One of Australia’s richest men is said to have told a beauty entrepreneur he met through his partner ‘Fark – you look gorgeous’ after she sent him a saucy video.
Billionaire Richard White is embroiled in a lawsuit with laser clinic owner Linda Rogan, who claims the founder of WiseTech Global offered to invest in her company in exchange for sex.
At the center of the dispute is a mansion that Ms Rogan claims was bought by Mr White for her to live with her three children in Vaucluse, in Sydney’s eastern suburbs.
Ms Rogan, who never moved into the house, claims Mr White took back the keys after his partner Zena Nasser discovered they were having a sexual relationship.
Screenshots of a series of WhatsApp and Instagram messages, allegedly between Mr White and Ms Logan, as well as Ms Logan and Ms Nasser, are part of the case in the Federal Court.
Last year, 55-year-old Ms Logan successfully applied for a local court order that 69-year-old Mr White reimburse her for the $92,123 she allegedly spent on furnishing the Vaucluse home.
Mr. White, who has an estimated net worth of $9.7 billion, quashed that order and issued a bankruptcy declaration to Ms. Logan in August, which she is trying to overturn.
Details of the pair’s latest match have been revealed in documents filed with the Federal Court and obtained by publications including The Sydney Morning Herald.
Billionaire Richard White is embroiled in a lawsuit with laser clinic owner Linda Rogan, who claims the founder of WiseTech Global offered to invest in her company in exchange for sex
Ms Rogan, who owns laser clinics in Sydney, Cairns and New Zealand, says she met Mr White through Ms Nasser, a former criminal lawyer.
Ms Nasser is said to have sent Ms Rogan an Instagram message in June 2022 saying: ‘We have some mutual friends and you came across my page… I never do this but I thought I should message this beautiful lady to steer. X.’
A month later, Ms Nasser visited Ms Rogan’s Rose Bay clinic Bionik Wellness and introduced her to Mr White via Facetime.
The two women then discussed meeting for dinner at Rockpool Bar & Grill, with Ms Nasser telling Ms Rogan: “You’ll meet Richard, he’s so smart…”
Mrs. Rogan: ‘Should I invite my husband?’
Mrs Nasser: ‘Richard doesn’t deal well with men. Don’t tell him I said that. Hahaha.’
In another message, Ms. Nasser reportedly said that Mr. White would only join them “because I told him you helped me become sexy, haha.”
Billionaire businessman Richard White allegedly told beauty entrepreneur Linda Rogan (above): ‘Fark – you look beautiful’ after spotting her in a saucy video she sent on WhatsApp
Ms Nasser also allegedly told Ms Logan: ‘Richard and I are not married, we have separate homes but usually together most nights.’
She continued, “I love it. He says he works, I spend. It’s a match made in Heaven.’
Ms Logan reportedly replied: ‘OMG. That’s the dream… Jesus. Amazing. Hahaha.’
According to an affidavit sworn by Ms. Rogan, the trio met for dinner at Bambini Trust Restaurant & Wine Room in August.
‘During dinner, Richard said words to me to the effect: “I am an entrepreneur. I have a company, WiseTech. I’m a billionaire,’” Ms. Rogan said in her affidavit.
Ms. Rogan said that after that dinner, Mr. White offered to invest in her company and advised that her partners should be bought out.
One of those partners was Ms. Rogan’s husband, Gil Sartena, from whom she had been separated since 2017 but still shared a home.
Ms. Rogan said in her affidavit that Mr. White told her at another dinner in August 2022 that he had bought an apartment for Ms. Nasser to live in and that he could do the same for her.
Beauty entrepreneur Linda Rogan says she met Richard White, who has an estimated net worth of $9.7 billion, through his partner Zena Nasser. Mr. White and Mrs. Nasser are pictured
Linda Rogan and Mr White’s partner Zena Nasser discussed meeting for dinner at Rockpool Bar & Grill, with Ms Nasser telling Ms Rogan: ‘You’ll meet Richard, he’s so smart…’
According to court documents, Ms. Rogan and Mr. White allegedly inspected the Vaucluse’s property later that month.
When Ms Rogan sent Mr White a sultry video of himself on WhatsApp, he reportedly replied a minute later by saying: ‘FFF Fark – you look beautiful.’
Ms. Nasser reportedly said of Mr. White in an Instagram message to Ms. Nasser: “Take all you can from his knowledge,” adding: “I don’t get jealous… he knows that.”
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 told that only one suite had been reserved,” she wrote.
‘I realized that Richard expected me to enter into a sexual relationship with him in order to fulfill the promise that he would invest in my company.
“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) claims she realized tech billionaire Richard White wanted a sexual relationship when he booked them a single suite at New York’s Park Lane Hotel
Ms. Nasser reportedly said of Mr. White in an Instagram message to Ms. Nasser: “Take all you can from his knowledge,” adding: “I don’t get jealous… he knows that.”
Mr White is said to have told Ms Rogan: ‘The structure will ensure that no one traces ownership back to me or you. Zena will never know that I own this house.
“You will live in this house forever,” Mr. White allegedly told Ms. Rogan after his lawyer bought it for $13.1 million.
Ms. Rogan claims that as she prepared to move into the house the next month, she received a message from Ms. Nasser, who said, “You didn’t have to lie…
“Richard has admitted it… please don’t come near me again.”
According to Ms Rogan, she was told in November that she had to hand over the keys to the house. It sold in February last year for $11.5 million.
Ms Rogan claims Mr White’s bankruptcy proceedings against her are “malice-driven and an abuse of process” and wants the application dismissed.
Sources close to Mr. White confirmed that he and Ms. Nasser welcomed a daughter named Jasmine via a surrogate mother in July.
Ms Rogan, who also owns laser clinics in Cairns and Auckland, was once touted as a potential cast member on reality show The Real Housewives of Sydney.
Her allegations against Mr White have yet to be tested. The bankruptcy case returns to the Federal Court on October 15.