Photo / FileThe trial of a well-known Kiwi businessman and his manager started today in Auckland. Crown prosecutor Simon Foote QC said the businessman took advantage of others by using his powerful and influential position. Photo / FileThe "instigators of this plot" were the businessman, his manager and the entertainer, he told the court. Justice Geoffrey Venning is presiding over the High Court trial. "He has enough money to buy people to survive," the entertainer told the complainant.

Source: New Zealand Herald February 17, 2021 22:51 UTC