Calvin Harris recordsdata authorized motion in opposition to Thomas St. John, after agency’s US firm filed for chapter citing $11m+ in money owed
Scottish DJ and producer Calvin Harris has filed an arbitration demand accusing his former monetary advisor, Thomas St. John, of stealing $22.5 million meant for actual property investments.
The authorized motion, filed final week in Los Angeles Superior Court docket, claims that St. John directed the funds as an alternative towards a Hollywood “boondoggle” improvement venture.
The timing of Harris’s authorized motion is especially hanging. It arrives just some months after US-based firm, Thomas St. John, Inc., filed for Chapter 11 chapter safety (on the finish of February), in response to courtroom paperwork obtained by MBW.
(Thomas St. John Inc, a US entity, is a separate firm to UK-based Thomas St. John Ltd.)
A Debtor’s Disclosure filed with the courtroom on April 29, and which you’ll learn in full right here, cites roughly $11 million in money owed to numerous collectors, together with Grammy-winning songwriter-producer Philip M. Lawrence II, who filed a proof of declare for $696,342.96 [though Thomas St. John, Inc. disputes this claim and plans to file an objection].
Lawrence joins a prolonged checklist of entities looking for cost from the troubled agency.
The chapter filings submitted to the U.S. Chapter Court docket for the Central District of California reveal the depth of the corporate’s monetary troubles, with Thomas St. John, Inc. owing $4.1 million to the IRS, $2.5 million to California’s Franchise Tax Board, and whole normal unsecured claims of roughly $11.3 million.
Different important money owed embody $210,800 to Klar Consulting LLC and $340,454.70 to legislation agency Jackson Lewis P.C.
The chapter paperwork point out the corporate was pushed into Chapter 11 safety by three pending disputes, together with employment termination claims and breach of contract lawsuits.
The Los Angeles-based enterprise administration agency, which offers accounting and monetary providers to high-net-worth people and companies, filed a reorganization plan proposing to proceed operations whereas paying collectors over time.
Precedence tax claims could be paid over 5 years, with normal unsecured collectors receiving professional rata distributions from remaining funds.
Regardless of the large money owed, monetary projections printed throughout the courtroom paperwork present the corporate anticipating annual revenues of $3.3-4.5 million from retainer providers and venture work. The agency reported a revenue of $132,278 in March 2025.
Including to the turmoil, Michael Jay Berger, the corporate’s chapter counsel, owed $75,000 in charges, filed a movement in August to withdraw from representing the agency. A listening to is scheduled for October 7, 2025.
Calvin Harris isn’t listed as a creditor within the chapter proceedings.
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