i love this story and article. for so many reasons: the complexity of people, humans, their lives. the dynamics and truth of opportunity and success; being whipped, desire, the deep trenches of black womanhood; a small insight into the realities of aboriginals, blacks and minorities in australia, power and politics and the use and wielding of it--i am proud of the sister for that...she used her power to help someone else, even if it was based on personal feelings, most black folk too scared and coward and imps to do that...and in the midst of all of that, ato did the country's service. this is the world in the best of situations. and no one can say he did not deliver (no pun intended)>..but i love this story. wish i could share it but folk will take it the wrong way...as if it was a besmirch, gossip...and it is not that for me. i feel as if i was just reading a personal story. hmmm
She also used that trip to carry out a “just like a Tim-tam... black on black” affair with Mr Boldon. She was married to Daniel Batman at the time.
“Ato…tell me babe…what u want … Make a bit of money and spend time
together … I will take time of from work to be with u,” Ms Peris wrote
in an email exchange obtained by the NT News.
Mr Boldon responded: “Purpose is time with u plus attend trials plus help them promote the trials and possibly guest broadcast on the tv station carrying it…need hotel ticket plus 15,000 US…”
Athletics Australia confirmed they did pay for Mr Boldon’s
flight to Melbourne from Los Angeles and covered his accommodations and
some “incidentals” while in Australia.
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READ: SENATOR NOVA PERIS’ MAIDEN SPEECH
A spokesman confirmed Ms Peris had personally selected Mr Boldon for the “Jump Start to London” program and that he “capably fulfilled his role as mentor and ambassador.” Athletics Australia would not disclose the total amount for the 10 day trip that ran from April 9 – 19, 2010 and refused to disclose any other information citing confidentiality.
“We also have a relationship with Senator Peris who is a
reputable former athlete and someone who we want to maintain a
relationship with,” said Cody Lynch.
In other emails obtained by the NT News, Ms Peris sends multiple nude pictures of herself to Mr Boldon and speaks candidly about her views on race relations in Australia.
“...You should be compensated for your long haul travels across the pacific.. sexually of course… but only .. a tired traveller should kick back for a few days,” Ms Peris says on Feb 28, 2010.
On March 5, 2010 Mr Boldon asks for something to tide him over until their rendezvous.
“Looks great.. when do I get some nude pics from u?”
Ms Peris responds on the same day: “Really, u want me to send some!!!! That is some freaky stuff Mr B..u like freaky??”
On March 6, Ms Peris emails Mr Boldon a nude photo of herself to which he responds: “Ohh ok lol”.
“Tester before naughty,” Ms Peris explains in a follow-up.
Ms Peris responded to questions posed by the NT News last night, saying she “categorically rejects any wrongdoing”.
“During his trip Mr Boldon promoted athletics, attended and promoted specific events and conducted clinics for young Indigenous athletes,” she said. “Other organisations, including the West Australian Government, supported some events during the visit. I understand Athletics Australia was pleased with the outcome of the visit.
“The highs and lows of my athletic career – and now political career – are public.
“The highs and lows of my private life are matters for me and my family.”
In earlier emails from February 26, 2010, Ms Peris assures Mr Boldon she will find the money for him.
“…all expenses paid meals & accom and a fee!! Don’t know what it is I was thinking around the $10k I don’t know bub…if your purpose was to come here and make a bit of money or holiday…it was not in the budget to bring any profile athletes out but…I am goin through the indigenous grants mob….they can do was I have suggested…but I am not sure what they can do …”
In other emails Ms Peris tells Mr Boldon that Sally McGrady
from Athletics Australia would be arranging his payment and that Nova
set it up so he would not have to pay tax on his earnings.
“I am happy to do one up for you just give me your account details and I will get the waiver form so u don’t have to pay tax, u get the whole amount as a one of payment etc…” she wrote on March 11, 2010.
“Let me know babe if this is ok? I just want to do everything right for you.”
Ms Peris was married to Olympian Daniel Batman, the father of two of her three children, at the time. In another email to Mr Boldon on March 14, Ms Peris wrote about forgetting her anniversary because she could not focus on anything but him and their upcoming sexual exploits.
