285:, Ilkley, MCC, and Yorkshire Gentleman. According to a National party profile, Bezzant was involved with the Waikato Valley and Hamilton Cricket's Kiwi Cricket Coaching in Schools programme, Hamilton Cricket coaching in Schools and was president of the Hamilton Old Boys Cricket Club, and was involved in England and Wales Cricket Board Coaching.
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article said that
Bezzant had to leave his job as CEO at Parking Sense "after disagreements over multi-million dollar contracts and 'fantasy' projects, including a Texas development now mired in bankruptcy and fraud allegations". Bezzant was not involved in the fraud claims. Parking Sense did confirm
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Bezzant stated that he was co-founder of the company
Parking Sense and told a magazine that the company “grew from the lounge of my university flat”, but company records for its incorporation do not list him as a founding director or shareholder, and Paul Collins, another person associated with the
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investigated the matter, they determined a crime had not been committed. Bezzant's former partner alleged that he had taunted her over the police's decision. Bezzant told one news outlet that the allegations were untrue, and said in a statement that "Personal relationship break ups sometimes get
108:. Bezzant resigned from the National Party and from his roles as chair and director of the startup company Invisible Urban Charging in mid-2021 over allegations that he used images of his former partner on the internet to impersonate her.
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messy. Two sides to every story. There is more than just her and I involved so I am going to respect that and so I am not going to discuss it." On 3 June 2021, another former partner alleged that
Bezzant had also created a
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and in its first episode alleged that
Bezzant had used intimate photos of her on the internet to impersonate her and to engage in online sex with other men. While the
254:; this was announced on 2 June 2021. The National Party stated that day that “we looked into the matter, and Mr Bezzant is no longer a member of the National Party.”
219:. At the 2020 general election, like many National MPs and candidates, Bezzant lost his electorate. While Bennett had a 9,000-vote majority, Bezzant lost to Labour's
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Bezzant was appointed USA and Europe CEO of
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Bezzant has played cricket for the Hamilton Old Boys Cricket Club,
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