A homeless veteran who was cheated out of $400,000 by a New Jersey couple will receive the full amount from GoFundMe. The crowdfunding website promised to contribute the full $400,000 to an escrow account created by lawyers to help pay Johnny Bobbitt’s living expenses.
The good news comes a day after police raided the Bordentown, NJ home of Kate McClure and her boyfriend Mark D’Amico. Police were seen searching a brand new black BMW in the driveway before hauling it off on a flatbed truck.
Bobbitt’s ordeal began last October when he gave McClure his last $20 after her car ran out of gas and she was stranded in a dangerous Philadelphia neighborhood.
McClure and D’Amico claimed they gave Bobbitt $200,000 which he used to buy drugs. But Bobbitt’s lawyer said the couple only gave him $75,000 in goods and services — and they spent the rest on cars, lavish vacations and brand name items for themselves.
Bobbit’s lawyer said the couple spent every penny of GoFundMe donations raised for Bobbitt after their story went viral.
Bobbitt sued the couple to recover the missing funds.
On Wednesday, New Jersey Superior Court Judge Paula Dow ordered the couple to give a deposition to Bobbitt’s lawyers to explain what they did with the money.
But GoFundMe isn’t waiting for the outcome of the lawsuit.
“Johnny will be made whole and we’re committing that he’ll get the balance of the funds that he has not yet received or benefited,” Bobby Whithorne, director of North America Communications, said in a statement to the NY Daily News on Thursday.
“We’ll continue to assist with the ongoing law enforcement investigation. As we’ve said, our platform is backed by the GoFundMe Guarantee, which means that in the rare case that GoFundMe, law enforcement or a user finds campaigns are misused, donors and beneficiaries are protected,” Whithorne said.
Well hey…. everything is good now.
The crowdfunding website promised to contribute the full $400,000 to an escrow account created by lawyers to help pay Johnny Bobbitt’s living expenses.
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This should have been done in the first place!!! Those 2 are crooks and I hope they get jail time for stealing and lying.
So GFM repays the $400,000 and the two white crooks get off Scott free? Or until the forensic accounting is complete. Have gone on ski vacations and purchased BMWs. They confiscated the car but can’t take back those vacations and stuff.
Are they going to jail for fraud though?
Why arent they in jail. White privilege.
They better.
did the people donating money want the homeless man to spend it on crack and meth?
Needs jail time. They need to be examples.
Hopefully he doesn’t OD with all that money. I’m hoping for the best in this situation but expecting the worst. Sad, but I’m being honest..
Hope that doesn’t mean those folks off the hook they need to go to prison
The money should be given if he can maintain a job and pass a piss test..aint no freebies out here
The money was given as gifts/donations. Why does he have to prove something to someone to get it? Its his!
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They need to go to jail.
If it was his money why did these 2 have access to it? gofundme is at fault…that’s why they are making it right..
Take the key and lock them up…….lock them up……lock them up…..Take the key and lock them up, Myyy Fair Lady!
They setup the account in their name but used his photo to capture hearts of caring people.
It wasn’t his money until they handed it over.
The gofundme was set up for him but the account is in their name until they cut the check.
I’d think in the future GoFundMe will have a secure option for those raising money for others
They still have court next week and sis Superior Court Judge Paula Dow isn’t having it! I believe they will go to jail for grand theft and fraud.
He’s struck gold twice. Let’s hope he recognizes the opportunity that has been placed before him to get his life back on track. Last thing he needs to do is totally relapse and blow it. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/9b05d498ec0d567ce2e91abab8fd69df836ef671e7c8ec89554dd81b3200511d.jpg
Those thieves and liars! Hope they go to jail!
I see new rules and procedures going forth, with GoFundme accounts.
Thank Gudness! Those to lowlife’s need to be prosecuted. Somebidy needs to be held accountable. These fools still insisting that they did nothing wrong. That D Amico is one smug S.O.B. maybe if he get some time in jail, it will wipe that smug right off his mug. Watch these two start turning on each other.
