Martin Van Beynen16:03, Jun 28 2021
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Richard Freeman was found to have defamed earthquake advocate Bryan Staples.
A controversial Christchurch businessman who was once a director of a Headhunters-linked debt collecting firm has declared himself bankrupt. Richard Logan Freeman, 52, a former heavyweight boxer and racing car driver, was put into bankruptcy on June 21. It’s understood he declared himself insolvent after the High Court awarded $350,000 in damages against him earlier this year for making defamatory remarks about earthquake advocate Bryan Staples. According to the Companies Office register, Freeman remains the director of three companies – Black and White Property, Onyx Homes and Franchise Business Systems South Island.