Ex-Atlantic City Casino Proprietor Initiates $20 Million Lawsuit vs. Miss America Boss
Glenn Straub, who was previously the owner of the Atlantic City property that now goes by the name of Ocean Casino Resort, has filed a lawsuit for $20 million against the CEO of the Miss America Organization. Straub claims that he obtained full ownership of the Miss America Organization in 2022 and fired Robin Fleming as the CEO following an internal audit that disclosed she had stolen at least $200,000 from the company.
He had hoped to handle the termination discreetly in order to safeguard the reputation of the organization, but Fleming decided to publicize this act to prolong her connection with the organization and promote her own side businesses. An in-depth examination discovered instances of misappropriated funds, undocumented payments to herself disguised as staff pay, and additional breaches of trust.
In a complaint filed in Florida's 15th Judicial Court in Palm Beach County, Straub is requesting $20 million in compensation due to Fleming's refusal to provide access to banking accounts and credit card information after changing passwords.
BreakingAC.com was the first media outlet to report on Straub's lawsuit against Fleming.
Ownership of Miss America
Fleming argues that she is the legitimate owner of the Miss America Organization, not Straub. She claims Straub only contributed a loan to the organization which has been mostly paid back.
"As the sole and rightful owner of Miss America, I will not allow myself to be intimidated by Mr. Straub. His only interactions with the organization involved directing me to a corporate entity that offered a line of credit, most of which has been repaid," Fleming stated in a post to her Instagram account.
Straub, who has been described as a litigious bulldog, has faced allegations of filing false liens against renters in his Florida real estate holdings. The businessman, who once owned the Palm Beach Polo Golf & Country Club in Wellington, Florida, has had a long history of legal issues involving women he dated, including one woman 38 years his junior.
Atlantic City Casino Ownership
In April 2015, Straub purchased the closed Revel Boardwalk resort in Atlantic City for $82 million. He proposed several concepts to breathe life back into the $2.4 billion integrated resort that closed in September 2014, barely two years after it opened.
Straub ran into difficulties dealing with local and state authorities in New Jersey. In 2017, he famously said, "In New Jersey, you literally have to take all your clothes off because the state does not know how to not rape you."
In spite of never welcoming any guests during his nearly three-year control, Straub managed to make a profit on his ownership of Revel. He sold the property to a Colorado developer in January 2018 for $200 million.
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