My Unorthodox Life’s Julia Haart is suing estranged husband Silvio Scaglia for $257 million and accused him of forcing her into “indentured servitude.”
The previous actuality star, 51, filed the swimsuit in New York Supreme Courtroom on Thursday, July 8, claiming Scaglia, 63, dedicated a number of crimes in an obvious try to carry onto his wealth.
“Silvio Scaglia is a liar and a fraud,” the scathing submitting, obtained by Us Weekly, reads. “Whereas he holds himself out to the media and others as a billionaire, in fact, Scaglia’s so-called wealth is nothing greater than smoke and mirrors. Though Scaglia as soon as earned a revenue of over €700 million from his funding in Italian telecommunications firm Fastweb, by the point he married Julia Haart, Scaglia had misplaced all of that cash after which some in subsequent failed enterprise ventures and investments.”
The problem will not be that Scaglia didn’t have cash however that he allegedly stored the previous La Perla inventive director’s wage from her time as CEO of mannequin and expertise company, Elite World Group LLC (EWG), which they co-own. “Scaglia begged Haart that as a substitute of taking a wage from EWG as its CEO, EWG ought to pay its dad or mum firm FHI [Freedom Holding, Inc.] a hefty administration payment in recompense for Haart’s companies.”
The pair have been engaged on the time, and Haart believed her husband-to-be when he allegedly stated she’d have 50 p.c possession of FHI. Haart’s attorneys now allege that this was all “a pack of lies” so Scaglia might have more money circulation. “Unbeknownst to Haart, previous to transferring 50% of the shares of FHI to Haart, Scaglia surreptitiously amended FHI’s Articles of Incorporation to allow him to have FHI problem Most popular Shares of FHI inventory to himself which gave Scaglia sole management of FHI,” the paperwork declare. After that, he transferred 50 p.c of his shares to Haart, allegedly with out telling her that the popular shares basically gave him all the ability.
“Her possession and management of FHI was purely illusory and she or he had no skill to forestall Scaglia from taking all the cash paid by EWG for Haart’s precious companies as CEO for himself,” the docs declare.
Haart’s group say she took EWG’s worth “from roughly $70 million in 2018 to between $700 million and $1.1 billion” throughout her time as CEO.
Whereas her wage was paid to an FHI account, Haart has accused Scaglia of taking $1.5 million of her earnings and locking her out of the jointly-owned account.
The lawsuit depicts Scaglia as “determined for money to fund his way of life” whereas he supposedly struggled to maintain his enterprise endeavors afloat. “As just lately as final 12 months, except Elite World Group LLC … all of Scaglia’s enterprise ventures have been failing,” the docs declare. “Scaglia was so determined for money for his failing companies and to assist his way of life, which remained lavish regardless of his monetary shortcomings, he sought a $10 million mortgage so as to add on to the present $30 million mortgage on the house he shared with Haart.”
The lawsuit says that the Fastweb founder “holds himself out to the media and others as a billionaire, [but] in fact, Scaglia’s so-called wealth is nothing greater than smoke and mirrors. Haart’s indentured servitude should be remedied. It can’t be {that a} man can persuade his spouse to surrender tens of millions in {dollars} in wage and advantages, plus an employment contract on the peak of her profession (together with the safety and independence that include these issues) after which depart her with nothing when his bait-and-switch is revealed.”
Haart’s attorneys additionally blame Paolo Barbieri (an govt who changed Haart as chief govt officer) and Jeffrey Feinman (FHI’s exterior accountant), who’re named as defendants alongside the fact star’s estranged partner, for permitting Scaglia to allegedly cost private bills to his firms as enterprise bills and terminate his ex as CEO. “Because of Barbieri and Feinman’s actions, Haart has been broken in an quantity to be decided at trial, however believed to exceed $257 million,” the courtroom docs declare.
That is simply the most recent in a sequence of authorized filings because the pair break up in February. Days after Haart filed for divorce in February, she filed a petition for a restraining order in opposition to her estranged husband. “In January 2022, I confronted [Silvio] about his abusive conduct and advised him that if anybody ever heard how he acts and speaks to me, they might assume he’s a horrible particular person. In response, [he] threatened me, stating: ‘If you happen to ever go to the press about how I deal with you or the youngsters, I’ll kill you,’” the fact star recalled.
A rep for Silvio responded in an announcement to Us on the time: “That is simply one other day within the lifetime of an aspiring actuality TV star, aiming to divert the eye from the factual misappropriation declare simply filed in opposition to her.”
Silvio accused his estranged spouse of utilizing company property as a “private piggy financial institution” in courtroom paperwork obtained by Us in February, claiming that she spent greater than $2 million of firm cash in 2021. The grievance accused her of constructing “unlawful withdrawals” from the EWG checking account after she was knowledgeable of the board’s plans to fireplace her. The transfer allegedly “breached a January 19, 2022 settlement between her and Silvio Scaglia,” below which the duo signed off on a $250,000 restrict on withdrawals “aside from to cowl a mortgage, lease, and present dwelling expenditures.”
The businesswoman known as Silvio’s claims “ridiculous” throughout an April interview with Leisure Tonight. She added, “Actually, what I can say, is these are genuinely ludicrous allegations. I’ve by no means taken a penny that doesn’t belong to me, and the fantastic thing about figuring out the reality is you recognize the reality, and to me, it’s simply one other battle that I’ve to face to battle for my freedom. Clearly, I can’t get into the small print. All I can say is [that] I’ve prevailed to this point. I’ll proceed to battle till I prevail, and hopefully there’s objective in all this struggling. Hopefully, I turn into stronger and impartial, and I understand that I don’t want males. That may be good, to make that realization. I’m not there but, I bought to get there.”
