In a blistering and sweeping divorce victory, Julia Haart has been awarded control of the business she ran during her marriage to Silvio Scaglia and the $64 million apartment they lived in, as well as nearly $10 milllion in cash, Page Six has learned.
Haart told us Tuesday that, finally, “justice was served.”
The pair — who ran the Elite World Models agency and luxe lingerie firm La Perla together — have been locked in a complex and bitter court battle on several fronts since she told him she was divorcing him in 2022 and he responded by trying to fire her.
She claimed that he’d given her half of Freedom Holding — which owns EWG and La Perla, as well as their apartment — in return for running the firm as its CEO, but he later claimed that she owned only a fraction of the company. Meanwhile, he accused her of several shocking misdeeds, including stealing money from a bank account and even taking a company Bentley for herself. (He never coughed up any evidence for those allegations).
But Haart, who also starred in Netflix reality show “My Unorthodox Life,” has resoundingly come out on top of every struggle between the exes, according to court papers seen by Page Six.
In a rare move, Judge Jeffrey Pearlman last week granted Haart a default judgement in the divorce, after — according to the docs — Scaglia stopped engaging with the proceedings. (As we’ve previously reported, a different judge in a different part of their court war put out an arrest warrant for Scaglia after he failed to fork over cash to Haart. He seems to have skipped town for Milan.).
In last week’s decision, Judge Pearlman awarded Haart a 50% interest in Freedom Holding — but crucially he also awarded her power of attorney over Scaglia’s 50% as well, meaning she can make decisions on the company’s behalf without getting the sign-off from Scaglia.
Per the judgement, she’s now also owns the stunning, 16-room Tribeca triplex penthouse that they lived in during their four-year marriage. (Haart’s been living in it since the split).
According to the five-page judgement, Pearlman awarded Haart $7,400,000 in unpaid management fees for 2019 through 2021, and she also got half the proceeds of a Kees Van Dongen painting owned by Freedom Holding that Scaglia sold for $2,972,632.
He also awarded her half of the cash withdrawals Scaglia made from their businesses since the divorce began.
Haart told Page Six, “Words cannot fully express the immense joy and gratitude I feel in my heart. Throughout this journey, I held steadfast to my belief in truth and justice, deeply trusting that if I stayed the course, the truth would ultimately prevail and the wrongs done to me would be made right. I am profoundly grateful to God for granting me the strength to persevere and to Judge Pearlman for holding Silvio accountable and ensuring that justice was served.”
Her attorney, Michael Beyda of Chemtob, Moss, Forman and Beyda, told us, “Julia Haart has faced immense challenges over the past three years, yet her resilience and commitment to her values have been unwavering.”
He added, “This victory is a testament to the power of staying true to oneself and refusing to stoop to the level of opposition. We are deeply grateful to Judge Pearlman for holding Mr. Scaglia accountable for his actions and inactions.”
In October, Haart also won an appeal in her fraud case against against Scaglia. That decision allows her to continue to sue him and several others over allegations that he allowed her believe she was being given 50% of Freedom Holding in return for working as its CEO.
Scaglia didn’t immediately respond to our request for comment.
