Thanks to Margot (and others) for sending the wild stories about the allegations regarding Compass Coffee from co-founder Harrison Suarez:
“In 2013, I co-founded Compass Coffee with my close friend from the Marines. In July 2021, after years of hard work and while I was out of the country, my co-founder and his father forcibly exited me from the company and refused to compensate me for my equity.
Since then,
I have sought to resolve this dispute privately, constructively, and in accordance with our agreements. Yesterday, left with no other option, I filed suit in DC Federal Court. You can read the complaint here.”
Read the full filing here.
Coffee Talk magazine reports:
“The complaint alleges five counts, including RICO violations, fraud, and breach of contract by various combinations of the parties. Suarez and Haft met while studying at Washington University in St. Louis and bonded through serving in the Marine Corps together. They opened their first Compass Coffee location in Shaw in 2014, discovering a common interest after years of drinking terrible coffee on deployment.
Suarez’s attorneys allege that the Hafts misrepresented that Suarez equally shared ownership of Compass Coffee with Haft since the first operating agreement, when in retrospect he believes he never did. Suarez also recounts his termination from Compass Coffee in summer 2021. Michael Haft wrote of Suarez’s allegations that “all of his claims are utterly untrue.”
Full article here.
STAY TUNED.