Only days after the news of their separation broke, Netflix's My Unorthodox Life star Julia Haart has been it with a lawsuit worth almost $1 million by her estranged husband Silvio Scaglia.
According to TMZ, Scaglia alongside his company Freedom Holding Inc. is suing Haart for allegedly making an unauthorized withdraw of $850,000 from a company account after she discovered she was going to be fired from her position as CEO at Elite World Group (EWG).
EWG is a modelling agency originally founded in Paris in 1972 but has since gone to open other locations in big name cities like Los Angeles, London, Miami, and Toronto. TMZ notes that Scaglia runs EWG, which is a subsidiary of Freedom Holding.
Haart reportedly made the withdrawal a day after finding out she was being let go from the company and a day before she filed for divorce from Scaglia.
Court documents reveal that Haart was named CEO and given a 50% stake in Freedom Holding in 2019, the same year they wed.
Although Haart’s position as CEO gave her access to the company’s financial accounts, Scaglia claims they reached an agreement last month to place a maximum on the amount of money she could withdraw – $250,000 – to go towards living expenses, including mortgage and rent.
After Haart withdrew $250,000 shortly after the decision was made to limit her financial access, she was sent a letter on behalf of EWG providing reasons for why she was going to be fired, which mainly focused on her spending above the company’s budget while failing to raise revenue.
Scaglia is hoping to be awarded the full $850,000 he claims she wrongly withdrew after receiving the dismissal letter as well as various damages.
Haart’s legal team has since addressed her estranged husband’s accusations. They claim his lawsuit is “not based in fact” and is an attempt “to take the attention off” his history of failed business, which includes La Perla – an intimates and swimwear line he invested $450 million into, only to later sell it for $1 million.
Her attorney Marty Singer explained to TMZ that the account referenced in Scaglia’s court documents was a joint account from which they would both pull money. He adds that during her time as CEO, Haart increased the value of EWG from $90 million to $500 million.
The reality star has reportedly filed documents with the Delaware Court of Chancery in response to Scaglia’s lawsuit.
It was announced on February 9th that Paolo Barbieri will replace Haart as CEO of Elite Word Group. Speaking to Us Weekly, a source tells the publication that Haart was “completely blindsided by the firing,” adding that she was “simply let go on presumably the basis of divorce.”
Despite paperwork being filed after learning she was going to her terminated, the insider adds that Scaglia and Haart had been in the process of “amicably” discussing divorce, and that she believes her firing is “retaliation to try to push her out of the company.”
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