Recently I've been reporting about
Korey Rochon and his several attempts to run a scam. He has recently claimed he has not run a con game. You decide if you believe him or not! Here is what he said.
THE FULL CORE STATEMENT: To the comic book realm, My name is
Korey Rochon, I am the former C.E.O of Ascendant Comics. I am the creator of
The Core Comic Con. A few weeks ago a blog was created under the suspicion that
I was a scam artist stealing the titles of Independent Owners and creators. I
was also accused by a former business partner and "friend" of being a
thief. I had no idea what was going on for 4 weeks, and I did not take it well.
My friend of 7 years betrayed me, and left me in the dark and most of you who
asked me questions where caught in the after effects. I changed my name on
facebook, in hopes to stop the hate mail that I was receiving, but I made
things worst. I have compiled a short series of evidence and after reading, you
the public can cast your judgement. I created The Core Comic Con, for
independent comic book creators, and featured Roosevelt Pitt, Joy DeCapua,
Chuck Amadori and many more. It was held every 2 weeks. I was accused of
stealing money from these creators, when in fact I lost over 150 dollars
supporting them for this cause. As you all know, (check and see) Paypal holds
documents of all payments on their site. I have download that list to be seen
by the public. For 2 weeks straight only 3 people made purchases myself, Krystal
MewPuff, and Chuck Amadori. Everyone was paid their money with the exception of
one person Kirt Mohan, who was left forgotten not because of greed, but because
of this entire situation. Veronica Wagner and myself have both contacted him
and are waiting his response to pay him. I was paying for these comics and
giving them to free viewers who came to the site in hopes to build them up, I
never had any intention of selling them without the consent of the owners
permission. The Core was shut down due to a lawsuit that was going to be filed
against me, not my team. No one was legally bound to the core but me, so my
team knew nothing about it shutting down until I told them. I made mistakes and
took responsible for a team decision we made, and the consequences to that were
shutting down the entire site. On my facebook page I wrote a massive letter to
the creators and companies involved that the core would be shutting down, but I
would be back with a bigger and better idea. Each and every time there was a
purchase made on my site I emailed, and informed that person of that sale, and
sent out a forum of all posted sales as you see. The dropbox that held all the
files for these creators and companies was instantly deleted. I spent my own
personal money on facebook ads and promos for everyone involved with the core.
From this idea transpired another, The United Comic Book company. A company
that would bring together all of us under one roof. I started looking for
owners to join together and band with me, I ask for 100.00 as a requirement so
that once we were fully completed we could get our legal paperwork completed
instantly. I spoke with Darrell Goza, Lonnie Lowe Jr.,Roosevelt Pitt, Chandar
Wilson, Anderson Neph Richardson over the phone about this matter and they can
tell you that not once did the words "I need the money upfront" come
out of my mouth. I want to bring us all under one brand and work together.
Again, I will admit the way I handled this situation was childish, boyish and
immature. Changing my name might have put you all uneased about me. But all I
can do is apologize. This is my statement about The Core and it's allegations.
-Korey Rochon
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