Kim Dotcom Denies Allegations Amid Dispute with Former Gardener

The internet entrepreneur faces claims of unpaid wages and poor working conditions, which he refutes as baseless.

Kim Dotcom, a prominent internet entrepreneur, is embroiled in a legal dispute with his former gardener, Mike Hawthorne, over alleged unpaid wages amounting to 35,000 New Zealand dollars.
Hawthorne claims he was forced to use an outdoor latrine due to being denied access to indoor facilities, despite suffering from a chronic bowel condition.
Dotcom has publicly denied all allegations, asserting that he is not a party to the contract and that the agreed hourly wage was 50 dollars, not the 85 dollars later demanded.
Additional complaints from other workers have emerged, alleging delayed payments and unusual working conditions, including enforced silence during Dotcom's sleeping hours.
Dotcom has taken to social media to refute these claims, criticizing the media for spreading falsehoods and threatening legal action against the reporting outlets.