According to the Chicago Tribune, on June 9, Eckhardt had his attorney file an emergency motion for “immediate action” so that the former partners could secure a receiver to “manage and wind down” everything to do with Alovan, the company they own together so they could renovate homes as a unit.
The motion came about because of the suit brought against Victoria and Eckhardt in June of 2020 by Michael Ward Jr., his brother Thomas Ward, and their father Michael Ward Sr., who alleged that their investments to the company were actually part of “a deliberate and fraudulent scheme to misappropriate funds,” among other things.