Help my friend recover from multiple catastrophes

* ~ * ~ This GoFundMe is for my good friend Larry Shaw (aka Zoo) ~ * ~ *

Larry is a beautiful soul, inventor, musician/composer, and artist. No matter what is happening in his life, no matter how dark it gets, he makes time to play music, dance and spread joy. As a musician myself, he’s encouraged my creative work and inspires me to keep going.

Larry is somebody who creates beautiful things that do a lot of good for the world. He invented a toy called Astrojax, a yo-yo type toy that has three balls on a string that can orbit in a variety of patterns and perform hundreds of tricks. It has been sold around the world and was even taken into outer space by NASA! He also invented a chin strap that helps CPAP (the pressurized air device people with sleep apnea utilize) users improve sleep quality and is actually considered the most effective and comfortable chin strap on the market.

Larry is currently in a crazy tough spot and could really use some help. Just before Thanksgiving he was diagnosed with lymphoma, and that same week a former employee installed keystroke spyware on his computer, hacked and blocked his access to all his business websites and emails (and therefore all his subscriptions and services, such as Paypal), seized his production facility in Guatemala (including all equipment, materials and inventory), and is engaging in ongoing identity theft and embezzlement of the Astrojax and chin strap revenues.

Larry just started on four-and-a-half months of debilitating chemotherapy and at the same time he needs to recover from identify theft AND having all his business revenues misappropriated while relaunching his businesses AND needing to finance international legal remedies. He is under so much stress right now. The funds would be used for consultations with lawyers (he will do most of the legal work himself, otherwise it would be hugely more expensive), setting up a new production facility, and just basic living expenses. Any funds/help will be such a huge relief for him during this period. I'd really like to help him get through to the other side of all of this. Thank you <3

YouTuber talks about the chin strap theft

P.S. Happily, it seems the chemo is working. The tumors in his neck have shrunken considerably already.

Update Jan. 13, 2023: Larry has regained access to the Astrojax website, although Astrojax revenues from mid-October to the present remain embezzled.