Calvin Harris alleges $22.5M misused by adviser in Hollywood project

Calvin Harris has accused his former financial adviser, Thomas St. John, of misappropriating 22.5 million intended for a Hollywood real estate development, filing arbitration claims and a court petition this month that say the funds were diverted and remain unrecovered. The Scottish DJ and producer, whose legal name is Adam Wiles, alleges the sum included a 10 million loan and a 12.5 million equity investment in a planned 460,000 square foot project called CMNTY Culture Campus at Sunset Boulevard and Highland Avenue.

According to an arbitration demand filed in June and disclosed in subsequent court papers, Harris contends that St. John, who advised him for 13 years, asked for an emergency infusion in 2023 after the project ran short of cash and handed Harris documents to sign without providing substantive information. Harris lawyers wrote, "To this day, Claimants do not know where Claimants investment has gone or what it has been used for." The demand further alleges that shortly after Harris invested, the project distributed about 11.7 million to an entity controlled by St. John, an assertion his legal team denies.

St. John has rejected the accusations through his attorney,...