Some MRA’s that follow Elam are calling him just that. This is on the heels of a post he did titled ‘C’mon Paul, What Do You Do With the Money?’ Months ago Elam told everyone what he did with the money. He pockets it. This time around he added some of his ‘tough guy’ stance to show his buddies what a big tough man he is and how he deserves the money because he’s the victim in all this.

This time though, he’s got to answer some questions about the $33K that was raised to cover security costs for the conference that was supposed to take place at the Doubletree Hilton in Detroit. After Paul wrote an article calling the hotel a ‘bunch of scheming liars’, he posted 3 letters that raise more questions, and specifically, about how honest he was when raising that security money.

He told his cult followers in early June that he needed the money, at first $25K, for security because feminists were making bomb and death threats to the hotel. Turns out, he knew that there were no threats and his lawyers wrote the Doubletree on June 5th complaining that not one police report was made nor was there any examples of the threats they could give AVFM. The local media in Detroit tried substantiating the threats but could not.

So Paul knowingly perpetuated a lie to raise ‘security money’ and ran with that story even after his lawyers, under his direction, claimed there were no threats. On June 2, certainly while Paul knew there were no threats, he was on Youtube still claiming there were threats and at the end of the video said he was already talking to his lawyers, presumably on the lack of threats. This proves he knew there were no threats while he was still collecting money. He cleverly named his fundraiser a ‘campaign for free speech,’ which had nothing to do with threats.



On the fundraising page there’s a thank you letter from Paul telling people where the money will be going toward after the Hilton fell through

That does not, however, mean we will be providing less security for the event. We are again negotiating a strong and highly visible police presence as well as providing our own private security team. All insurance we have purchased will be transferred or rewritten to cover the new facility. Legal fees have already doubled our original expectations and we are expecting yet another bill. To put it shortly, we are going to use your donations for precisely the same reasons as indicated in the original appeal, but at a different location.

In Paul’s current quarterly fundraiser he admits is ‘stretching the generosity of its donors’ and once again claims that the $33K went to security but writes his fundraiser is for operating costs to keep AVFM going. So we have three different stories now. 1) $33K has gone to 4 people to do security at a VFW hall, which is so unbelievably untrue, 2) it’s gone to his lawyers in order to recoup over 100K from the Hilton, 3) it’s going to AVFM ie. his pocket. With all the questions around where this money went he’s had to extend the current fundraiser by a week because the money isn’t coming in like he thought it would but his new little tough guy/victim post railing at David Futrelle and feminists pretending to be MRA’s seems to be working to get that money flowing. CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE

That does not, however, mean we will be providing less security for the event. We are again negotiating a strong and highly visible police presence as well as providing our own private security team. All insurance we have purchased will be transferred or rewritten to cover the new facility. Legal fees have already doubled our original expectations and we are expecting yet another bill. To put it shortly, we are going to use your donations for precisely the same reasons as indicated in the original appeal, but at a different location. – See more at: https://fundanything.com/en/campaigns/campaign-for-free-speech/updates#sthash.dZscXgpB.dpuf

That does not, however, mean we will be providing less security for the event. We are again negotiating a strong and highly visible police presence as well as providing our own private security team. All insurance we have purchased will be transferred or rewritten to cover the new facility. Legal fees have already doubled our original expectations and we are expecting yet another bill. To put it shortly, we are going to use your donations for precisely the same reasons as indicated in the original appeal, but at a different location. – See more at: https://fundanything.com/en/campaigns/campaign-for-free-speech/updates#sthash.dZscXgpB.dpuf

That does not, however, mean we will be providing less security for the event. We are again negotiating a strong and highly visible police presence as well as providing our own private security team. All insurance we have purchased will be transferred or rewritten to cover the new facility. Legal fees have already doubled our original expectations and we are expecting yet another bill. To put it shortly, we are going to use your donations for precisely the same reasons as indicated in the original appeal, but at a different location. – See more at: https://fundanything.com/en/campaigns/campaign-for-free-speech/updates#sthash.dZscXgpB.dpuf

His lawyers said the secondary issue was the Hilton seating capacity. We know now there were only about 100 people max at the conference so the Doubletree would’ve been fine to host the event since it can hold that many people. The tickets were $300 and the legal claim for ticket loss is roughly $30K, which makes sense. Only 100 tickets or less were sold. So Paul knew the Doubletree could accommodate the conference but instead made up some story. The legal letter states that Doubletree could accommodate up to 200 people. Excuse me while I do some simple math but if you only have 100 people then a 200 seat hall is enough.

