Model Karolina Kurkova and her husband, Archie Drury, have filed a lawsuit against the prestigious Fisher Island Club in Miami Beach, Fla., for ejecting them from the members-only spot, and accusing Drury of stealing another member’s car.
That car, Page Six can exclusively reveal, belonged to tennis star Caroline Wozniacki and her hubby, former NBA player David Lee.
In the suit, Drury reveals he was initially suspended from the exclusive club, located in one of the richest zip codes in America, for six months after he was accused of having stolen, “another Fisher Island resident’s vehicle.”
Legal papers claim that the vehicle was, “not ‘stolen’ rather, Plaintiff Drury and the other individual drove the identical vehicle at the time (a White Range Rover),” and he, “inadvertently got into the wrong vehicle in their parking garage and pulled it out of the garage of their residence into the external parking lot before realizing the mistake.”
Sources tell Page Six that the incident was the talk of the island last year.
A source also tells us the allegations of theft came on the heels of a playground incident in which the model and Drury’s 2-year-old child bit Wozniacki and Lee’s kid of the same age just weeks prior.
A source tells us the tots were playing unsupervised on a slide when Kurkova’s daughter got “frightened,” and, “was trying to get some personal space on the slide and in a state of panic,” bit Wozniacki’s kid.
We’re told that the Victoria’s Secret supermodel sought therapy for her daughter, and it was concluded that this was a one-off situation.
Still, Kurkova and Drury’s child was suspended from the private Fisher Island Day School, multiple sources confirm.
The suit insists however, that Drury was “suffering from a significant issue with his vision,” and taking the car was an “innocent mistake.”
According to the suit, Wozniacki and former New York Knicks player Lee, “did not press charges, acknowledging it was inadvertent and not a theft.”
Reps for Wozniacki and Lee did not did not comment by deadline.
Nevertheless, Drury was still suspended and eventually — after more incidents, including allegedly trespassing on club grounds during his suspension, and allegedly trying to “defraud” the club by passing off membership to a tenant — the couple was kicked out for good.
The ritzy spot also claimed that Drury barged into its office in a fit over where his pal, football star Tom Brady, could park his boat.
“Mr. Drury came into the office screaming and visibly upset regarding where the marina staff was parking Tom Brady’s vessel,” the club said in a letter dated November 2023.
The club also claimed Drury “physically threatened,” and gave the middle finger to a fellow club member over a property issue.
Membership at the ritzy club costs $250,000 per person with annual dues of about $40,000. The small island, located near Miami, is home to billionaires and celebs like Oprah Winfrey and Julia Roberts.
The suit calls the numerous allegations a “carefully orchestrated attack against Plaintiff Drury that remains unsubstantiated.”
A source had previously told Page Six that Drury was persona non grata on the island and had exhibited numerous incidents of bad behavior.
However, a rep for Kurkova alleges that the high-profile couple was targeted over competition for real estate in the small enclave. There are board members of the club who work for Douglas Elliman, where Drury also worked as an agent before branching out on his own.
Kurkova’s spokesperson, Melanie A. Bonvicino, tells Page Six: “Karolina Kurkova and Archie Drury have been targeted by a ‘deliberate’ and orchestrated campaign to damage their reputations and business interests, both on and off Fisher Island. These attacks stem from Mr. Drury’s decision to leave Douglas Elliman in 2023 to launch his own real estate brokerage firm, provoking retaliatory efforts aimed at undermining their success. They are not intimidated by false narratives or unethical tactics and are pursing vigorous legal course to protect their integrity and business enterprises.”
But a rep for the Fisher Island Club is pushing back, calling their claims “scandalmongering.”
“Fisher Island Club denies the allegations in the lawsuit as baseless and is firm in the belief that the complaint is nothing more than disgruntled former members,” the rep said in a statement. “The Fisher Island Club looks forward to defending each of its challenged actions in detail in court filings as appropriate.”
“The record will show that plaintiffs received multiple notices and opportunities to be heard by the appropriate Club committee and the Board and subsequently expelled the plaintiffs from the Club based on their alleged ‘attempt to defraud the Club and circumvent its rules (and deprive the Club of fees),’” the rep further said.
“Allegations by plaintiffs that certain Club Board members used their influence for personal or corporate gain are patently false, unjustified and are nothing short of scandalmongering.”
Drury was suspended for another six months for allegedly picking up food from the club restaurant, La Trattoria, stepping foot into the spot during his initial suspension to pick up food for his young daughter, claim the court papers.
The club then booted Drury and Kurkova by alleging they attempted to “defraud” the club by allocating a membership to a tenant, says the suit, which they claim has been allowed in the past.
“Plaintiffs had historically designated one of their Club Equity Memberships to another tenant without incident and had done so for many years,” says the suit.
They also allege that one of their employees had his lease on the island canceled and was harassed by a board member.
“Club Board member cornered this same employee in a Golf Cart in the 7600 Parking garage, patted him down to see if he was wearing a wire, and proceeded to threaten him in an effort to have him take positions against his employer,” says the suit.
They are requesting a jury trial.
Kurkova and Drury put their Fisher Island home on the market for $6.9 million in May 2024.
