“He was absolutely convinced that it was safer than crossing the street,’ Jay Bloom wrote on Facebook. “But he was very wrong.”

The NY Post got their hands on some pretty damning text messages where this CEO was irresponsibly downplaying the risks and cutting the ticket price for a potential prospect. I know he’s dead now, but I hope some sort of regulations come out of this.

“Safer than [notoriously dangerous activity]” seems pretty on-brand with this guy

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Safer than a toddler juggling chainsaws. What’s to be scared of?

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