Ben Roberts-Smith, left, has collaborated with a gym supplements company run by a rightwing influencer which recently sold a pre-workout product called ‘war crimes’, seen in a separate screenshot on the right. Roberts-Smith is not shown endorsing, referencing or using that particular product. Composite: Instagram/@epic1two/@zero.limits.supplements View image in fullscreen Ben Roberts-Smith, left, has collaborated with a gym supplements company run by a rightwing influencer which recently sold a pre-workout product called ‘war crimes’, seen in a separate screenshot on the right. Roberts-Smith is not shown endorsing, referencing or using that particular product. Composite: Instagram/@epic1two/@zero.limits.supplements Ben Roberts-Smith Ben Roberts-Smith collaborates with gym business run by influencer that sold ‘war crimes’ pre-workout supplement Zero Limits supplements is co-owned by rightwing podcaster and fitness coach Chris Katelaris, also known as ‘Big Chocky’
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Prefer the Guardian on Google Ben Roberts-Smith has collaborated with a gym supplements company run by a rightwing influencer which recently sold a pre-workout product called “war crimes”.
Roberts-Smith, one of Australia’s most decorated living soldiers who is currently awaiting trial on war crimes charges, has recently launched an apparel brand, Epic 1 Two, producing T-shirts and gym wear .
Read more In October, he also appeared in a social media video collaboration between his brand and Zero Limits supplements, co-owned by the rightwing podcaster and fitness coach Chris Katelaris, also known as “Big Chocky”.
Roberts-Smith, Katelaris and others were filmed during a gym workout, with on-screen graphics reading “Zero Limits Supplements x Epic 1 Two”. Both brands were labelled “collaborators” on the video, which is also published on the Instagram grids of both brands.
Months earlier, Zero Limits had repeatedly posted online about a product titled “war crimes”, an energy supplement in the flavour “kill or capture cola”. Its label depicted a hooded captive on a chair in a room with an Australian flag on the wall, and a tall figure wearing a balaclava and military-style clothing.
In a video on 26 July, Katelaris promoted the product while holding a tub at the gym.
“You wanna drink out of a prosthetic leg? You wanna re-enact a Sparta kick? You wanna execute your workout?” he said.
“War crimes, it’s the pre-workout for you.”
Zero Limits, which says it is “veteran owned and operated”, does not currently list the “war crimes” product on its website, and Roberts-Smith is not shown endorsing, referencing or using that particular product.
The former soldier has praised another product from Zero Limits, posting an Instagram story – since shared by the brand – from Epic 1 Two’s Instagram page of himself drinking a separate pre-workout drink.
Roberts-Smith gave the brand a “massive shout out” and told followers to “get on their website and take a look”, sharing a link to its website. Roberts-Smith also last week appeared on the Zero Limits podcast, hosted by another founder of the supplements company of the same name.
Roberts-Smith was in April arrested and charged with five counts of war crime – murder , in relation to three incidents stemming from his service in Afghanistan in 2009 and 2012.
He has denied the charges, saying in a statement after his arrest : “As I’ve always maintained: I categorically deny all of thes…