{"id":168565,"date":"2023-03-17T17:27:30","date_gmt":"2023-03-17T16:27:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monaco-tribune.com\/2023\/03\/dmitry-rybolovlev-sues-sothebys-auction-house-in-the-us-for-complicity-in-fraud\/"},"modified":"2023-03-17T17:28:05","modified_gmt":"2023-03-17T16:28:05","slug":"dmitry-rybolovlev-sues-sothebys-auction-house-in-the-us-for-complicity-in-fraud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monaco-tribune.com\/en\/2023\/03\/dmitry-rybolovlev-sues-sothebys-auction-house-in-the-us-for-complicity-in-fraud\/","title":{"rendered":"Dmitry Rybolovlev sues Sotheby&#8217;s auction house in the US for complicity in fraud"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Several reputable international media outlets reported last week that the owner and president of AS Monaco, Dmitry Rybolovlev, is suing the renowned auction house Sotheby&#8217;s, which he accuses of helping his former art dealer, Yves Bouvier, to overprice several works of art. \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>Although some of the initial claims were rejected by a US court, Dmitry Rybolovlev could win considerable compensation from Sotheby&#8217;s for the fact that the auction house allegedly helped Yves Bouvier to inflate the price of several works of art he had bought for the billionaire.<\/p>\n\n<p>New York Southern District Judge Jesse Furman ruled last week that Sotheby\u2019s must face claims in Rybolovlev\u2019s lawsuit accusing the world-renowned auction house of aiding the billionaire\u2019s former art dealer in overcharging him by hundreds of millions of dollars on 15 pieces of art. <\/p>\n\n<p>U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman said Rybolovlev could pursue fraud-related claims over four works including &#8220;Salvator Mundi,&#8221; a depiction of Christ attributed to Leonardo da Vinci.<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cAfter eight years of an epic battle played out across the globe, the Russian collector Rybolovlev will have his day in court, and in no less an arena than New York. A federal judge opened the way for a jury trial for the oligarch,\u201d wrote <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theartnewspaper.com\/2023\/03\/07\/leonardos-salvator-mundi-heads-to-court-in-case-against-sothebys\">Art Newspaper<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\r\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Top five this week | A New York judge has ruled that <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sothebys?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Sothebys<\/a> must face trial as part of the Russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev\u2019s art fraud lawsuit involving Da Vinci&#39;s Salvator Mundi <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SVFZJo3tVO\">https:\/\/t.co\/SVFZJo3tVO<\/a><\/p>&mdash; The Art Newspaper (@TheArtNewspaper) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheArtNewspaper\/status\/1634894576841527298?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 12, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/figure>\r\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-un-milliard-d-euros-de-fraude\">A 1-billion-euro fraud<\/h2>\n\n<p>The legal dispute between Rybolovlev, a Monaco resident and art collector, and Swiss art dealer, Yves Bouvier, started in 2015 when the AS Monaco president accused Bouvier of defrauding him of nearly \u20ac1 billion between 2003 and 2015 in the acquisition of 38 works of art for a total of \u20ac2 billion.<\/p>\n\n<p>The art collector filed complaints in Monaco (for fraud that he claims was committed during transactions involving three paintings), in Switzerland (for the 38 artworks), in Singapore, and in New York. Although the case in Monaco was dismissed in 2019, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.monaco-tribune.com\/en\/2022\/08\/rybolovlev-bouvier-case-geneva-court-of-justice-rules-in-favour-of-as-monaco-owner\/\">Bouvier is still facing criminal charges in Geneva<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<p>Rybolovlev demanded that Sotheby&#8217;s reimburse him 380 million dollars in his lawsuit against the auction house, which he said \u201caided and abetted\u201d Bouvier in the acquisition of the artworks. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"related\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.monaco-tribune.com\/en\/2023\/03\/businessman-claiming-to-live-in-monaco-proved-wrong-by-swiss-tax-investigation\/\">Businessman claiming to live in Monaco proved wrong by Swiss tax investigation<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p>According to Rybolovlev\u2019s US claim, Sotheby&#8217;s knowingly abetted Bouvier\u2019s fraud on the artworks it handled. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2023-03-01\/sotheby-s-beats-most-of-russian-tycoon-s-1-billion-fraud-suit?sref=8diZYrMO#xj4y7vzkg\">Bloomberg News<\/a> reported that the tycoon claimed in the suit that he subsequently discovered that Bouvier, whom he\u2019d hired as an art adviser, had purchased the works himself before flipping them to Rybolovlev for millions or tens of millions of dollars more. This would have by far exceeded the commission he should have received.<\/p>\n\n<p>In a 76-page ruling dated March 1st, the New York Southern District Judge dismissed some of the claims, stating that for 11 transactions the evidence was expired or insufficient to conclude that Sotheby\u2019s had known about the fraud. But he also stated that Sotheby\u2019s must face fraud-related claims on the private sales of four works of art: the famous Salvator Mundi by Leonardo da Vinci, Gustav Klimt\u2019s Wasserschlangen II (1907), Amedeo Modigliani\u2019s T\u00eate (1911-12), as well as Rene Magritte\u2019s Le Domaine d\u2019Arnheim (1962).