[VIDÉOS] Julien Bournival-Vaugeois comes close to bankruptcy: the masculinist influencer is drowning in debts of $1.4 million

A masculinist influencer, who boasts on social networks of being a rich entrepreneur, is drowning in debt to the point of coming close to bankruptcy, being pursued by the tax authorities and seeing his luxurious residence sold for non-payment of taxes.

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“I am the provider and the only person with wages in my family. It comes with a lot of responsibilities that many people are not ready to carry on their shoulders,” says Julien Bournival-Vaugeois, in the powerful documentary Alphas presented Monday on Télé-Québec.

This production of approximately 1 hour caused an outcry over the last week due to the presence in several media of Mr. Bournival-Vaugeois to talk about his participation in it. He was notably on the show Everyone is talking about it, Sunday.

This documentary explores the world of influencers, like him, promoting so-called “traditional roles of men and women”.

Bournival-Vaugeois is first known for being a masculinist influencer on Instagram and TikTok. He promotes “conservative values”, publicizes his luxurious lifestyle aboard a private jet and prides himself on being a successful entrepreneur based in Florida.

Contrary to what he says on his social networks, The Journal learned that this Quebecer is financially squeezed. The 36-year-old has personal debts totaling nearly $1.4 million, according to public documents from the Office of the Superintendent of Bankruptcy.

He also submitted a bankruptcy proposal to around ten of his creditors last September. Still according to these documents consulted by our representative, he owes money to American Express ($40,000), Revenue Canada ($87,000), Revenu Québec ($67,000), Desjardins (more than $1.1 million). ) and National Bank ($10,000).

House at auction

The influencer also risks losing his pretty home this month, in the borough of Sainte-Foy–Sillery–Cap-Rouge, in Quebec.

The 30-year-old has been in default of paying his taxes for two years. Bournival-Vaugeois owes nearly $20,000 to the City. His home will therefore be put up for auction on November 27 to pay off his debts, according to a public notice issued by Quebec.

Note that his house, located on Chemin de la Plage-Saint-Laurent and on the banks of the river, was put up for sale for the first time in 2021 for the sum of $1.3 million. The entrepreneur paid only $495,000 to purchase it in December 2018.

Indebted companies

In the documentary Alphaswe present, among other things, the thirty-year-old as a rich masculinist entrepreneur who made his money selling heat pumps door-to-door. However, the debts of this father now living in Tampa Bay are never discussed.

“I always wanted to be rich and a millionaire. I was eight years old and I told my parents that I was going to buy them an island,” Julien Bournival-Vaugeois recently boasted, in a podcast where he claims to have gone from “zero to millionaire.”

According to other public documents obtained by The Journallast August he filed bankruptcy proposals for two of his companies in Quebec. These are the company numbered 9371-8773 Québec inc., and the one named Groupe Néo Habitation inc.

Our requests for an interview with Julien Bournival-Vaugeois remained unanswered on Tuesday.

• With Nicolas Brasseur, QMI Agency