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Brendan Fitzpatrick and Chloe de Serigny are being sued by Max Jan Fowles-Pazdro, who claims the Rich Kids of Beverly Hills alum and his billionaire heiress wife scammed him out of $2 million.
According to the lawsuit, Brendan, 37, and Chloe, the daughter of a Canadian billionaire, allegedly made “desperate pleas” to Max for a loan that would fund a deposit for a real estate project in the United Kingdom and vowed to repay the funds within six weeks. However, the couple is accused of failing to pay back a dime to Max as they continued “to live — and present themselves to others as living — in the lap of luxury.”
As noted by a September 4 report from the New York Post, Max claimed Brendan and Chloe promised him and his wife, Parisa, they’d pay them back, even if they had to enlist help from Chloe’s billionaire mother, Sophie, the daughter of former Power Corporation of Canada chairman Paul Desmarais.
“We will absolutely have this resolved tomorrow,” the Fitzpatricks allegedly wrote in a message to Max and Parisa. “[I]f not I will be borrowing from my mother in law …. We get funds by 2 or I will get them from her. I will say it’s life or death.”
“We are good hang on,” another message reportedly said according to the lawsuit. “We’ve waited this long. We can hang tight for a little more hours.”
Brendan and Chloe also allegedly referred to Max and Parisa as “family,” as they assured them they would pay them back in a timely manner. They then told Max and Parisa they’d double what they owed them and pay them $4 million, but, according to the lawsuit, they never did.
Max and his attorneys claimed he knew Brendan and Chloe from Los Angeles but grew closer to them in Miami in 2024. In the months that followed, the suit claims Brendan and Chloe took Max and Parisa to the south of France, where they enjoyed time together at a rental home, and to Montreal to Chloe’s mother’s house. Then, in January 2025, Brendan allegedly told Max he needed 1.3 million euros for a real estate project in the UK, and ultimately, Max and Parisa provided him with the money and an additional guaranteed £10.5 million loan.
Since Brendan and Chloe have allegedly refused to pay them back, Max and Parisa have received notices of default on properties, a loss of a credit line, and have been forced to sell a property to make up for the debt.
Max is seeking damages, including attorneys’ fees and the loan plus interest.
In addition to Max’s lawsuit against him, Brendan, the former husband of Morgan Stewart, 38, is being sued for over $80 million by ex-investors, a bank, and others after being accused of running a Ponzi scheme to elicit hefty investments.