Danielle Braverman and her husband, David Reis, bought this home at 6600 E. Ida Ave. in Greenwood Village in 2020. (BusinessDen file)
A fashion model in Greenwood Village is seeking punitive damages against an interior designer who she claims “lied to and stole from” her during a $6 million home remodel.
Danielle Braverman said newly uncovered evidence reveals that Hayley Servatius, a neighbor of hers, “doctored invoices to fraudulently increase the cost” of high-end furniture for Braverman’s home, “allowing (Servatius) to pocket — i.e., steal — the difference.”
Attached to Braverman’s motion for punitive damages, which was filed Feb. 21 in a Centennial court, are five invoices that she said are accurate and five she said were altered.
For example, a two-piece sectional from Town Studio in Denver cost Servatius $23,474 but she billed Braverman $34,354, according to the invoices, which were obtained by BusinessDen in a records request. The five alleged upcharges cost Braverman an additional $34,000.
Danielle Braverman (Instagram)
“This is not only fraudulent but amounts to willful and wanton conduct,” Braverman alleged.
Servatius’ lawyers did not answer BusinessDen’s requests for comment on that allegation.
Braverman and her husband first sued Servatius and her company, HLS Designs, last summer. They accused Servatius, who lives 500 feet from them, of fraud and theft, saying she had ordered pricy furniture for their home, billed them and put the furniture in her own home, where it could be seen in “photographs on the defendants’ Instagram account.”
Servatius countersued the following month, accusing her former clients of being “degrading and threatening” and refusing to pay her the $25,000 she is owed for her work at 6600 E. Ida Ave. Servatius said that she was only storing the furniture in her home temporarily and that construction companies that worked on the remodel may be to blame for thefts.
Judge Don Toussaint must now decide whether Braverman can ask Arapahoe County jurors to award her punitive damages during a five-day trial that is scheduled for May 13.
Braverman and her husband, David Reis, are represented by attorneys Matthew Rork and Laura Martinez with the Fairfield and Woods firm in Denver. Servatius and HLS are represented by Caleb Meyer and Simone Montoya from Messner Reeves, also in Denver.
Danielle Braverman and her husband, David Reis, bought this home at 6600 E. Ida Ave. in Greenwood Village in 2020. (BusinessDen file)
A fashion model in Greenwood Village is seeking punitive damages against an interior designer who she claims “lied to and stole from” her during a $6 million home remodel.
Danielle Braverman said newly uncovered evidence reveals that Hayley Servatius, a neighbor of hers, “doctored invoices to fraudulently increase the cost” of high-end furniture for Braverman’s home, “allowing (Servatius) to pocket — i.e., steal — the difference.”
Attached to Braverman’s motion for punitive damages, which was filed Feb. 21 in a Centennial court, are five invoices that she said are accurate and five she said were altered.
For example, a two-piece sectional from Town Studio in Denver cost Servatius $23,474 but she billed Braverman $34,354, according to the invoices, which were obtained by BusinessDen in a records request. The five alleged upcharges cost Braverman an additional $34,000.
Danielle Braverman (Instagram)
“This is not only fraudulent but amounts to willful and wanton conduct,” Braverman alleged.
Servatius’ lawyers did not answer BusinessDen’s requests for comment on that allegation.
Braverman and her husband first sued Servatius and her company, HLS Designs, last summer. They accused Servatius, who lives 500 feet from them, of fraud and theft, saying she had ordered pricy furniture for their home, billed them and put the furniture in her own home, where it could be seen in “photographs on the defendants’ Instagram account.”
Servatius countersued the following month, accusing her former clients of being “degrading and threatening” and refusing to pay her the $25,000 she is owed for her work at 6600 E. Ida Ave. Servatius said that she was only storing the furniture in her home temporarily and that construction companies that worked on the remodel may be to blame for thefts.
Judge Don Toussaint must now decide whether Braverman can ask Arapahoe County jurors to award her punitive damages during a five-day trial that is scheduled for May 13.
Braverman and her husband, David Reis, are represented by attorneys Matthew Rork and Laura Martinez with the Fairfield and Woods firm in Denver. Servatius and HLS are represented by Caleb Meyer and Simone Montoya from Messner Reeves, also in Denver.
