Nadene Lomu
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@Crucial said in Nadene Lomu:
It's not a great look when there is a charity to fund for the kids while mum 'appears' to not need for much but maybe the facts should be looked at.
The money raised by the public in a a trust for Jonah's kids to provide them a future. Nadene Lomu gets nothing from the trust and doesn't have access to funds from it. No donated money has gone anywhere near the Porsche.
The trust is there for the kids education and if she is divesting herself of all of their educational costs so she has more of her own money then so what? In a roundabout way this is simply Jonah paying the bills he would have been paying anyway. The kids still probably end up better off than if she had full access to the chequebook.
She really does come across as a piece of work though.
She's a piece of work alright. She's not the only single parent out there having to put money towards their kids education. Absolving herself of that responsibility tells you a lot about the sort of person she is.
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I have a fundamental and philosophical problem with all this: why does being the child of a rugby star who earned and spent a lot of money entitle you to charity to pay for your later education?
Did Jonah have life insurance? Can Nadene work and provide for her kids? Etc.
I really liked Jonah but the aftermath of his passing and this saga is fairly unpalatable.
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@Billy-Tell highly likely he was unable to get Life Insurance or if he did, would likely have excluded the cause of death being related to his kidney issues, which would be a factor in most of his health issues I suspect.
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Jonah was a legend and I'll always be in awe of what he did on the rugby field and how he fought his terrible illness. But I take a very dim view of anyone who has earned that amount of money, but the begging bowl still needs to be passed around to look after his kids.
Who cares if the wife doesn't have access to the trust. If she can afford a new Porsche, then why should people contribute to the education of her kids?
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Every time I see an article about that scungy gold digger with her hand out, it makes me angry. But it isn't the kiddies fault they have a shit mother. I just hope the trust is watertight and any payments go straight to a school and nowhere near her or her scumbag father's pockets.
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@Mokey said in Nadene Lomu:
Every time I see an article about that scungy gold digger with her hand out, it makes me angry. But it isn't the kiddies fault they have a shit mother. I just hope the trust is watertight and any payments go straight to a school and nowhere near her or her scumbag father's pockets.
I'm glad I donated to the trust so that the kids aren't relying on her
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Isn't it a bit farked up that you donated to the trust of children who had a dad who made millions?
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@Mokey said in Nadene Lomu:
Every time I see an article about that scungy gold digger with her hand out, it makes me angry. But it isn't the kiddies fault they have a shit mother. I just hope the trust is watertight and any payments go straight to a school and nowhere near her or her scumbag father's pockets.
If it wasnt water tight before I'm sure it is now after the Porsche revelation.
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@Rancid-Schnitzel seems to be no shame in asking for money these days, I have seen crowd funding/givealittle things pop up on Facebook (on random 'suggested' page) for all sorts, one was a person whose dog got hit by a car and they have to pay $3000 or so Vet bills rather than have to put it down, which was better than one I saw (which I wasnt sure if serious) for some guy that needed a new car...he didnt have much donated.
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People are shameless the world over and it's not confined to bogans either. I got taken to a charity dinner the other year. Table of ten people for £750+ VAT. Donations, raffles, auctions etc to raise funds for a child with a debilitating disease - can't remember which one. The costs of providing care for this kid, special education and what have you would run into the hundreds of thousands of £s over the years. A noble cause you might think. Well yes except the family were one of the richest in the area and could quite easily have paid for the care twenty times over and still had enough for their yacht and ski chalet.
They were just exchanging their money for everybody else's. Canny work or just shameless miserliness?
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A part of me certainly thinks that Ms. Lomu deserves the right of reply before all 'n sundry come down very hard on her.
Having said that, it certainly looks bad. And all the money given to the Jonah Lomu kids fund, should really be spread around all needy kids. Having a famous Daddy, shouldn't immediately give you the right of a more beneficial life than having a scumbag for a Daddy.
Fuck all kids in this world have a trust fund of any note. I was given $500 by my parents on my 21st, and that was about it for me. So people who gave money to that, were fucking idiots to start off with. Between grandpops wheeler dealing & undoubtedly some outstanding royalties for guest speaking etc, there was more than adequate dosh around to give those boys the start in life that they needed.
In the meantime, as all this was kicking off, thousands of kids across NZ were going hungry, living in substandard conditions, and failing to get the medical attention required for even the most basic conditions.
The whole thing was BS, right from the start. The fact she drives a Porsche should surprise nobody.
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@MajorRage said in Nadene Lomu:
Having a famous Daddy, shouldn't immediately give you the right of a more beneficial life than having a scumbag for a Daddy.
Or a really really good daddy who isn't multi-millionaire but works super damn hard in a physical labouring job 6 days a week 8-4 but is on a minimum wage and can't afford a Porsche.
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There's no way anyone can put a good spin on this. However I don't believe she can be this simple/naive/greedy/irresponsible. Surely not.
She's had massive negative publicity and I can't think she's oblivious to this. There's a stability issue here I am sure. Depression, anxiety, something. For gods sake where are Jonah's friends and supporters to help this woman ?
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@Lozzy said in Nadene Lomu:
There's no way anyone can put a good spin on this. However I don't believe she can be this simple/naive/greedy/irresponsible. Surely not.
She's had massive negative publicity and I can't think she's oblivious to this. There's a stability issue here I am sure. Depression, anxiety, something. For gods sake where are Jonah's friends and supporters to help this woman ?
I don't believe she's the first two, the last two definitely. She's had massive negative publicity and I doubt she gives a shit , why would she?
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@Virgil said in Nadene Lomu:
Blowing the last of his life's saving/work into a property scam involving his wonderful and loyal father n law wouldn't have helped either.
Scam? Why bother with property?
If Jonah was still worth a bit, surely they could have picked up a couple of investment properties in Auckland and lived off the rental income?
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@NTA you might have missed this
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11561435
And here's her dodging questions about it
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