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Brock Pierce, Puerto Rico Tax Havens, and the Pedophile Bitcoin Theory

from Bastard Radio | The Tim Dillon Show #372 · #372

3 min

Discussion of Puerto Rico's low tax rate luring rich people like Logan Paul and Peter Schiff, spiraling into the story of Brock Pierce, his child-actor past, alleged ties to a Hollywood pedophile ring documented in "An Open Secret," and a riff on Bitcoin's early adopters being pedophiles and hitmen customers.

In this bit6 moments
  • Tour guide in Puerto Rico jungle shows tourists a tree stump supposedly containing a rare frog, but there's nothing inside—just leaves.
  • Puerto Rico's tax havens attract wealthy people like Logan Paul, Jake Paul, and Peter Schiff with 4% tax rates instead of federal taxes.
  • Bitcoin entrepreneurs attempted to develop Puerto Rico, including Brock Pierce, a former child actor from Mighty Ducks.
  • Pierce became involved in a late-90s scheme with a pedophile who ran a production company that abused young boys and produced child pornography.
  • One perpetrator was caught while Brock Pierce apparently avoided serious consequences, becoming known on Twitter for this history.
  • Tim clarifies this predates QAnon—it's documented in the "Open Secret" documentary about Hollywood abuse.
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Brock PierceLogan PaulJake PaulPeter SchiffOpen SecretPuerto RicoBrian Singer

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