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Richard Freeman was found to have discredited earthquake advocate Brian Staples.
A controversial Christchurch businessman who was once the director of a debt collection company linked to Headhunters has declared bankruptcy.
Richard Logan Freeman, 52, a former heavyweight boxer and racecar driver, filed for bankruptcy on June 21. He is understood to have declared himself insolvent after the Supreme Court ruled in damages of $350,000 against him earlier this year for making defamatory statements about earthquake advocate Brian. paper clip.
According to the corporate office registry, Freeman remains a director of three companies – Black and White Property, Onyx Homes and Franchise Business Systems South Island.
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Richard Freeman was photographed in 2005 with his Corvette racer designed for the Trans Am National Series.
His profile on Linkedin lists him as the managing director of Onyx Homes, which sells home and land packages. His current job in his bankruptcy filing lists him as a salesperson.
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Freeman first appeared in 2010 when he made headlines for claiming he had put two cyclists on the curb in his Hummer and to write on social media he was “removing” cyclists.
At the time, Freeman and former police officer Mark Buffett were tenants of the Takahee restaurant brand and wedding venue. The pair released the lease in 2017 after trying to sell it on Trade Me.
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Richard Freeman’s Hummer was well known in Christchurch.
In 2014, Freeman became a director of a company called Ironclad Securities that specializes in debt purchase and debt collection. Fellow director Lyndon Richardson was a member of the infamous Headhunters gang and was in prison for methamphetamine trading crimes. Freeman remained director of the company between June and November 2014.
Freeman’s name resurfaced in June of this year when the Supreme Court ruled against him for $350,000 in damages over his claims about earthquake advocate Brian Staples.
Two horrific men arrived at Staples’ address in 2014 and threatened to kill him if he didn’t pay. When Staples refused, allegations about him began appearing on Ironclad’s Facebook page. Freeman admitted that he was the page’s manager.
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Richard Freeman helped found the debt collection company Ironclad Securities, which attracted the attention of the police.
In 2019, the coroner conducted an investigation into the death of Freeman’s wife Priscilla Marie Rose Freeman, who died on April 10, 2015 at a chalet hotel in Hanmer Springs. The investigation was subject to strict suppression orders. Priscilla Freeman was a champion bodybuilding and died suddenly.
As bankrupt, Freeman is prohibited from running or controlling any business or from leaving New Zealand without the consent of an official agent.
He is also not allowed to collect more than $1,000 in credit, unless he tells the person who made the loan that he is unresolved bankrupt.
Bankruptcy will be discharged after three years.
Freeman did not return calls and texts on Monday.
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