will reveal them, only when he is pushed to reveal them. Or he will just disappear.
I watch a lot of crime interrogations and the commonality is that the person in question will present “justifications and explanations,” for a particular situation but only when they feel that whatever the interrogator is presenting is too compelling, and they can’t get out if it. But it quickly becomes a cat and mouse situation, where the interrogator maintains the upper hand by presenting irrefutable evidence to the person in question, one by one, and the person is forced to explain themselves one by one, backing themselves more and more into a corner.
Fascinating.
But it’s very similar to what is happening here I think…
Lack of conviction does not mean innocence. Richard is hellbent on rationalising everything as him being completely innocent but no smoke without fire, couldn’t be more apt. And “when someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.”
He is off to buy a Ferrari today, with 57K of donated money sitting in a bank account. And he still has between 15K-17K of book revenue (in my estimations due to his claim of over 1000 sales), with no proof that the book has even been written. He also said there would be an audiobook, and I’m pretty certain he had a Shopify listing for it, so I’m guessing he got sales for that too. Has he recorded the audiobook? He claimed that the book would be signed and sent out in May/June. There is only two weeks left of this month, and he has been talking about taking more orders for the book too.
My gut instinct tells me this is not the actions of someone acting ethically. And I’d happily discuss my concerns with the police if they were to contact me.