Ant Anstead to Pay 6-Figures Over Automotive Enterprise Amid Chapter (Excl)

Ant Anstead was ordered to pay a hefty six-figure sum to a person who claims the tv star broke his promise, Us Weekly can completely report.

On September 23, an Orange County Superior Court docket choose ordered Anstead and his enterprise accomplice, Jenson Button, to pay $101,000 in injury, $17,000 in curiosity, and different charges for a grand complete of $119,357.

The judgment was entered after Anstead, 46, and his accomplice failed to reply to the lawsuit.

The authorized drama began again in July 2024 when a person named Timothy Tasker sued Anstead’s firm Radford Motors (He would later add Anstead and Anstead’s enterprise accomplice as private defendants within the case).

Within the swimsuit, Tasker claimed he met with Anstead on April 1, 2022. He stated Anstead instructed him he was making and promoting a brand new automobile, and solely 62 could be made.

Tasker stated he paid a $101,000 deposit to safe one of many customized automobiles.

In courtroom docs, Tasker stated he was invited to occasions with Anstead and his enterprise companions, together with “time on a racetrack within the first” customized automobile. He stated they instructed him the primary automobiles could be delivered on the finish of 2022 and the “the rest could be delivered all through 2023.”

In October 2022, Tasker stated he instructed Radford he not wished to proceed with shopping for the automobile. He stated an exec instructed him they understood and promised him a full refund of $101,000 could be issued no later than the tip of 2022.

For the subsequent a number of months [Tasker’s] telephone calls and e-mails relating to the return of his $101,000.00 deposit weren’t responded to and in September 2023, [Tasker] was suggested by [a former Radford employee] that she was not with Radford / FCG and that [Tasker’s] info and requests had been forwarded to the brand new CFO” of the corporate.

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Tasker stated he had no luck speaking with the brand new CFO.

The swimsuit accused Anstead and his workforce of not delivering a single customized automobile to clients.

“[Tasker] is knowledgeable and believes that so far Defendants have delivered no [custom cars] and that a number of folks had submitted deposits much like and in extra of the deposit paid by [Tasker] and that these equally located people have likewise requested the return of their deposits with out success,” the swimsuit learn.

Tasker sued Radford, Anstead and his enterprise accomplice for fraud, breach of contract and conversion. The swimsuit demanded the complete $101,000 be returned. Tasker later dismissed the fraud and conversion claims in opposition to Anstead however didn’t drop the breach of contract claims.

Radford Motors denied all allegations of wrongdoing. The corporate was dismissed from the case.

A rep for Anstead tells Us, “Mr. Anstead and Mr. Button the place utterly unaware of the alleged judgment. Neither was served with the criticism within the lawsuit. Neither acquired discover of any proposed request for entry of default or default judgment. Thus, assuming a judgment was entered … it was not pursuant to any acceptable or required due course of or process. Mr. Anstead and Mr. Button at the moment are consulting with authorized counsel and can promptly search to have the judgment put aside for these causes. The judgment shouldn’t be the results of any advantage, however as a result of it was obtained in secret and with out the legally required discover. Actually, at this second, Mr. Anstead and Mr. Button have nonetheless not acquired any alleged judgment.”

As Us beforehand reported, Anstead’s supercar firm Radford Motors filed for Chapter 11 chapter in October 2024.

Radford was a British automobile firm that was revived by Anstead and Method One driver Button, and numerous different co-owners, in 2020.

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The chapter got here after Radford confronted accusations of fraud.

In a single lawsuit introduced by a businessman named Pastor (Pat) Velasco, Anstead and considered one of his companions had been accused of owing $2 million. The lawsuit accused the duo of utilizing firm cash to pay for private bills. One other lawsuit alleged Anstead and one other accomplice mismanaged the corporate’s funds.

On October 24, 2024, Anstead launched a press release stating he was “totally dedicated” to Radford regardless of the monetary “challenges.”

He stated, “Radford is implementing strategic organizational enhancements whereas sustaining full operational continuity. I stay totally dedicated to advancing Radford’s imaginative and prescient and progress. My function and dedication to Radford’s success proceed unchanged.” He stated he and Button, 45, would, “keep our foundational dedication to excellence that has outlined Radford from day one.”

A few days later, a rep for Radford stated in regard to pending lawsuits, “Any and all claims might be addressed as a part of the chapter case.”

In Might, the chapter was transformed from a Chapter 11 to a Chapter 7.