A new update on the Jacob Fatu payment dispute with Jake’s Network of Hope is now available.
The issue stems back to a fundraising wrestling event that the organization held in April 2023 with NOW Wrestling. Fatu received $2633 in payment for the event, but had to cancel it due to a family crisis. Jake’s Network of Hope spoke to NBC 26 on June 20, 2023, and said that Fatu had never returned the money he was paid.
A thread on Reddit, which has since been deleted, asked yesterday if Fatu had ever returned the money. A user replied to the post by writing “Hello, I’m the original poster.” My wife was working for Jakes Network of Hope, a non-profit in Appleton/Neenah Wisconsin at the time. No, unfortunately he didn’t pay back the charity.”
Jenn Harper, Director of Development at JNOH, told Sports Illustrated they were dealing with this privately.
The latest development in this story is that Jake’s Network of Hope has confirmed to Fightful that Fatu paid the organization back fully earlier this year. He stated that he had made a payment that the organization missed on June 22, stating that he had made a payment that he did on that date.
The following statement was issued by Fightful:
“In May, Jacob Fatu apologized deeply, initiating an important dialogue that allowed us all to work together to find solutions to the problem and resolve it. This event was designed to confront the harsh realities of poverty, and the enormous obstacles that stand in the way of overcoming them. We are grateful that, while not everything went perfectly, the need for diapers and the costs associated with providing essential products to parents were brought to light.
We would like to thank NOW Wrestling in particular for their incredible support. Their commitment to raising public awareness, as well as their generous donation of raffle proceeds from recent events has been invaluable in helping us to advance our mission to end diaper needs. We are also grateful to the wrestling organizations and media outlets who helped bring attention to this cause and highlighted the importance of addressing the poverty and meeting basic necessities.
“As Jacob Fatu embarks on the WWE journey, we wish Jacob Fatu every success and are inspired by solidarity shown across the wrestler community in support of this crucial mission.”
You can find out more about Jake’s Network of Hope, and their work.
“Jake’s Network of Hope” is a non-profit 501(c), which believes in a society where everyone feels valued. This empowers people to live their best life, creating active and full communities. Our programs provide resources to fulfill various human requirements: basic, emotional, social and educational.”
Jacob Fatu has resolved a payment issue with a non-profit organization. in todays Wrestling news, Chatalong Chatbox, Results will be Hidden inside a spoiler Button so you will not bet spoiled about direct results.
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