Tom’s In Bündches of Trouble

[KFC911]

^^^^ Anyone who believes a paid spokesman deserves what they get shafted for imo.

Broadway Joe, JJ, Captain Kirk, Magnum PI, all those gold hawkers ....

[stevej37]

Maybe his lawyer told him to hurry up and lose some money before half of it is taken away.

[Noah930]

Originally Posted by kc911

^^^^ anyone who believes a paid spokesman deserves what they get shafted for imo.

+1

[Crowbob]

Originally Posted by Noah930

Not really touched upon in this thread yet, but I wonder about the lawsuits/investigations/attempts to hold the celebrity spokespeople (like Tom & Gisele) responsible for this mess. They (Tom/Gisele/etc) are just hired talking heads. They're not actually masterminding the house of cards. Why are they being investigated as part of the fraud?
Are they somehow expected to do their due diligence (as what, athletes/models/actors?) sussing out the business plans of these companies they're hired to endorse? How are they liable for the failings of FTX any more than the cameramen filming the commercials or the TV stations airing them?

It’s possible Tom and Gisele did more than simply hawk the fraud as celebrity spokespeople on TV. If they actually sold the scam to people as in possibly holding court at very private events at very private locations with very private people and made promises to those people or lied, then there may be a case to be made against them. It may come down to how much they actually knew about what was going on. As far as we know, they could have sold abunchuvit to people just before it crashed. They may have even unloaded their own holdings the timing of which may be suspiciously close to the collapse.

[Noah930]

^^^^

True. It's possible.

Or, like in probably about 999/1000 of celebrity endorsements, they were just paid to show up and read a few lines in front of a camera crew to make the commercial.