“Do you think I should break it to my husband yet?” Ms Peris writes. “That I am running away from him for 10 days with you??? Did I tell u I forgot our anniversary the other week!! 2nd March, married for 9 years…ooopppps…I came home and he said, do yo have anything to say, I said um no why?, he said to look on the bed, so I did, there were roses and a card and a gift, gold bracelet… ‘happy anniversary’…
“All I could say was sorry I have had a lot on my mind lately..:)”
“What an awful wife you are lol oh and why break it now when u have almost a month til I get there...,” Mr Boldon responds.
Ms Peris has spoken before about race not affecting who she partnered with. She told the Sydney Morning Herald in March 2014 about her current husband Scott Appleton that, “I don’t see colour. I see the man I love.”
Comments in emails from March 17, 2010 seem to undermine her public statements on race.
“Its hard to keep a good woman down, and a black woman like me at that..!!” she writes to Boldon. “White men can’t control black women they think they can but can’t, If I was to marry a black man here u have to marry the family lol .. and that is just too much, I am the eldest of 45 cousins.. on my side imagine family reunions lol…”
Ms Peris continues that her husband (Batman) will probably leave her in the next five to 10 years, but does not give a reason.
“ ... I don’t want to say oh s*** I wish I had of f***** Ato when he came to Australia … lol..cause I regret that I didn’t 10 years ago, wish I wasn’t the reserved person I was back then the shy girl..lol...
“so my dear friend I am waiting for you… finally BLACK… just like a Tim-tam..black on black xxx”
Later that same day, Ms Peris writes Mr Boldon again, outlining her inability to focus on anything else.
“Ok now I have to go and give a talk to 200 kids and all I am going to be thinking about is f****** you now lol
“Ok Nova you can do this lol ... focus lol xxx”
The next day Mr Boldon responds with: “I wanna f*** u sitting on my lap alot.”
In other emails, Ms Peris details how she was working to obtain additional money for Ato Boldon from various other sources including indigenous groups, Commonwealth Bank, Collingwood Football Club and Channel 10 in Melbourne.
The exact total of money Mr Boldon received is unclear but in an email from mid-March, Ms Peris writes that she had managed to round up $22,000 for him, on top of the money Athletics Australia paid.
“It’s not that I don’t think it is unreasonable, and i totally agree you should be paid up front, its just that the money is government funds, with govt funding here, the normal procedure is to apply for grants, and because the money is discretionary funding they pay to an organisation then they pay you ...” she wrote.
“...this is all black money babe.....but rightly so being used for the interest of indigenous kids babe....white people hate black people in this country, and don’t like for things to happen if there is no salt in the mix....”
In later emails, Ms Peris outlines how she and Mr Boldon would
get “a bucket of money” through a foundation set up by the current
Senator to promote sport and healthy living. That endeavour did not
materialise.
Ms Peris had dreamt up the idea of a “global foundation” that would be known for “delivering outcomes (sports, health and education) ... for indigenous people.” Later in one email, Ms Peris talks of all the great things they will do and turns her attention to Olympic darling Cathy Freeman.
“Like Freeman here, she is so so dumb (sad but true) and has a national profile of running fast achieving awesome things but seriously can’t talk for shit, and has zero communication skills ...”
In an email dated April 6, 2010 – a few days before he arrived
in Australia – Mr Boldon writes that he is looking for houses in
Australia and is serious about establishing the foundation that at one
point was named “Black Gold”.
“I have a great feeling about all of this and now is the time
as you know ...” he wrote. “So lets do this and take care of your people
and get paid well for it and have sports be the least of what we are
known for when we are long gone.”
Mr Boldon did not respond to repeated requests for an interview.
Ms Peris said in her statement: “Documents provided to the NT News are private. It appears they were not lawfully obtained by a third party.
“I cannot vouch for the veracity of emails I have not seen.”
