The claim led the tycoon's new lawyer Ron Mansfield to pronounce that a "vow of poverty" was never a condition of Dotcom's bail.
Judge Nevin Dawson was considering an application from the United States to have him locked up or monitored with an electronic tag, but a short time ago it was confirmed that Dotcom had won his bid to keep bail.
The hearing was staggered over three days to fit in among court schedules but has seen claims Dotcom has tried to sell assets which were restrained, concerns over the $40m he made since being arrested in January 2012 and the emergence of electronic communications from inside the tycoon's closest networks after the FBI raid.
Mr Mansfield rebutted the claims his client had become a flight risk, and claimed the legal attempt to challenge bail conditions was a strategy in context with other court proceedings. The Hollywood studios, police and the FBI were trying to "squeeze" Dotcom, he said.
He dismissed the concerns the US had over the fortune created since arrest, saying: "Nobody in New Zealand, when granted bail, is required to sit around and do nothing."
He also dismissed claims Dotcom was involved in attempts to sell assets he was legally barred from selling, including a 2010 Rolls Royce Phantom Couple, which was in a garage in Europe.
Mr Mansfield said items alleged by the US to be restrained were not. He also said it had recently been discovered the Rolls Royce had been sold by the garage which was storing it because there had been no contact with Dotcom. It showed the tycoon was not involved in trying to sell it, he said.
He said he would not address claims Dotcom was spending too much time playing video games because it was a "pointless" claim by the US.
- NZ Herald
