Ben Roberts-Smith collaborates with gym business run by influencer that sold ‘war crimes’ pre-workout supplement
Summary
Australian former soldier Ben Roberts-Smith appeared in an October social media collaboration between his apparel brand, Epic 1 Two, and Zero Limits Supplements. The company had earlier promoted a pre-workout product called “war crimes”; Roberts-Smith is not shown endorsing or using that product, and he is awaiting trial on war crimes charges that he denies.Key Facts
- Zero Limits Supplements is co-owned by fitness coach and podcaster Chris Katelaris, who also uses the name “Big Chocky.”
- Zero Limits promoted a pre-workout supplement named “war crimes,” with the flavor “kill or capture cola.”
- The product’s label showed a hooded captive and a masked figure in military-style clothing, with an Australian flag in the room.
- Roberts-Smith praised a different Zero Limits product in an Instagram story and appeared on the company’s podcast.
- Roberts-Smith was arrested in April and charged with five counts of war crime murder tied to alleged incidents in Afghanistan in 2009 and 2012; he denies the charges.
- In a separate civil defamation case, a federal court found, using the balance-of-probabilities standard, that Roberts-Smith murdered unarmed Afghan civilians.
- Zero Limits and Katelaris did not answer specific questions from the news outlet; their statements promoted the products and an upcoming campaign.
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