HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A Hawaii real estate investor and broker are suing Shohei Ohtani, claiming the Los Angeles Dodgers star and his agent sabotaged a $240 million luxury housing development on Hawaii Island’s Hapuna Coast.

According to the lawsuit filed in Hawaii Circuit Court on Friday, Ohtani’s agent Nez Balelo, demanded concessions from developer Kevin J. Hayes Sr. and real estate broker Tomoko Matsumoto before demanding that their business partner, Kingsbarn Realty Capital, drop them from the deal.

Hayes and Matsumoto allegedly spent over 11 years conceiving, investing in, developing, and marketing in the housing project designed to attract luxury property buyers.

The properties average approximately $17.3 million each.

The suit says Ohtani and Balelo were brought into the p

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