Senator Nova Peris sought taxpayers’ money to help her to carry out a ‘freaky’ extra-marital sexual tryst with Olympic medallist Ato Boldon
- NT News
- October 29, 2014
Former world 200m sprint champs
Ato Bolden and Olympic champ and now senator Nova Peris hosting an
Athletics clinic for kids together. Picture: News Corp
SENATOR Nova Peris sought taxpayers’ money to help her to carry out
an extra-marital sexual tryst with Olympic medallist Ato Boldon in 2010,
an NT News investigation has revealed.
Ms Peris, who was working as a communication officer with the
Australian Institute of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Studies
at the time and as ambassador for Athletics Australia, sought funds from
Athletics Australia and other sources to pay for Mr Boldon’s trip to
Australia from Los Angeles to take part in a 10 day official “Jump Start
to London” program for young athletes.She also used that trip to carry out a “just like a Tim-tam... black on black” affair with Mr Boldon. She was married to Daniel Batman at the time.
Ato Boldon of Trinidad and Tobago (r)
during the Men's 100m qualifying heat at the World Track and Field
Championships at the Olympic Stadium in Athens, 1997. (AP
Photo/Michel/Lipchitz)
Mr Boldon responded: “Purpose is time with u plus attend trials plus help them promote the trials and possibly guest broadcast on the tv station carrying it…need hotel ticket plus 15,000 US…”
Nova Peris-Kneebone with her Commonwealth Games gold medal & draped in an Australian flag. Picture: Gregg/Porteous.
READ: SENATOR INVESTIGATED FOR ABUSING OFFICIALS
READ: NOVA PERIS ENDORSED FOR SENATE SPOT
READ: NT LABOR MEMBERS CIRCULATE “SEXIST” EMAIL
READ: SENATOR NOVA PERIS’ MAIDEN SPEECH
A spokesman confirmed Ms Peris had personally selected Mr Boldon for the “Jump Start to London” program and that he “capably fulfilled his role as mentor and ambassador.” Athletics Australia would not disclose the total amount for the 10 day trip that ran from April 9 – 19, 2010 and refused to disclose any other information citing confidentiality.
Then-Prime Minister Julia Gillard
with Nova Peris at Parliament House in Canberra, after Nova Peris was
announced as the preferred Senate Candidate for the Northern Territory.
Picture: News Corp
In other emails obtained by the NT News, Ms Peris sends multiple nude pictures of herself to Mr Boldon and speaks candidly about her views on race relations in Australia.
“...You should be compensated for your long haul travels across the pacific.. sexually of course… but only .. a tired traveller should kick back for a few days,” Ms Peris says on Feb 28, 2010.
Ato Boldon while in Sydney for the 2000 Olympic Games. Picture: Darren Seiler
“Looks great.. when do I get some nude pics from u?”
Ms Peris responds on the same day: “Really, u want me to send some!!!! That is some freaky stuff Mr B..u like freaky??”
On March 6, Ms Peris emails Mr Boldon a nude photo of herself to which he responds: “Ohh ok lol”.
“Tester before naughty,” Ms Peris explains in a follow-up.
Ato Boldon, Prue Jackson and Maurice
Greene during an Inside Sport magazine photographic shoot at Movie World
amusement park in Brisbane in 2001.
“During his trip Mr Boldon promoted athletics, attended and promoted specific events and conducted clinics for young Indigenous athletes,” she said. “Other organisations, including the West Australian Government, supported some events during the visit. I understand Athletics Australia was pleased with the outcome of the visit.
“The highs and lows of my athletic career – and now political career – are public.
“The highs and lows of my private life are matters for me and my family.”
In earlier emails from February 26, 2010, Ms Peris assures Mr Boldon she will find the money for him.
“…all expenses paid meals & accom and a fee!! Don’t know what it is I was thinking around the $10k I don’t know bub…if your purpose was to come here and make a bit of money or holiday…it was not in the budget to bring any profile athletes out but…I am goin through the indigenous grants mob….they can do was I have suggested…but I am not sure what they can do …”
Athlete Nova Peris-Kneebone displays
her gold medal won in the women's 200 final at the 1998 Commonwealth
Games in Kuala Lumpur. Picture: News Corp
“I am happy to do one up for you just give me your account details and I will get the waiver form so u don’t have to pay tax, u get the whole amount as a one of payment etc…” she wrote on March 11, 2010.
