The luxurious Cronulla mansion at the heart of Roxy Jacenko’s failed $10million house lottery has been put on the market.
The PR mogul, 44, had partnered with businessmen Youssef Tleis and Kassim Alaouie on her Brand Bootcamp online business course, and the trio launched a promotion offering new customers the chance to win three epic prizes.
The prizes included the $10million waterfront Cronulla home – owned by Mr Tleis and Mr Alaouie – as well as a Birkin bag and a Rolex timepiece, and the promotion was due to be drawn in June, before it was halted.
Now, Mr Theis has reportedly confirmed to Confidential that the stunning four-bedroom waterfront abode is back on the market.
The multimillion dollar property has been put up for sale with listing agent Michael Luck at Ausrealty Sylvania under an expression of interest campaign.
While no prize has been mentioned, the sprawling mansion was recently estimated to be worth a staggering $10million.
Co-owners Mr Tleis and Mr Alaouie initially listed the four-bedroom property for auction in 2023, later withdrawing the listing when they failed to find a buyer.
After the controversial failed lottery venture, Roxy was said to have paid out $76,000 in refunds to disgruntled entrants earlier this year.
The luxurious Cronulla mansion at the heart of Roxy Jacenko’s failed $10 million house lottery is on the market
The PR mogul had partnered with businessmen Youssef Tleis and Kassim Alaouie on her Brand Bootcamp online business course and they offered customers the chance to win prizes including the lavish mansion (pictured)
Roxy had earlier taken to Instagram to claim she was leaving the joint business after discovering a ‘shortfall’ in the prize money pool and insisted she would offer customers’ refunds out of her own pocket.
‘I stand by my offer to refund customers and as a result of this, $684,000 of my own personal funds remain in my solicitor’s trust account,’ she told Daily Mail Australia at the time.
She then issued $76,019 in refunds to entrants of the aborted giveaway, just over 10 per cent of the money she claimed to have set aside for the repayments, The Daily Telegraph reported in June.
A total of 7,489 people had paid between $29 and $499 to sign up for the boot camp, but it was estimated that some 90 per cent of participants remained out of pocket after the refunds.
Only participants who lodged a refund request within a seven-day window from June 9 until June 15 were eligible to receive any refund from Roxy.
After she came under fire for the brief refund window, Roxy clapped back at critics on social media, claiming she wasn’t even required to offer it.
‘I’m now processing refunds from my personal bank account. As you know, I entered into a partnership with two others, which was a dismal f**king failure,’ she began.
After the promotional venture had to be halted, Mr Theis has reportedly confirmed to Confidential that the stunning four-bedroom waterfront abode is back on the market
The multimillion dollar property has been put up for sale with listing agent Michael Luck at Ausrealty Sylvania under an expression of interest campaign
While no prize has been mentioned, the sprawling mansion (pictured) was recently estimated to be worth a staggering $10million
‘If you’re an honourable person, you put your hand in your pocket and refund people, which is what I am doing commencing this week. Refunds remain open until today.’
‘One thing about the refund window, you don’t go to Woolworths and buy Nutri-Grain and then in three months time suggest they should take it back and swap it or give you a full refund,’ she added.
‘A seven-day window is not an unusual offer, it is not even something I had to do. I chose to refund those who applied from my own pocket.’
Roxy was said to be pushing to have the $76,000 in refunds repaid from liquidators – after Roxy Bootcamp was ordered to be wound up earlier this year.
Her lawyers also reportedly informed her former business partners that she plans to keep the Birkin bag and Rolex watch she purchased as part of her investment in the giveaway.
After the failed business venture, the NSW Supreme Court has called in liquidators on the company – from which Roxy resigned as a director in May.
Roxy originally sought the appointment of provisional liquidators due to, among other reasons, allegations that Mr Tleis and Mr Alaouie had engaged in ‘misleading conduct’ during the promotion, due to a sub-clause which stated the prizes would only be delivered if the competition achieved more than $11.5million in revenue.
The conditions were never made public by Roxy during a whirlwind of publicity and the clause was also missing from the competition’s formal terms and conditions on the Roxy’s Bootcamp website.
Co-owners Mr Tleis and Mr Alaouie (pictured with Roxy) initially listed the four-bedroom property for auction in 2023, later withdrawing the listing when they failed to find a buyer
In another update in the highly-publicised saga, Supreme Court Justice Anthony McGrath was then reported to have rejected Roxy’s bid to have her legal costs paid.
‘I do not consider it was unreasonable conduct of the proceedings by Mr Tleis to have opposed the application for a provisional liquidator on the basis the reputation of the company and Tleis Investments might be harmed,’ Justice McGrath said.
‘Nothing done by Mr Tleis in opposing the appointment of provisional liquidators and subsequently consenting provides justification for a finding that their conduct was unreasonable.’
Mr Tleis and Mr Alaouie previously argued the promotion should proceed with a $250,000 cash prize, a Birkin handbag and a Rolex watch – after not reaching the $11.5million minimum for the house giveaway.
While Roxy expressed her regret at entering the business venture, Mr Tleis and Mr Alaouie also issued an apology to social media at the time of the failed giveaway.