Here's why this notorious Instagram account was taken down

A notorious website that was shut down from Instagram has been reinstated [Photo: Instagram/candyshopmansion]
A notorious website that was shut down from Instagram has been reinstated [Photo: Instagram/candyshopmansion]

A notorious Instagram account that was taken down for ‘inappropriate content’ has just been reinstated.

The account, ‘Candy Man Mansion’, is owned by infamous playboy Travers Beynon, the managing director of FreeChoice tobacco in Australia.

The billionaire, described as Australia’s answer to Hugh Hefner, lives on the Gold Coast, and is known for the wildly decadent and risqué, parties he throws at his ‘Candy Shop Mansion’ home.

“For years, it has been a hushed hot spot of the elite, a haven to escape normality and enter a world of fantasy and freedom,” the Candy Shop Mansion’s website says of the Candy Shop Mansion parties.

Though Beynon is married with four children, he claims to have ten girlfriends and has previously discussed sleeping with four women in his bed at night.

According to the Telegraph, he described himself as “a cross between The Great Gatsby, Hugh Hefner, The Wolf of Wall Street and Tony Stark, with a taste for Versace, who can easily turn into a Willy Wonka character”.

Mixing Business with Pleasure #FREECHOICE

A post shared by Candy Shop Mansion (@candyshopmansion) on Feb 6, 2018 at 3:40am PST

The Instagram account, which has 773,000 followers often features images of scantily dressed women, including shots of women showering.

Earlier this year Beynon was also accused of ‘branding’ and ‘objectifying’ women after sharing photographs of women with matching tattoos of his company logo.

Then two weeks ago the infamous account was shut down, and though a reason was allegedly not given, it is suspected inappropriate content could have been behind the decision.

At the time Candy Shop Mansion event manager Belinda Gavin told Daily Mail Australia, “It’s been destructive for us because we were just about to roll out more marketing.’”

Even as a young bull, I walked down the hill. #Candyman

A post shared by Candy Shop Mansion (@candyshopmansion) on Jan 19, 2018 at 4:03am PST

A message on the website about the closure read: “Can’t find us on Instagram? They deleted the Candy Shop Mansion account! Stay tuned for more. In the mean time our snapchat is place to get your fix.”

But according to Daily Mail Australia after a two week suspension, the account has now been reinstated. And there has already been a new post.

“Why don’t the women leave the kitchen? That’s not the point…I’m back bitches,” Travers Beynon wrote in a typically brazen post.

The accompanying image features the former model turned businessman surrounded by scantily-clad women in the kitchen of his multi-million dollar home.

And it seems some fans are glad to have the account back as since posting the image has been liked almost 18K times and received hundreds of comments from users glad to have the account up and running again.

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