Embattled hotelier Andre Balazs’ partners in Manhattan’s Mercer — a key crossroads for the fashion and entertainment crowd — are attempting to kick him out of their business.
His colleagues claim in a new lawsuit, filed on April 9in New York, that he needs to be removed due to his financial mismanagement of the property, failure to address myriad staffing issues and the fallout over recent revelations regarding his stewardship of L.A.'s Chateau Marmont.
The filing also discloses that Balazs' partners had sought to terminate him as managing director of the hotel over "ongoing and gross misconduct" as early as November 2019, but that he refused to step down. “Balazs’ willful, intentional disregard of his duties and apparent misappropriation.
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