The Completionist involved in possible charity scam

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KLXVER said:

Trentonater said:

I think it's worth reading this for everyone https://tedium.co/2023/12/12/the-completionist-open-hand-foundation-nonprofit-context/

regardless of how true the claims end up being jobst majorly overstepped his bounds as a journalist and acted quite unlike a journalist at that. Many legal experts have said he shouldn't have made the claims he did in his second video and should have consulted legal experts. But i have noticed that jobst will eventually start milling the same topic for views but in this case he should have left it as it was.

That is an interesting read for sure. It would be nice to get actual legal experts to talk about this. Someone who has no connection to either parties.

The most important point for me is that The Completionist repeatedly and over a long period of time send a message to his viewers and (potential) donors what he and the foundation are doing and what they are not doing, which turned out to be false. There are two points in particular.

1. That all of proceedings would go to the foundation and donated to a good cause and nothing would be used to cover expenses for e.g. Indieland. This turned out to be false.

2. That the foundation was working with several organizations throughout the years gives the impression the foundation was supporting them throughout the years. This turned out to be false.

He misled his viewers and (potential) donors. The argument that he might have not been aware what his family members are really doing with the money, is not something I can buy. If he's so engaged with the foundation's cause, obviously he would have vested interest to know what the foundation did over so many years.