I’m glad he’s going to get his money. I hope he doesn’t OD. But whatever he decides to do with HIS money is HIS choice. If you didn’t want a junkie homeless man to get high, you shouldn’t have given him any money. But it’s his now bytches.
Wasn’t their a bobby in the news years ago for chopping someone’s manhood off. That’s all I could think of when I read his last name. Lol
Yes, like the man with the golden voice did at first.
Its currently a recipe for fraud, no? They arent vetting folks and/or following up with funds distribution?
Wow it is funny how a white person didnt call the cops on them saying they looked outta place buying all of those expensive items wondering where they got the money from. Black folks get questioned about our finances even if we bought a stick of gum.
Lorena Bobbitt
My big azz is so ready for fall. Oversized sweaters, tights and boots. I can’t deal with another 90+ degree day.
Exactly. You couldn’t even put gas in your car or afford enough lips to cover your teeth but now you have a BMW? Very suspicious. My nosy ass would have been eyeing them like a hawk
I am so happy for him. If it was black people that had done this they would have been sitting in jail till they found the money
There better be some jail time in the future for these two…
Seems like a recipe for fraud. There needs to be some checks and balances in place, especially after a certain amount
GFM doesn’t want to be liable. Other cases of mismanagemt but not on this scale. People were calling for their shut down or for them to be sued
afford enough lips to cover your teeth but now you have a BMW?
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Let me clock out…
I know that’s right
The money is coming from Go Fund Me. These two bastards still need to have theft and fraud charges brought against them. Maybe Go Fund Me plans to sue them. I hope that someone will get this man a financial planner who will release the money in increments. He’s going into rehab for a month but….I’d hate to see him blow the money on the drug man like Whitney. Just saying.
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I’m almost sure of it. Female judge assigned is pissed.
Happy Friday
? happy Friday booski
And by December 31, 2018 he will have $0 after doing drugs and helping his family.
Her teeth probably ashy too. I wouldn’t be surprised if they used some of that money for drugs too
Well alright!!
DEAD
AHH GO FUND ME SAID ‘he’ll get the balance of the funds that he has not yet received or benefited,”. BALANCE NOT $400K B/C HE’S ALREADY ADMITTED TO RECEIVING SOME OF THE FUNDS. AND I HOPE THE ACCOUNT WHICH IS FOR HIS LIVING EXPENSES IS MONITORED BY THE COURTS AND COMES WITH THE STIPULATION OF DRUG REHAB……..JENNY JONES!!!!
I was going to say the same thing. He has already shown how he will use the money. He needs someone to help he get his life back on track. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity and it shouldn’t go to waste.
Can someone start me a Go Fund Me, I’m hungry and I don’t do drugs!
This was becoming a public relations nightmare for GoFundMe, so I guess it made sense to just pay him the $400k than to have their reputation continue to take a hit. If people lose confidence in them, over the long term it would have cost them a lot more than that in lost business.
Ends up being a win-win situation, I guess.
There will be, I’m sure. The BMW already got repossessed by order of the court.
To be white in America where your failures are rewarded. ???
I’m with you bring on the slanted UGG’s, and lint-balled tight season…lol
That’s why GoFundMe really needs to sue those thieves.
Can I get some help with my student loans!!!
You already know! I was wondering if this was a black drug addict would GFM have stood up like they are for this dude, or is this just good press for GFM.
Good. They need to be held accountable
SAY THAT SHIT AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You know what……your right
Maaaaaaaannnnnnnnnn!!!!!!! Right, it’s crazy!
Lol. I don’t take part in those “festivities” but I’m ready for it.
Real life movie “Gang Related” Bobbitt got lawyers. Just because he was on the street doesn’t mean he didn’t have connections. This man was a vet . He knows some things.