We’re not getting the full story here. We’re getting selected pieces of it. It seems to me that Paul wants to recoup the entire cost of the conference and is going to blame it on the Doubletree instead of himself. He may have lost money on the conference and is using this as a creative way to recoup those finances. Why hold another fundraiser literally a week after raising 33K that Paul admits wasn’t completely spent since they had the con at a VFW hall with minimal security monies needed?

I’m going to take an educated guess here as to where that money went. I think he paid minimal money for security at the VFW, under 3K. A couple thousand has gone to his lawyers so he could try and recoup over $100K which he claims the conference cost (which I don’t believe either). Either way, there’s some serious dishonesty here and many stories as to where the money is going.

In his first article mentioning the ‘feminist bomb and death threat’ lie he published the letter from Doubletree online to ‘prove’ it. He wasn’t supposed to publish it and that got him into trouble. That may have been the tipping point where Hilton had enough of his scheming. What’s ironic is that Paul redacted the female Doubletree manager’s name only to dox her a month later.

‘To ensure that there is no backlash against any individual at Hilton, I have had the individual’s name who signed the letter redacted.’

Paul then published the Doubletree letter with her name in full view, doxxing her and setting her up for the only activity AVFM ever engages in: harassment of women. This is why nobody should ever do business with you. Nobody should trust you one bit.

Paul’s tough guy/victim routine wasn’t over yet. In the article released today Paul posts an email exchange he had with the media. When an MSNBC journalist Adam Serwer asked detailed questions about AVFM’s funds Paul wrote him an email calling him a ‘whore.’ Paul also played the poor victim:

‘I have to bear the brunt of this stuff, so I am going to be the one who makes the calls on what personal information, including income from this website, is divulged to the public.’

Here’s the ‘brunt’ of what Paul has to deal with:

I am a target for feminists posing as concerned MHRAs, yellow hacks like David Futrelle, and a target for many in the media who would love nothing better than to publish my personal financial information after putting their disgusting spin on it.

Wow. Poor baby. That’s some serious pressure there. David keeps you up at night eh Paul? If the only thing I had to worry about was MRA’s posing as feminists I’d think that was nothing. You forget Paul that you’re not the victim here buddy. The victims are the women you target, doc drop, incessantly harass and intimidate from your online pedestal. Those are the real victims. Not you. Let’s face it Paul, it’s the only thing you’ve ever done. You haven’t done a single thing for men and boys, only attacked women.

True to form, the AVFM cult followers praised Paul’s tough guy/victim act and brought up feminist Anita Sarkeesian to soothe their little minds that it’s ok for Paul to take hundreds of thousands of dollars and not account for it because Anita raised $160K. What they fail to mention is Anita is actually doing good work with that money, doing what she SAID she was going to do with it, and only asked for it one time while Paul wants it every quarter. The cult members of AVFM overlook Paul’s willingness to be dishonest.

As soon as the rageboners and paranoia for feminists came out in the comment section it exploded in massive cheering, more paranoia, and more donations to add to the $20K Paul is currently asking for. These remarks were made

‘A benevolent dictator model can, and has worked well for many organizations in the past, as long as the benevolent dictator is still the position to dictate, and he remains good, principled and benevolent.’ ‘I reckon Paul should structure AVFM as if it was a company as far as hierarchy, but maintain total and complete control, as a dictator. His word on anything is final…….period.’

Elam claimed at the conference he was ‘building bridges’ between men and women. This isn’t a bridge. It’s a one-man echo chamber that is untrustworthy, vicious, misogynist, and crude. Nobody should ever enter into any contract with Elam nor send him a penny. If you ever disagree with him rest assured you will be called out and harassed endlessly which is what he’s planning on doing to three mainstream journalists this week and what he’s doing to the female manager of the Doubletree.

If these AVFMers really believe that writing an MSNBC journalist and calling him a whore is going to change anything for the better, if you think attacking women and feminists online and offline, is going to make headway for your cause, or lying to get funds, I’ve got bad news for you.