Pete Evans Has Been Fined Almost $80,000 For Advertising Fake ‘COVID-Curable’ Products
None of Evan's products are included on the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods.
Celebrity chef turned QAnon conspiracy theorist Pete Evans has been handed a fine of nearly $80,000 for repeatedly advertising false “wellness” and “covid-curable” products.
On Tuesday, the “alternative health” advocate was issued a fine totalling $79,920 by the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), along with a notice for Evans and his company to remove any “non-compliant advertising” .
According to the TGA, this type of “non-compliant advertising” is concerning the continuous and unlawful promotion of products and treatments by Evans and his company.
The product most under fire is Evans’ infamous ‘BioCharger’ device, which the conspiracy theorist has claimed can cure COVID, despite previously stating that the pandemic was a hoax.
This isn’t the first time Evans has been hit with a hefty fine. In April last year, he was ordered to pay $25,200 by the TGA after he promoted the ‘BioCharger’ on a Facebook Livestream.
The TGA even issued Evans a warning at the time about his advertising of other products, which seemingly he ignored.
Aside from the ‘BioCharger’, Evans has been endorsing products like oral magnets and something called a ‘hyperbaric chamber’, which were actually mainly used for deep-sea diving related illnesses before clinics started adapting the therapy.
On many occasions, Evans has implied that his products are endorsed by health professionals, but according to the TGA they haven’t been.
In fact, none of his products are included on the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods.
Despite the numerous warnings, the former My Kitchen Rules judge has allegedly continued to advertise his products unlawfully, whilst also posting various COVID-19 conspiracy theories and anti-masking and anti-vaccine messaging on his social media accounts.
In December last year, he was permanently booted off Facebook and Instagram for sharing misinformation that was deemed likely lead to ‘imminent physical harm’, as well as a Neo-Nazi cartoon.
Evans was also dropped from the last season of I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here!, as well as by his publisher, Channel 7, and multiple other brands.