Toplace’s Jean Nassif’s alleged threats to associate: ‘I will come and smash your head’

Jean Nassif is being investigated by police for ‘threatening behaviour’ after allegedly sending an expletive voice memo to an associate.

Property developer Jean Nassif leaving court after serious assault allegations are dismissed because alleged victim Nisserine Nassif, his wife, was in Lebanon. Picture: Liam Mendes

Property developer Jean Nassif is under investigation for allegedly telling an associate he would “come and smash your head”.

The investigation was launched by police “following ­reports of threatening behaviour”, allegedly made in October last year in Arabic and English, according to an affidavit.

“You dog, son of a dog, drop dead. How could you talk to me like that?” Mr Nassif allegedly said in Arabic.

“You shut your mouth … I will come and smash your head where you are, you dog.”

The complaint was made by an associate of Mr Nassif, Laith Khedher, whose company, Transform Constructions, launched legal action in the NSW Supreme Court last week alleging Mr Nassif’s company, Toplace, refused to pay invoices to the sum of $3,808,908.

Transform Constructions ­alleges Toplace is also withholding timber, plywood and frames worth $4,853,350.

“Officers attached to Riverstone police area command are investigating after receiving a ­report of alleged threatening ­behaviour,” a police spokeswoman said.

Voice messages left prior to the alleged threats, according to the affidavit, show Mr Khedher requesting payment from Mr Nassif. “If you are busy, it is OK, but please make a payment today. I need to pay my workers, I have to pay them. We must ­resolve this,” Mr Khedher claims he said.

Mr Nassif then says he does not want to work with him, that he was intending to cancel the contract, that Mr Khedher was a gambler and “not getting f..king enough work done”. “Use your manpower, get ­material on the site or you left me with no choice but to cancel your contract,” Mr Nassif allegedly said.

Mr Nassif’s multimillion-­dollar waterfront home and ­Toplace office were raided on February 28 in relation to a fraud investigation into his daughter Ashlyn.

Ashlyn Nassif, 27 leaving Surry Hills police on bail earlier this month. Picture: David Swift

Ms Nassif was charged with dishonestly obtaining financial advantage by deception and publishing false, misleading ­material to obtain advantage. She has not entered a plea.

Her father, who is overseas, has not been charged with any offence.

Jean Nassif went viral on social media in 2019 after purchasing his wife “Nissy” the luxury vehicle – worth half a million dollars – and filming the delivery of the car.

The gift became a meme after Mr Nassif unveiled the car and famously said: “Congratulations, Mrs Nassif. You like?”, with thousands mocking and ridiculing the phrase online with their own imitations.

In May last year, Nassif was arrested and charged with common assault following an alleged incident with his wife at his Chiswick home.

A court heard police alleged he punched her “three or four times in the face” and she was “scared for her life”.

The charges were withdrawn on the day of the hearing because she was overseas and uncontactable by the prosecution.

Outside court, Nassif said “no one can get me”.

Transform Constructions’ lawyer, Sayed Khedr, of Stamford Law, said his client was excluded from a Toplace site in late October 2022 when asked for progress payment to pay his workers and suppliers.

Mr Khedr said his client was prevented from removing his equipment, tools and materials from the site, which he says have been “unjustifiably withheld” and used by Toplace “to the exclusion of Transform”.

“I cannot make any further comment, but justice will prevail,” Mr Khedr said.