Tony Campana sues his sister Elenia Censori in a bid to claw back nearly $135,000

The convicted murderer uncle of Bianca Censori — Kanye West’s Australian wife — is suing his sister, claiming she stole tens of thousands of dollars from him.

The gangster uncle of Kanye West’s Australian wife, Bianca Censori, is suing his sister in a bid to claw back nearly $135,000 he claims she stole from him.

In the latest legal battle to embroil the Melbourne glamour girl’s family, Tony Campana — a convicted murderer formerly known as Eris Censori and dubbed “Melbourne’s Al Capone” — has launched Supreme Court action against his sister, Elenia Censori.

Campana is the brother of Bianca’s father, Leo Censori.

Bianca Censori with her husband, US rapper Kanye West. Picture: Instagram

It comes a year after Campana won a Brunswick property dispute fight against his sister with a judge ruling Elenia had held the Union St property on constructive trust for her brother since 2005.

Despite claiming she was the rightful owner, Elenia was ordered to transfer the property to her brother, and pay him $182,097 for rent she had received after exiting the house and putting tenants into it in February 2016.

In a statement of claim filed this month and obtained by the Herald Sun, Campana claims his sibling took from the trust to pay her legal costs in last year’s June trial before the judgment was handed down.

The former Carlton crime gangster states Elenia “engaged in equitable fraud” by taking the money when he was the sole beneficiary of the trust property.

He claims he has suffered loss and damage.

Bianca, 29, who met US rapper West, 47, through her role as an architect at his company Yeezy, was last week seen hitting the town with her younger sister, Angelina, during a family reunion in LA.

Bianca Censori and younger sister Angelina let their hair down during a family reunion in LA. Picture: Instagram

Alexandra Censori with daughters Bianca, Alyssia and Angelina. Picture: Supplied

The Melbourne-born sisters, who share the same affinity for daring fashion, were seen living it up as the controversial West took to the DJ decks to play teasers from his new album.

Bianca currently lives in Los Angeles with West, but is understood to maintain a close relationship with her Australian siblings and parents.

Meanwhile, her aunt and uncle’s rivalry was aired in the Supreme Court last year with both of them giving evidence against each other.

Ultimately, Justice Michael McDonald rejected Elenia’s evidence that she had purchased the home with her own money, saying it was “quite implausible” for her to have saved such an amount as a single mum and cleaner.

During her evidence, she claimed she had leant tens of thousands of dollars to her brother over the years, including $40,000 cash she had stored behind a bookshelf in her home.

She said she was “scared to bring it up” with her brother to repay the money because “Eris is not a person you can – you can say no to … he can be intimidating”.

Eris Censori in 1991 while serving time in Victoria.

Ella Censori (Leo Censori) with his youngest brother Eris Censori. Picture: Herald Sun 1991

She also denied ever signing a trust deed or declaring a trust over the property.

A copy of the trust deed could not be shown to the court because Campana said it had been destroyed in a fire at his home in April 2014. A copy at the law firm where it was signed was also destroyed in a fire, the court heard.

Campana successfully argued he had sought to apply for building permits in respect of two neighbouring properties, but was told new building laws at the time were limiting permits to owner-builders to one every three years.

His way around that was to transfer the title of one of the properties to his sister.

Campana is no stranger to the courts, with a jail stint for heroin dealing and having been convicted and sentenced to death for the murder of Perth waiter Michael Sideris in 1982.

His sentence was later changed to life imprisonment when WA abolished the death penalty.

In 1987, he was transferred to Victoria to serve his sentence closer to his family.

But in May 1994, he was released from jail on condition he be on parole for life.

He told the court he initially lived with his brother Leo, who is Bianca Censori’s father, on his release, but then he moved in to Elenia’s house in Heidelberg.

She had tried to argue in court the Brunswick house was a gift from her brother for allowing him to stay with her.

A court date is yet to be set for the latest showdown.