Overview

• Kevin Hayes Sr. and Tomoko Matsumoto filed a lawsuit in the Circuit Court of Hawaiʻi accusing Shohei Ohtani and his agent Nez Balelo of tortious interference and unjust enrichment following their removal from The Vista project
• The complaint alleges Balelo leveraged Ohtani’s celebrity status to pressure Kingsbarn Realty Capital into sidelining the plaintiffs and granting repeated concessions
• The Vista at Mauna Kea Resort is a 14-unit, $240 million residential development that promoted Ohtani as its celebrity spokesperson and a committed buyer
• Hayes and Matsumoto contend they face multimillion-dollar losses in expected management fees, commissions and construction revenue after being pushed out last month
• A CAA Baseball spokesperson declined to comment and Kingsbarn has not responded as the case moves into its early litigation phase