“Let me know babe if this is ok? I just want to do everything right for you.”
Ms Peris was married to Olympian Daniel Batman, the father of two of her three children, at the time. In another email to Mr Boldon on March 14, Ms Peris wrote about forgetting her anniversary because she could not focus on anything but him and their upcoming sexual exploits.
“Do you think I should break it to my husband yet?” Ms Peris writes. “That I am running away from him for 10 days with you??? Did I tell u I forgot our anniversary the other week!! 2nd March, married for 9 years…ooopppps…I came home and he said, do yo have anything to say, I said um no why?, he said to look on the bed, so I did, there were roses and a card and a gift, gold bracelet… ‘happy anniversary’…
“All I could say was sorry I have had a lot on my mind lately..:)”
“What an awful wife you are lol oh and why break it now when u have almost a month til I get there...,” Mr Boldon responds.
Ms Peris has spoken before about race not affecting who she partnered with. She told the Sydney Morning Herald in March 2014 about her current husband Scott Appleton that, “I don’t see colour. I see the man I love.”
Comments in emails from March 17, 2010 seem to undermine her public statements on race.
“Its hard to keep a good woman down, and a black woman like me at that..!!” she writes to Boldon. “White men can’t control black women they think they can but can’t, If I was to marry a black man here u have to marry the family lol .. and that is just too much, I am the eldest of 45 cousins.. on my side imagine family reunions lol…”
Ms Peris continues that her husband (Batman) will probably leave her in the next five to 10 years, but does not give a reason.
“ ... I don’t want to say oh s*** I wish I had of f***** Ato when he came to Australia … lol..cause I regret that I didn’t 10 years ago, wish I wasn’t the reserved person I was back then the shy girl..lol...
“so my dear friend I am waiting for you… finally BLACK… just like a Tim-tam..black on black xxx”
Former world 200m sprint champ Ato Bolden hosting an athletics clinic for kids with at Lalor in Victoria. Picture: News Corp
“Ok now I have to go and give a talk to 200 kids and all I am going to be thinking about is f****** you now lol
“Ok Nova you can do this lol ... focus lol xxx”
The next day Mr Boldon responds with: “I wanna f*** u sitting on my lap alot.”
In other emails, Ms Peris details how she was working to obtain additional money for Ato Boldon from various other sources including indigenous groups, Commonwealth Bank, Collingwood Football Club and Channel 10 in Melbourne.
The exact total of money Mr Boldon received is unclear but in an email from mid-March, Ms Peris writes that she had managed to round up $22,000 for him, on top of the money Athletics Australia paid.
“It’s not that I don’t think it is unreasonable, and i totally agree you should be paid up front, its just that the money is government funds, with govt funding here, the normal procedure is to apply for grants, and because the money is discretionary funding they pay to an organisation then they pay you ...” she wrote.
“...this is all black money babe.....but rightly so being used for the interest of indigenous kids babe....white people hate black people in this country, and don’t like for things to happen if there is no salt in the mix....”
Senator Nova Peris. Picture: Ray Strange
Ms Peris had dreamt up the idea of a “global foundation” that would be known for “delivering outcomes (sports, health and education) ... for indigenous people.” Later in one email, Ms Peris talks of all the great things they will do and turns her attention to Olympic darling Cathy Freeman.
“Like Freeman here, she is so so dumb (sad but true) and has a national profile of running fast achieving awesome things but seriously can’t talk for shit, and has zero communication skills ...”
Olympic medallist Kathy Freeman is described as having “zero communication skills” in one email. Picture: Kit De Guymer
Ato Boldon raises his arms in victory
as he wins the men's 100-meters at the NCAA Track and Field
championships in Eugene, Oregon, in 1996. (AP Photo/Jack Smith).
Mr Boldon did not respond to repeated requests for an interview.
Ms Peris said in her statement: “Documents provided to the NT News are private. It appears they were not lawfully obtained by a third party.
“I cannot vouch for the veracity of emails I have not seen.”
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