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Real Estate/Development

May 22, 2025

Private judge finds 'pervasive fraud' in Newport Center real estate dispute

The case involves a planned hotel development near Fashion Island, where managers allegedly withheld financial information, misrepresented project prospects, and concealed an $18 million offer. A jury trial on related claims is set for 2026.

A private judge has found that Newport Center Anacapa Associates LLC engaged in "persistent and pervasive fraud" against investor Kimberly Moffatt Jones by concealing critical financial information and manipulating a property valuation in a real estate partnership dispute over a prime Newport Beach development site near Fashion Island.

Retired Orange County Superior Court Judge Charles Margines, now serving as a private judge for JAMS, presided over the three-day bench t...

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