Brooks and his wife, Linda, plead not guilty to making dishonest representations over their company
There have already been allegations made in court of bikie bashings and media harassment.
Brooks, 60, and his wife, Linda, have been accused of making dishonest representations to induce Glenn Melcheck and his wife to pay $1.95m and buy 50% of their sports merchandise company in 2008.Neil Brooks and his wife Linda will now face trial over an alleged business fraud.Defence barrister Chris Wilson made the no-case submission after a late 2022 committal hearing was told of allegations about Melcheck.
And in 2012 Melcheck spoke to the Nine Network – which later did a story on the fraud allegations – in a bid to get the media to “hound” Brooks, Wilson told the hearing. “Maybe the whole story is supposed to be told … [what was said] at committal, it’s just the tip of the iceberg of what has happened here.”He said there were inconsistencies, noting Melcheck had told the committal he mostly relied on the Brooks’ business proposal documents when deciding to buy a company stake.
He conceded the investment proposal documents were “exaggerated and inflated”, but said Brooks and his wife had not authorised for them to be provided – or personally gave them – to the Melchecks.Magistrate Peter Saggers said he was satisfied there was a prima facie case for the couple to stand trial in Brisbane district court, at a date to be fixed.
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