Restaurant News: Lawsuit Attempts To Force Homaro Cantu Out Of Moto

By Melissa McEwen in Food on Mar 26, 2015 2:10PM

Chef Homaro Cantu (right) and Chef Ben Roche (left) (Photo by Laura Stolpman)

A lawsuit filed by Alex Espalin, an investor in Michelin-starred Moto and the now-shuttered ING, aims not only for financial damages but to force out Chef Homaro Cantu. Eater reports that the lawsuit claims Cantu spent money improperly, engaged in poor book-keeping and did not pay Espalin back. The lawsuit also affects Berrista, the new coffee-shop Cantu opened that's based on the miracle berry, which it claims as a co-owned asset subject to licensing fees.

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