Laurence Dollimore
A BRITISH millionaire has furiously denied squatting his own €3million villa in a bid to keep out his tenant.
Anthony Nartey is currently locked in a legal battle with Spanish businessman and self-described ‘Airbnb investor’ Aaron Fernandez.
According to Fernandez, he signed a year-long lease for the luxury property in an upmarket area of Sant Josep, Ibiza in March.
He said he had planned to sublet the property to tourists throughout the year, and claimed the Narteys were fully aware of his intentions and even suggested potential guests.
However he claims they cancelled the contract ‘without any legal right to do so’ just before the lucrative summer season.
On June 10, he arrived at the home to find the locks had been changed and that the couple had ‘barricaded themselves inside’.
He has now filed an official complaint against the pair with a judge, who has accepted to hear the case for the alleged crimes of coercion and breaking and entering.
Fernandez claims to have reels of Whatsapp messages and emails to support his version of events.
He told La Voz de Ibiza: “At first I thought I was missing something because he completely ignored what was signed, he locked himself in the house when I have a valid contract and it is also his second residence, not his main residence.
“Therefore, he cannot claim to live there. I don’t know, but it seemed very absurd on his part and very serious for me when I had the whole summer and I had to cancel all the reservations.”
Fernandez initially agreed to pay €8,000 per month for the home, but claims the Narteys tried to make him sign a new contract charging €15,000 per month.
The new contract also only lasted until September of this year, instead of March 2025, Fernandez claimed.
Anthony Nartey is the CEO and founder of tech firm iMonitor, based in London.
The company’s website describes him as ‘one of the first worldwide cloud executives, pioneering Cloud computing methodologies, developing long term investment strategies to accelerate growth and gain market share across key solution areas.’
He told the Olive Press today: “This is all completely untrue and fabricated by Fernandez to suit his aims.
“He tried to blackmail us saying he would go on social media to allege all sorts of things if we didn’t give him the house to do whatever he wanted when as per the contract we were habitating in the house. His message which he later deleted was forwarded onto my legal team at the time…..
“Nothing was changed in the contract as you can imagine that is not possible and he handed us back all 3 sets of keys to the house when we took back ownership, again as per the contract ( I understand he cut lots of new keys to the house which shouldn’t be possible since the type of keys we have you have to produce your ID and paperwork proving you own the house in order to duplicate them).
“We really do not wish to get drawn into these public slanging matches but rest assured every legal process has been followed however it is clear that unfortunately Fernandez believes and acts as if he is above the law.”
He added: “His contract breaches are numerous and have been laid out in the papers that were served on him and his legal team…Unfortunately he has neglected to respond to our many requests and seeks to sensationalise this and portray himself as a victim when the opposite it true.”