This is so nice! I hope he doesn’t blow it all on crack or meth and I hope these two thieving mofos lose everything including the shirt off of their backs! They shoulda stuck to the plan! Now the only one that benefits is this guy. (I wonder if he needs help spending this money because I am a great candidate to help him with this…)
Yup! I bet he surprised the hell out of this couple. They figured a down-on-his-luck vet with a drug habit couldn’t possibly make them give the money back…
lol
That’s pretty cool of them to do for him
Nooooooooooo…. I want summer to last forever….
LOLLOLLOLLOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LOLLOLLOLLOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I can’t Quite. I don’t know where you are, but this humidity is killing me.
God is good. I hope they learned their lesson because this so embarrassing. And if they work, I wonder what their boss think about all of this ?
He needs to get an accountant.
Yes! Let’s do what they did. Tell them we’re both on welfare and you gave me your last $20 for gas money. Except let’s really split the donations for real??
No cops no lawyers! So easy!
Yeah… the humidity is a killer…
Good for him now put their butts in jail! They look like low life scam artist!
don’t be a salty bitch,,,,,LOL…just kidding Im salty as hell all he going to do is blow it…trust he will be dead next month
They should give him tom and ashley’s car too. Thieving ass pale devils
White people and embezzlement? It’s in their DNA! They can’t help themselves…..this is what they do. Steal, lie and deceive. Non-progressive a**es.
This should be an indication of how much money they are making. That was the quickest payout I have ever seen. They don’t want to rock that leaky boat of theirs.
When someone with a history of drug abuse or mental illness receives funds from the government, they are typically assigned a payee, who helps them manage their money. This money came from donations, so the government can’t get involved, but without someone to help that homeless man manage his affairs, nothing good will come of this windfall.
This is good news. Now put the couple in jail after confiscating all their ill gotten goods.
The money-management help comes in the form of the courts having a lawyer open up two separate Trust Funds for him.
Half of the funds will be in the Main Trust Fund where he will be giving a monthly salary to live off of to pay his rent & utility bills.
The second Trust Fund will be invested to earn interest to grow the money for a long future retirement fund (where the salary will continue in his older years) at times, he might be able to request some funds from the second trust, if he has tapped out of the 1st Trust Fund set up for him over the years.
To lie, steal, deceive & destroy or manipulate and cause chaos/confusion? -sounds like Scriptures from the Bible.
They did him like he was a black man thought he was dumb and didn’t know how to use the law.
This crackhead is lucky he got 200,000 to spend on crack and get high! If they would of given him it all he would of overdosed and killed him self anyways !
Tom and Ashley
LOL!
They gave him $75,000.
Balance of $325,000 is not too shabby.
Heartbreaking.
I’m pretty sure it was his family behind getting lawyers, for their own self motivated interests. Sad.
It’s the flagrancy and outlandishness of the thieving couple that did them in.
I bet the law, the homeless man, the homeless man’s family and lawyers would have been lenient and forgiving had the couple bought a cheap one bedroom condo ($50,000), a modest car ($10,000), and opened a little savings account ($15,000) for themselves, and gave the homeless man $325,000.
But they gave him pennies and went from zero to opulence and that is why they are going to jail. Their actions were illogical and indefensible.
They are poor themselves and there could have been some sympathy for them but they did nothing for base human need, nothing practical, and everything they did was greed because ultimately they are just not good people.
So go fund me will be going after the couple of fools?
I hope so!
The attorney will get half. Giving this dope fiend that money will only cause him to OD. The thieves may have saved his life by stealing the money. ijs
True
He doesn’t know the law. A greedy lawyer saw the story and decided to become his attorney, which subsequently, he’ll get half of the donations for representing the dope fiend. #StayWoke
GoFundMe makes billions off their cut of the donations. It is in their interest to appease donors because donors are their bread and butter. They didn’t replace the $400,000 out of concern for the homeless man. They replaced the money to keep the faith of their donors.