One of Australia’s richest men allegedly told a beauty entrepreneur he met through his partner “Fark, you look stunning” after she sent him a risqué video.
Billionaire Richard White is embroiled in a court battle with laser clinic owner Linda Rogan, who claims the WiseTech Global founder offered to invest in her business in exchange for sex.
At the center of the dispute is a mansion Rogan says White bought him to live in with his three children in Vaucluse, in Sydney’s eastern suburbs.
Rogan, who never moved into the house, claims White got the keys back after his partner Zena Nasser discovered they were in a sexual relationship.
Screenshots of a series of WhatsApp and Instagram messages allegedly between White and Logan, as well as between Logan and Nasser, form part of the case in the Federal Court.
Last year, Logan, 55, successfully sought a local court order for White, 69, to reimburse him for $92,123 he allegedly spent furnishing the Vaucluse home.
White, who is worth an estimated $9.7 billion, overturned that order and in August issued a bankruptcy notice against Logan, which she is seeking to overturn.
Details of the couple’s latest contest have been set out in documents filed with the Federal Court and obtained by publications such as The Sydney Morning Herald.
Billionaire Richard White is embroiled in a court battle with laser clinic owner Linda Rogan, who claims the WiseTech Global founder offered to invest in her business in exchange for sex.
Rogan, who owns laser clinics in Sydney, Cairns and New Zealand, says she met White through Nasser, a former criminal defense lawyer.
Nasser had allegedly sent Rogan an Instagram message in June 2022 that read: “We have some mutual friends and you appeared on my page… I never do this but I thought I had to send this stunning lady a message.” . unknown.’
One month later, Ms Nasser visited Ms Rogan’s Rose Bay Bionik Wellness clinic and introduced her to Mr White via Facetime.
The two women later discussed a dinner meeting at Rockpool Bar & Grill, and Ms. Nasser told Ms. Rogan, “You’ll meet Richard, he’s so smart…”
Mrs. Rogan: ‘Should I invite my husband?’
Mrs. Nasser: ‘Richard doesn’t get along with men. Don’t tell him I said that. Ha ha ha.’
In another message, Ms. Nasser allegedly said that Mr. White would only join them “because I told him you helped me get sexy haha.”
Billionaire businessman Richard White allegedly told beauty entrepreneur Linda Rogan (above) “Fark, you look stunning” after seeing her in a racy video she sent on WhatsApp.
Ms Nasser had also allegedly told Ms Logan: “Richard and I are not married, we maintain separate residences, but we are normally together most nights.”
She continued: ‘I love it. He says he works hard. It’s a perfect combination.’
Ms Logan allegedly responded: ‘Oh my God. That’s the dream… Jesus. Amazing. Ha ha ha.’
According to an affidavit from Ms. Rogan, the trio met for dinner at Bambini Trust Restaurant & Wine Room in August.
“During dinner, Richard said things to me like, ‘I’m a businessman. I have a company, WiseTech. “I am a billionaire,” Ms. Rogan said in her affidavit.
Ms. Rogan said that after that dinner, Mr. White offered to invest in her business and warned her that it would be necessary to buy out his partners.
One of those partners was Rogan’s husband, Gil Sartena, from whom she had been separated since 2017 but who still shared a house.
Rogan said in his affidavit that during another dinner in August 2022, White told him that he had bought an apartment for Nasser to live in and that he could do the same for her.
Beauty entrepreneur Linda Rogan says she met Richard White, who is worth an estimated $9.7 billion, through her partner Zena Nasser. Mr. White and Mrs. Nasser pictured.
Linda Rogan and Mr. White’s partner, Zena Nasser, discussed a dinner meeting at Rockpool Bar & Grill, and Ms. Nasser told Ms. Rogan, “You’ll meet Richard, he’s so smart…”
Later that month, Ms. Rogan and Mr. White allegedly inspected the Vaucluse property, according to court documents.
When Rogan sent White a sexy video of her on WhatsApp, he allegedly responded a minute later saying, “FFF Fark, you look stunning.”
Ms. Nasser allegedly said of Mr. White in an Instagram message to Ms. Nasser, “take as much of his knowledge as you can,” adding, “I’m not jealous… he knows.”
Ms. Rogan said in her affidavit that she flew to New York on September 17, 2022, at Mr. White’s request.
“When I arrived at the Park Lane Hotel to check in, I was informed that only one suite had been reserved,” he wrote.
‘I realized that Richard expected me to enter into a sexual relationship with him to fulfill his promise that he would invest in my business.
“So I stayed with Richard in his suite and our relationship became sexual.”
Ms Rogan said that on her return to Sydney she was invited to Mr White’s home in Bexley, where they discussed purchasing the Vaucluse property.
Linda Rogan (above) alleges she realized tech billionaire Richard White wanted a sexual relationship when he booked them into a single suite at New York’s Park Lane hotel.
Ms. Nasser allegedly said of Mr. White in an Instagram message to Ms. Nasser, “take as much of his knowledge as you can,” adding, “I’m not jealous… he knows.”
Mr White allegedly told Ms Rogan: “The structure will ensure that no one traces the property back to you or me.” Zena will never know that I own this house.
“You will live in this house forever,” White allegedly told Rogan after his lawyer purchased it for $13.1 million.
Rogan alleges that as he was preparing to move into the house the following month, he received a message from Nasser, who told him: “You didn’t have to lie…
‘Richard admitted it…please don’t come near me again.’
According to Rogan, he was told to return the keys to the house in November. It sold in February of last year for $11.5 million.
Ms Rogan alleges that Mr White’s bankruptcy action against her is “prompted by malice and is an abuse of process” and wants the application dismissed.
Sources close to White confirmed that he and Nasser welcomed a daughter named Jasmine through a surrogate in July.
Ms Rogan, who also owns laser clinics in Cairns and Auckland, was once touted as a potential cast member of reality show The Real Housewives of Sydney.
His allegations against White have not yet been proven. The bankruptcy case returns to Federal Court on October 15.
