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Mauricio Umansky is sharing how he feels about nation singer Morgan Wade, who has been romantically linked to his estranged spouse, Kyle Richards, over the previous a number of months of their reported separation.
After the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star, 53, was requested if Morgan, 28, can be supporting him within the ballroom amid his Dancing with the Stars stint, Mauricio applauded the nation singer’s music and addressed a query about whether or not or not he’ll dance to it on season 32 as a brand new report confirmed his try to have a $35 million lawsuit in opposition to him thrown out.
According to a September 14 report from Radar Online, Mauricio filed court docket paperwork final month in Los Angeles, requesting the lawsuit be dismissed and stating that the statute of limitation had expired.
As RHOBH followers might recall, Mauricio was accused of tricking investor Sam Hakim and his actual property agent, Aitan Segal, by failing to current their $40 million provide to the vendor of a mansion in Malibu — earlier than buying the house with associate Mauricio Oberfeld for a lowball $32 million and later promoting it for a $37 million revenue.
In the lawsuit in opposition to him, which was filed in 2019, Mauricio was accused of fraud because the investor requested $35 million in damages, citing his personal potential revenue from the sale.
“Hakim and Segal now had purpose to suspect Umansky had a battle of curiosity and a purpose for not sharing the $40 million provide with the Seller,” court docket paperwork acknowledged on the time. “And in addition they had clearly obtainable strategies by which they might have discovered whether or not the $40 million was truly conveyed to the Seller. Both Hakim and Segal knew the DOJ was ‘overseeing’ the sale of the property, however neither bothered to contact the DOJ to ask whether or not the $40 million provide had truly been conveyed.”
Prior to the sale of the house, the federal authorities seized the Malibu residence from Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue, who agreed to promote the house and use the proceeds to repay his authorities fines and provides the remaining to charities.
In his personal paperwork, Mauricio described their authorized motion in opposition to him as “barred.”
“This declare fails as a matter of regulation as a result of it’s barred by the statute of limitations,” he wrote. “Plaintiff’s request for a constructive belief fails as a result of it improperly seeks a speculative windfall from the redevelopment of the Property.”
A listening to has been set for November to handle the potential dismissal of the case.
In different RHOBH information, following dance apply on Thursday, Mauricio instructed a TMZ photographer he “completely can’t wait” to have Kyle supporting him within the ballroom, however he doesn’t know if Morgan will likely be becoming a member of her.
“Oh I don’t know they’re filming and doing all types of stuff so who is aware of?” he requested, giving a nod to the women’ current journey to France, the place they have been allegedly caught having fun with an “intimate” espresso date.
“I really like her … She’s nice. I really like her,” Mauricio continued as he was requested if he’d be dancing to any of Morgan’s songs on DWTS.
“I don’t suppose we’re doing any nation are we?” he requested associate Emma Slater, 34, who instructed him they’ll “determine that out as we go.”
Although Mauricio acknowledged that Morgan has “so many nice songs,” he couldn’t identify any of them particularly. Instead, he stated he has “different songs in [his] head.”
Dancing With the Stars season 32 premieres on ABC on September 26 at 8/7c.