<\/p>\n\n<p>The US Judge considered as \u201csupported by the record\u201d the fact that Rybolovlev was the victim of a fraud committed by Yves Bouvier, wrote <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theartnewspaper.com\/2023\/03\/07\/leonardos-salvator-mundi-heads-to-court-in-case-against-sothebys\">The Art Newspaper<\/a>. The publication notes that the ruling details how Bouvier made huge profits on the works he purchased through Sotheby&#8217;s and gives an idea of the extent of their special relationship. Between 2005 and 2015, Sotheby&#8217;s registered more than 800 transactions with the Swiss art dealer.<\/p>\n\n<p>For example, the ruling details how Yves Bouvier purchased Picasso\u2019s Homme Assis au Verre for $62 million before selling it to the plaintiffs\u2019 company for $107.5 million the same day.<\/p>\n\n<p>Sotheby&#8217;s has said it had no knowledge of fraud, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/legal\/sothebys-russian-billionaire-rybolovlev-agree-mediate-art-fraud-case-2023-03-06\/\">Reuters<\/a>. The auction house insisted that it should not respond to Rybolovlev claims at all.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sufficient evidence<\/h2>\n\n<p>According to the ruling, the plaintiffs submitted enough evidence to show that Samuel Valette, Sotheby\u2019s Senior Director and Vice Chairman of Private Sales Worldwide for the Impressionist and Modern Art Department, \u201cwas aware of Bouvier\u2019s price manipulation, the essence of his scheme.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<p>In relation to the Salvator Mundi by da Vinci, the Judge indicated in his ruling that \u201ca reasonable jury could nonetheless find that [Sotheby\u2019s actions] constituted a \u2018substantial assistance\u2019 to Bouvier\u2019s fraud and breach of fiduciary duty.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<p>Moreover, the document explains that some works were sold to Rybolovlev by Bouvier before they were purchased from Sotheby\u2019s by the Swiss art dealer. This was the case, for example, with Le Domaine d\u2019Arnheim by Magritte, which Bouvier invoiced Rybolovlev for $43.5 million, three days before he had signed a purchase agreement with Sotheby&#8217;s for $24.1 million for the painting.<\/p>\n\n<p>Dan Kornstein, lawyer for Rybolovlev\u2019s family trusts, told <a href=\"https:\/\/news.artnet.com\/art-world\/judge-rules-partly-for-sothebys-rybolovlev-lawsuit-2264458\">Artnet News<\/a>: \u201cJudge Furman carefully analyzed the facts and agreed with many of our arguments. Although not all transactions involving Sotheby\u2019s survived the summary judgment, our remaining claims account for over $200\u00a0million of damages inflicted to our clients. These are very important episodes of the case.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">An agreement without a trial?<\/h2>\n\n<p>In a statement published by <a href=\"https:\/\/news.artnet.com\/art-world\/judge-rules-partly-for-sothebys-rybolovlev-lawsuit-2264458\">Artnet News<\/a>, the auction house insisted that,&#13;\n&#13;\n\u201cSotheby\u2019s is pleased that the court\u2019s decision on summary judgment dismissed the majority of plaintiffs\u2019 claims for lack of evidence. The court also rejected plaintiff\u2019s own motion for summary judgment in its entirety. Sotheby\u2019s will continue to defend this case vigorously and looks forward to prevailing on the remainder of the case at trial.\u201d The plaintiffs requested a summary judgment, but according to Judge Furman, such cases should go to a jury trial.<\/p>\n\n<p>The New York judge, however, advised both parties \u201cto try to settle this case without the need for a trial that would be expensive, risky, and potentially embarrassing to both sides\u201d. To do that the Court directed the parties \u201cto confer immediately about the prospect of settlement.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"related\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.monaco-tribune.com\/en\/2022\/08\/manfredi-lefebvre-dovidio-fighting-to-protect-his-fortune\/\">Manfredi Lefebvre d\u2019Ovidio fighting to protect his fortune<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p>As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/legal\/sothebys-russian-billionaire-rybolovlev-agree-mediate-art-fraud-case-2023-03-06\/\">Reuters<\/a> explains, the parties agreed to mediate, as ordered by the judge. A letter filed by Rybolovlev&#8217;s lawyer to the Manhattan Federal Court states that &#8220;the parties jointly report that we have conferred about the prospect of settlement and have agreed to proceed by mediation with a magistrate judge.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n<p>However, Kornstein told the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/82bb7618-739a-4447-875c-4fd323599c70\">Financial Times<\/a> that the plaintiffs \u201care eager to go to trial if mediation does not produce an acceptable settlement.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<p>Sotheby&#8217;s also confirmed that the auction house and the plaintiffs &#8220;have accepted the court\u2019s recommendation to engage in settlement negotiations and have agreed to proceed by mediation with a magistrate judge.&#8221; If the case is not resolved through mediation, it will proceed to trial to decide whether the auction house \u201caided and abetted\u201d an alleged fraud.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Several reputable international media 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