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Nadene Lomu

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  • Billy TellB Offline
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    Billy Tell
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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 TellB Billy Tell

      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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      taniwharugby
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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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      • VirgilV Do not disturb
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        Virgil
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        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.
        Aweful family who are in a mess because of their greed and Jonahs naivety.

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        • Rancid SchnitzelR Offline
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          Rancid Schnitzel
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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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          • MokeyM Offline
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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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            • MokeyM Mokey

              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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              • Rancid SchnitzelR Offline
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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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                • MokeyM Mokey

                  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.

                  VirgilV Do not disturb
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                  Virgil
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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.
                  Yep not the kids fault dad had poor health and mom thinks shes the missing Kardashian sister.

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                  • Rancid SchnitzelR Rancid Schnitzel

                    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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                    @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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                      • MajorStokesM Offline
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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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                        • MajorStokesM MajorStokes

                          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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                          • TeWaioT TeWaio

                            Couldn't find the old RIP Jonah thread on the new forum.....but this is a shocker

                            http://m.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11759382

                            Nadene Lomu is driving a $75,000 Porsche - at the same time the trust set up in her husband Jonah's memory was in London trying to raise money to help the couple's sons.

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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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                              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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                                @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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                                @jegga
                                Cos it's not human nature to endure negative personal comments without an affect ?

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                                • VirgilV Virgil

                                  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.
                                  Aweful family who are in a mess because of their greed and Jonahs naivety.

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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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                                  • NTAN NTA

                                    @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

                                    http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/75989717/Jonah-Lomus-widow-Nadene-says-her-father-did-not-take-advantage-of-him

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                                    • VirgilV Do not disturb
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                                      Virgil
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                                      Yep nothing wrong there, I mean it's normal right for your in laws to sell a property with a heavily marked up price? To make $700k off you
                                      Because that's what family does.

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                                      • VirgilV Virgil

                                        Yep nothing wrong there, I mean it's normal right for your in laws to sell a property with a heavily marked up price? To make $700k off you
                                        Because that's what family does.

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                                        jegga
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                                        @Virgil said in Nadene Lomu:

                                        Yep nothing wrong there, I mean it's normal right for your in laws to sell a property with a heavily marked up price? To make $700k off you
                                        Because that's what family does.

                                        Yeah , check the date too. Right at the start of the property market turning to shit.

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                                        • VirgilV Virgil

                                          Yep nothing wrong there, I mean it's normal right for your in laws to sell a property with a heavily marked up price? To make $700k off you
                                          Because that's what family does.

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                                          @Virgil said in Nadene Lomu:

                                          Yep nothing wrong there, I mean it's normal right for your in laws to sell a property with a heavily marked up price? To make $700k off you
                                          Because that's what family does.

                                          Forget in laws. Some athletes are misfortunate enoguh to have the scam artists be their own parents.

                                          http://ftw.usatoday.com/2016/11/columbus-blue-jackets-jack-johnson-gives-up-two-years-of-his-salary-to-settle-debts

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