DJ Envy could end up behind bars if he doesn’t fulfill the obligations of a court-ordered subpoena related to his former real estate partner Cesar Pina’s bankruptcy case.
According to legal reporter Meghann Cuniff, the Breakfast Club co-host has until January 8 to produce all of the documents requested by a court-appointed trustee overseeing Pina’s company Whairhouse LLC, which filed for bankruptcy in August.
If he fails to comply, Envy (real name RaaShaun Casey) could be arrested and forced to sit down for a deposition in New Jersey bankruptcy court, and possibly face other sanctions.
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Rosemary Gambardella approved a motion from the trustee’s attorneys on Wednesday (December 20) claiming that Envy already missed a November 28 deadline to provide documents related to Whairhouse, as well as the company behind an apartment complex that Pina owns.
Find the court filing below.
DJ Envy of the popular radio show The Breakfast Club could be arrested if he doesn’t disclose documents to a bankruptcy trustee in charge of his former business partner Cesar Pina’s companies.
That’s according to a federal judge’s new ruling. https://t.co/NwcKctyCX8pic.twitter.com/nvZk917M7r
— Meghann Cuniff (@meghanncuniff) December 21, 2023
Cesar Pina, who also goes by FlippingNJ on social media, was arrested in October for wire fraud in connection to his and DJ Envy’s real estate ventures.
Envy, who has not been charged, has claimed that he, too, is a “victim” of Pina’s alleged real estate scam which reportedly defrauded investors out of millions of dollars.
However, the real estate developer addressed this claim in October and disputed his former business partner’s comments.
“DJ Envy’s attorney’s defense that DJ Envy is a victim — that’s the dumbest shit I ever heard in my life,” Pina said on Instagram Live. “Me and him were partners in the real estate seminars, we were partners in a couple of real estate transactions. That’s it. He’s not a victim! He was my partner, he was an investor.”
In August, The Breakfast Club co-host claimed to have lost $500,000 on a project with Cesar Pina and his wife, Jennifer, to renovate and reposition a former school into an apartment building.
His claims were made in a legal filing seeking to dismiss a lawsuit against him from two of Pina’s investors, Anthony Barone and Anthony Martini, who say the duo defrauded them out of $1.5 million over an apartment complex that never materialized.
