Melbourne billionaire Alex Waislitz sued by future sister-in-law Venus Behbahani over luxury Toorak apartment
Melbourne rich-lister Alex Waislitz is locked in a bitter battle with former Real Housewives of Melbourne star Venus Behbahani — the sister of his fiancée — over a plush Toorak townhouse. It’s set to end in a 15-day Supreme Court showdown.
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Melbourne billionaire Alex Waislitz is locked in a bitter battle with a former reality TV star over a Toorak home which is set to play out in a 15-day Supreme Court showdown.
Waislitz and his fiancée, Rebecca Behbahani, otherwise known as Rebekah Behbahani, are being sued by Rebecca’s sister, former Real Housewives of Melbourne star Venus Behbahani, (aka Venous Behbahani) who claims she was promised a home after helping launch Rebecca’s fledgling career as a pop singer and assisting her through a brief break-up with Waislitz.
Rebecca, who has branded herself as ‘Behani’ for her music career, has released six songs in the past 18 months featuring lyrics such as “Do it, maybe we should just do it, You know that I get juicy, You know that I taste fruity,” in the track Do It, and “Don’t say I didn’t warn ya I’m a f---ing pretty beast,” in the cut, Pretty Beast.
She has worked with US hatmakers Ne-Yo, French Montana, Tyga and DJ Khaled and various well-regarded international producers such as Scott Storch.
Venus launched legal action against Waislitz’s company Thorney Equities Pty Ltd, Waislitz and Rebecca in the Victorian Supreme Court last year.
The case has been listed for trial on May 27 next year and is expected to run for 15 days.
Waislitz’s housewives headache began in 2019.
In February 2019, his girlfriend Rebecca moved into one unit and fell pregnant.
Venus moved into another unit in November 2019 at the request of Rebecca to help look after her baby daughter, Storm, and assist with her singing career.
In court documents Venus claims Waislitz and Rebecca separated in October 2019 and as part of a separation agreement drawn up in December 2019 Rebecca was to receive the two townhouses and $2.5m.
Venus further claims in a Deed of Gift and Confidentiality, created up at the same time Rebecca promised to give her the property at the end of 2021 after the property was transferred into her name.
According to court documents, Venus claims in June 2021 a second Deed of Gift was drawn up where she would be given the townhouse by Rebecca if she resigned as a director of Behbahani Productions Pty Ltd and transferred her shareholding to her sister.
Behbahani Productions Pty Ltd was registered in September 2020, with Venus as director and she and Rebecca had an equal shareholding. The company was to act as promoter and manager of Rebecca’s singing career. Venus claims she and her husband James Clark were responsible for her sister’s opportunity to work with international stars.
Venus exited the company in mid 2021.
In her defence, Rebecca claims she was in a distressed state when she signed the 2019 deed and signed the 2021 deed under duress.
She argues that had she obtained legal advice from her solicitor she would not have signed either document.
While Waislitz, who was previously married to Heloise Pratt and was the son-in-law of Melbourne business giant Richard Pratt, and Rebecca split in October 2019 they resumed their relationship in February 2020.
The separation agreement relating to their brief split was never enforced.
In his defence, Waislitz says neither he nor Thorney Equities had any obligation to transfer the Toorak property to Venus and in a counterclaim says the reality star and her family had been living in the townhouse without permission since November 15, 2022 and had been asked to move out.
The counterclaim requests a caveat placed on the Toorak property by Venus in late 2022 be removed.
The Supreme Court stoush is not the only legal wrangle Venus is facing.
Waislitz, via another of his investment vehicles, has lodged a wind-up action against Venus’s KidsDocOnCall telemedicine business.
According to company records, Venus and her husband, James Clark, are directors of Global Telemedicine Consulting Group Pty Ltd, which trades as KidsDocOnCall.
Waislitz was an investor in the company and is seeking to have a liquidator appointed.
In an unrelated action, Medrecruit International LP, trading as Medrecruit Pty Ltd, has applied to the Victorian Supreme Court to wind up Global Telemedicine Consulting Group Pty Ltd.
Medrecruit is asking the company be liquidated after it failed to pay $36,694.31 following an order being made by the Magistrates’ Court of Victoria in March for Global Telemedicine Consulting Group and Clark, as director, to pay the money owed.
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