A Brazilian woman who claims that she was effectively forced into sexual service by Wisetech -Baas Richard White receives specialized help from an anti-slavery group while striving for the billionaire in court.
The revelation is still being wiped out of the personal fortune of Mr White in the midst of long -term and repeated scandals with his explosive sex life.
The self -proclaimed 'tech nerd' Founded the global logistics software company in the mid -nineties before it grew in the largest technology company in Australia with a value of more than $ 32 billion.
But since the Saga broke last year, the share price of Wisetech Global has fallen from around $ 137 to around $ 90, so that an estimated $ 6 billion of Mr White's personal wealth was shot into the trial.
Mr. White consistently developed shares in the company and told investors that it was because there was a demand from shareholders for more shares.
Nine newspapers reported that he sold nearly 3.6 million shares between the beginning of October and 20 December.
He loaded another 1.87 million shares since 24 December, with almost $ 230 million from the sale.
In the last controversy to flood the Software -Mogul since October, the billionaire and his wife Zena Nasser are currently being charged in the federal court by former employee Caroline Heidemann.
Richard White and his wife Zena Nasser (depicted together) are currently being charged in the federal court by former employee Caroline Heidemann
According to judicial documents, Mrs. Heidemann (photo) claimed that Mr White exploited her by offering her continuous financial support in exchange for sexual favors. The Wisetech boss denies this and claims that they had a consensual relationship
According to judicial documents, Mrs. Heidemann Mr. White claimed her by exploiting provide her With constant financial support in exchange for sexual favors.
She claimed that Mr. White initially “cultivated a personal relationship with her” while WiseTech worked as a 'general hand' for 15 months by 'presenting herself as a mentor and benefactor'.
Mr. White has strongly denied the accused and said that he “intends to strongly defend all accusations.”
“At no time, Mrs. Heidemann was an employment contract with Realse, nor was she once paid a salary,” he said in a statement to the Australian Financial Review, which broke the original story.
“She did not do formal or informal work for MR White of Real at any stage.”
It has now emerged that Mrs. Heidemann receives help from specialized legal center Anti-Slavery Australia.
The Brazilian national is represented by KMD Law & Advisory, but anti-slavery Australia deals with the visa aspect of her claim, the newspaper reported.
Daily Mail Australia approached the company, which specializes in helping 'everyone who has experienced the risk of modern slavery in Australia', for comment.
Mrs. Heidemann also sues Mrs. Nasser (photo), who reportedly threatened to have deported her after hearing her husband's secret arrangement last year
It is clear that she has received a temporary 'justice visa to pursue her legal claim, so that she can stay in Australia for a year.
When Mrs. Heidemann was made superfluous during the Coronavirus Pandemie, Mr White is said to have arranged that she was hired by his private company, Real Management.
While the Brazilian subject did not receive wages, Mr White reportedly rented an apartment or her in Sydney's Inner South, she paid for her to take English lessons and offer her constant financial support.
Mrs. Heidemann claimed in the court documents that Mr White created an environment of 'economic dependence' by sponsoring her for a temporary visa as a 'business consultant' – so that she surpasses or him – so that he could carry 'illegal behavior for sexual satisfaction'.
She claimed that Mr White made it clear that financial assistance was dependent on …[her] Entering a personal and sexual relationship with him.
Mrs. Heidemann also claimed that he was subject Her to 'humiliate treatment' by trading her financial security and immigration status or 'compliance with his personal and sexual demands'.
Mr. White admitted that he had given Mrs. Heidemann private financial support, but only because they had taken care of 'a consensual personal relationship'.
Although Romantiek ended the middle of the last year, sources in the vicinity of the former couple told the Australian Financial Review that he continued to help finance her lifestyle and had provided more than $ 500,000 in financial support since the start of their relationship.
Mrs. Heidemann also sues Mrs. Nasser, who reportedly threatened to have deported her after hearing her husband's secret regulation last year.
According to Mrs. Heidemann's claim, Mrs. Nasser sent her 'hostile and threatening reports' who demanded that she stopped 'demanding financial support' from her husband and Australia or that she would report her 'sham visa' to immigration authorities.
Two other women also came to the Wisetech Board with individual complaints through their lawyers about the alleged inappropriate behavior of the billionaire.
The scandal surrounding Mr White broke out in October last year after he had granted the former beloved Linda Rogan opposite a furniture account of $ 92,000.
The scandal surrounding Mr White broke out in October last year after he loved Linda Rogan (photo) about a furniture account of $ 92,000
Mrs. Rogan, who owns a laser clinic in Double Bay in the eastern outskirts of Sydney, claimed that she initially met Mr White through his wife – only for him Offer to invest in her company in exchange for sex.
Later she launched a federal court struggle for a $ 13.1 million mansion that she claimed that Mr White had bought her in the most prestigious suburbs of Sydney to live with her three children.
Mrs. Rogan, who never moved to the house, claimed that the technical billionaire took the keys back after his wife discovered that they had a sexual relationship.
In 2023 she successfully sought a local judicial order that Mr White reimburses her for $ 92,123 that she would have spent on setting up the Vaucluse -Huishuis.
Revelations about their relationship found their way to the public domain when he had destroyed the order last August.
The one -time lovers In the end, an extrajudicial arrangement only reached, but By that time, all lusty details for their romance were uncovered.
It comes after the billionaire had reached the headlines last year after revelations, he had bought a $ 7 million mansion for his former partner of seven years, Christine Kontos, while in 2019 he had accused the Wisetech director Christine Holman of bullying and intimidation.
The current Saga and the influence of Mr. White on the company resulted in four independent board members who put protest last week.
“This followed stubborn differences in the board and various views on the role of the founder and founder, Richard White,” said a notification to the Australian Securities Exchange on Monday.
Mr. White underlined his power over the company and was appointed executive chairman two days later.
He will supervise the follow -up planning, including finding a permanent CEO, in addition to the appointment committee, Wisetech said.
“I wanted to let you know that I am completely engaged and here for the long term with an advised vision, passion and a series of new ideas to continue to build the company,” Mr. White told investors on a profit call on Wednesday.
'You have my absolute dedication to do everything within my power and ability to accelerate the company in which you invested and that has been so successful in the almost nine years since the mention.
“It is also important to remember that WiseTech is a globally successful product LED company with more than 30 years of experience.”
