Porn King Steve Crow was a guest speaker at the Taranaki Chamber of Commerce Business After 5 function at the New Plymouth RSA on Wednesday 26th August 2009. It appears that he failed to tell the whole truth when he told more than 100 people in attendance that the RSA Strandon Clubrooms at 435 Devon Street East, purchased by a company of which he is the major shareholder (50%) and was co-director of up until his resignation on 12 November 2008, would never be used for “anything at all to do with the sex industry”. However, since the 27th of August he has been advertising the “Te Ara Centre” (the new title he has given to the RSA Clubrooms), as the venue for his forthcoming three day Sleaze Porn Promo Show in November, which he markets as Erotica Lifestyles Expo via a website. His risible claims of honest transparency with RSA members and the business community were quoted in the Taranaki Daily News:
“Let’s firstly put a few rumours to bed, and then explain what our plans are for this beautiful site. What we are not doing is converting the place into a brothel, or a strip club, or an adult shop, or anything at all to do with the sex industry… And the Crows are also not taking all the money out of the project. Now that’s a real joke. The fact is we’ve already put a lot of money into this project, and we have committed a lot more.”
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Stephen Peter Crow (Steve Crow), [photo above] his brother David Bruce Crow [top right] and wife Carolyn Rose Crow, are all part of a business partnership – 435 Devon Limited (Co. No. 1951732) – that bought the RSA’s property for $1.9 million when both men were directors.
(David became and remains sole director following the resignation of Steve on 12/11/09). The Crow brothers have claimed publicly that they intend to redevelop the clubrooms into a complex featuring a revamped RSA, conference centre, boutique hotel and travel lodge, and penthouse apartments. The project will also include an underground military museum in honour of their late father Peter Crow, who was a long-time RSA stalwart. The sale was pitched as part of a rescue package for the organisation, which was reported to be in danger of going broke and losing everything. The media have reported that some RSA members were opposed to pornographer Steve Crow ever being involved in the purchase and management of their clubrooms because of the sleazy nature of his business.
In addressing the concerns of angry creditors who wanted an opportunity to publicly challenge the Crow brothers at the Chamber of Commerce meeting, Steve Crow responded:
“Well, let me say right from the start that it won’t work. I receive an average of three death threats a week. I get bullets sent to me in the mail. Letters claiming to contain anthrax. None of this sort of thing scares me. So I want to warn you that all you’ll do is embarrass yourself and then get thrown out.” [Note: Crow’s bully tactics and intimidation]
Surely anyone who actually gets these types of threats weekly needs to take a hard look at themselves and if for example, the threats come from angry creditors, rather than try and intimidate them into silence – potentially fuelling counter threats and animosity – they should meet their financial obligations. Four of Steve Crow’s porn companies currently in liquidation owe creditors over $1.3 million. David Crow’s company – Buildwise Ltd (In Liq) owes money to over 50 creditors who are likely to get nothing. Many might see Steve Crow’s ramble about death threats as pathetic – the last cries of a man seeking public sympathy and trying to fend off his creditors with bullying, bluster, vitriol, BS, and hubris.
Background Reference
RSA Development put on hold
Taranaki Daily News 22 November 2008
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