Catherine Malandrino Lawsuit Seeks $26.9M in Damages

NEW YORK — Catherine Malandrino wants her day in court. The designer has sued multiple defendants — including Elie Tahari and Bluestar Alliance LLC — in connection with the sale of her company in 2011 and 2013. The lawsuit containing seven causes of action — such as breach of contract and tortious interference — was filed on Wednesday in a New York State Court in Manhattan. It seeks at least $26.9 million in damages that include $1.3 million for breach of an employment agreement, and failure to pay an incentive bonus of $4.9 million as well as a $2.6 million bonus from income from a diffusion line. Some of the other causes of action each seek $12.7 million in damages based on a similar set of facts connected with the sale of her company. If Malandrino were to win all the damages sought for each cause of action, the total would hit $65 million. Named in the lawsuit were defendants ASL Holdings LLC, ASL Operations LLC, Tahari ASL LLC, Elie Tahari, Arthur S. Levine and Lester E. Schreiber, all collectively the Tahari defendants. Also named as defendants were Bluestar and its founders Joseph Gabbay and Ralph Gindi, collectively the Bluestar defendants. Another defendant

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