Thursday, August 20, 2026 · Independent Miami Beach journalism
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The first defendant to answer the lawsuit over a rare Ferrari stolen from a Collins Avenue condo's key room has fired back with a sweeping denial, 22 affirmative defenses, and a demand for a jury trial.
Two weeks after Miami's highest-profile development fraud case became public, an amended complaint escalates it sharply — adding new defaults and defamation counts, and deepening the financial case against the developer behind the $95.75 million claim.
A Miami Beach property owner is suing interior design firm Dida Home, LLC, claiming the company overbilled him across a sweeping Palm Avenue renovation and may have doctored vendor invoices to inflate costs.
A Miami-Dade man is suing driver John Sansac and luxury dealership Braman Motors after a 2026 BMW X5 allegedly struck him from behind while he cycled on 17th Street in Miami Beach last May.
Investors behind a landmark Miami Beach hotel say its developer secretly moved millions in assets into family trusts and shell companies to dodge creditors — right as a coordinated three-step scheme allegedly unfolded.
Grammy-winning rapper Travis Scott faces a Miami-Dade civil lawsuit alleging he punched a yacht captain, threatened to kill three crew members, and later returned to charge them again after police removed him from Miami Beach Marina in June 2024.
Couple alleges their landlord and realtor knew about a major building-wide construction project at Louver House before they signed an $18,000-per-month lease — and said nothing.
Social media influencer Anna Konstantinova is suing the organizers of PARAISO Miami Swim Week 2026 after she suffered a severe ankle fracture at Collins Park, alleging producers built a hazardous floor while telling city permit officials it would be level.
Superhuman Museum LLC has sued its California-based landlord in Miami-Dade Circuit Court, alleging bad faith efforts to torpedo a lease for the iconic former Regal Cinema space at 1100 Lincoln Road.
In a point-by-point reply to the urologist's defenses, Mount Sinai invokes a previously undisclosed agreement it says undercuts his central theory of the case — and days later, a judge set the non-compete fight on a fast track toward a jury trial.
Four owners at one of Miami Beach's most prominent luxury condominium towers have filed suit against their building association, alleging that managers secretly distributed nearly $90,000 in cash over two years without keeping proper records — and then spent almost a year blocking residents from finding out what happened to the money.
Italian entrepreneur and social-media celebrity Gianluca Vacchi is suing Miami developer Michael Stern for $95.75 million, alleging a Ponzi-like scheme spanning several luxury condo projects — with a hook that lands squarely in Miami Beach.