A 2019 court case against Hadari Oshri exposes her dodgy, aggressive legal maneuvers
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By Investor News/Aitana Vargas
NOTA EDITORIAL: Esta serie de investigación galardonada con un premio del LA Press Club en 2022 fue producida por Aitana Vargas para Investor News entre 2021 y 2026. A continuación reproducimos el trabajo original, acompañado de los documentos y las fotografías que forman parte del expediente. En las próximas semanas, iremos difundiendo las entregas completas, las cuales se divulgaron públicamente después de que la justicia de Los Ángeles desestimara intentos judiciales por parte de una de las presuntas implicadas, Hadari Oshri, de prohibir su publicación. Este trabajo está protegido por la Ley de Protección de Periodistas de California (Cal. Const. Art. I, § 2(b); California Evidence Code § 1070). La Cronista no renuncia a ningún privilegio o derecho al proceder a su difusión.
AN IMPORTANT NOTE: On June 22, 2021, Hadari Oshri –Marc Lubaszka’s business partner– filed a frivolous civil harassment restraining order (CHRO) against me to stop the publication of my investigative series “A Special Report: The Harrowing Impunity of White-Collar crime,” and any subsequent installments or future media coverage. On August 3, 2021, I filed an anti-SLAPP motion to strike Oshri’s CHRO petition. In a hearing held on September 13, 2021, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Doreen Boxer granted my anti-SLAPP motion and denied Oshri’s civil harassment petition for failure to sustain the applicable burden of proof. Oshri will now have to pay my attorney’s fees for filing a frivolous case. She also declined to go on a recorded interview or provide statements via email. And what follows are the next installments of my months-long investigative series whose publication Oshri desperately attempted yet failed to stop.
A Special Report: The Harrowing Impunity of White-Collar Crime (Part VII)
Los Angeles, CA – As Hadari Oshri’s Xehar, Inc. was falling through the cracks, her dodgy, aggressive legal tactics were exposed in a court case filed against her by former business associate Matthew Wilkinson back in May 2019.
The case was initially scheduled for trial on August 6, 2019, but it was postponed several times at Oshri’s request on the basis that she was preoccupied with an “eviction” and that she’d would be out of the country for the “Holidays.“
Oshri’s exact words were: “I am asking from the court to postponment this case, ( check attchment )” because “My maind was dealling with the eviction situetion that I have with my apartment, I was busy in payment solution for my leandloaed, I came up with $14,000 ( check next page ).”
The court agreed to re-schedule the trial on October 10. However, on September 9, Oshri asked that the hearing be postponed again until October 24th or November 2019.
In court filings, Oshri wrote: “The court date is set up to be one day after Yom Kipur, I am not going to be in USA, until After the Holiday season, when the Jujed asked me if that date is Ok i was not ( check a…,”
Hadari Oshri accused of “stall tactics” to delay court proceedings
Court documents also show that Wilkinson was frustrated with Oshri’s delay tactics and asked the court to deny her request: “I ask that the Plaintiff’s request to postpone trial be denied as this is just another stall tactic being used by the defendant. Prior to our original court date on August 6, 2019, I received an email from the defendant with a 16-page answer to the court case, yet she said in court that she needed a postponement.”
The court granted Oshri’s request to delay the proceedings one last time and scheduled the trial for October 31, 2019.
Hadari Oshri’s whopping 46-affirmative defenses failed
In addition to Oshri’s delay tactics, her Counsel, John Tamborelli, put together a reply to Wilkinson’s complaint invoking nearly every single affirmative defense in the book: a whopping 46 potential legal protections.
In her response, not only did Oshri deny responsibility, but she also accused Wilkinson of having “unclean hands,” having committed “fraud,” “deceit” and “misrepresentation.”
Tamborelli went on to argue that her client was “unfairly pressured” or “induced” by the “plaintiff into consenting to the contract” in a moment where Oshri was suffering “weakness of mind,” “financial pressure” and “distress.”
“Oshri would not otherwise have consented to the contract,” the reply says.
And as if nearly 50 affirmative defenses were not enough to sway the Judge, Oshri still reserved the right to assert additional affirmative defenses.
But Oshri’s startling legal plan didn’t fly with the court: None of the affirmative defenses portraying the plaintiff as an ill-intentioned businessman worked, and the judge ruled against her in the amount of $10,150.
Hadari Oshri ordered to pay judgment in full immediately
Court documents show that after losing her appeal, Oshri asked the court for mercy and proposed a payment plan. “I am working on my income and I do not have stable income at this moment to make big payment at once,” the fashion fairy entrepreneur stated.
Oshri’s request was denied and the court ordered her to pay the judgment in full, and to do so immediately.
Wilkinson didn’t respond to a request for comment.
In 2020, Oshri and her former Counsel, John Tamborelli, were named as a defendants in a personal injury case filed in Los Angeles.
In 2019, Dan Weber filed a small claims court against Oshri for money owed. The case was never heard because he was unable to serve legal documents on her. She still has not paid off the debt.
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***This is a developing story and will be updated as more information comes in. Last update on June 25, 2026. Since image suppression on Google has been detected, some images and screenshots footnotes have been updated to include links to archive.org.
****Since Hadari Oshri filed a meritless case against Investor News contributor Aitana Vargas and had previously declined to provide written comments or go on a recorded interview, it is our policy not to seek further comments from the entrepreneur. Oshri is always welcome to reach out and agree to the proposed interview terms. The same policy applies to her former Counsel, John Tamborelli, Lubaszka and Patrick Seller.
*****Story originally published in Investor News on April 9, 2022. Pinche aquí para leer el reportaje original en Investor News, un medio aliado a La Cronista. Lea Parte 1, Parte 2, Parte 3, Parte 4 & Parte 5.
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