Lamborghini Orange County, formerly the world’s largest dealer of the Italian luxury vehicles that sell from upwards of $200,000 apiece, closed in November without explanation. Now court documents indicate what happened.

The owners of Lamborghini Orange County in Santa Ana committed “outright theft” of approximately $12 million by selling its fleet of exotic sports cars at deep discounts and failing to pay their creditor, according to a lawsuit filed by Volkswagen Credit Inc. in Orange County Superior Court.

The lawsuit says the owners of the Orange County dealership and its affiliate in Calabasas unloaded 54 cars in eight days – accounting for 8 percent of all the Lamborghinis sold in the United States during all of 2008.

The lawsuit says VW Credit, which covered the cost of Lamborghini O.C.’s cars in advance of sale, doesn’t know where the proceeds went. But it didn’t get the money.

The owners of the dealerships named in the suit are Vik Keuylian and his sisters Asdghig, Nora and Sossi Keuylian. Their attorney, Jeffrey Gubernick, declined to comment on the allegations, because the case is still under litigation.

Gubernick has filed a motion to strike VW Credit’s demand for punitive damages, but still not responded to the general allegations in the lawsuit. A hearing is scheduled for Jan. 22.

The Keuylians attracted a celebrity list of customers, including NBA stars Kobe Bryant and Dennis Rodman. They staged fundraisers hosted by Elton John and Sharon Stone to support research to fight AIDS.

VW Credit provided financing for Lamborghini Orange County and its sister dealer in Calabasas to finance the cars. Volkswagen owns Lamborghini.

In a separate suit filed in Orange County Superior Court, East-West Bank is suing the Keuylians and Lamborghini Orange County for defaulting on a $3 million loan, for which they failed make payments in November and December.

Another lawsuit filed in Las Vegas seeks $340,000 from Vik Keuylian for failing to pay him for a 2008 Lamborghini Murcielago formerly owned by Stephen Cloobeck, owner of Diamond Resorts.

“They took the car but never gave me the check,” Cloobeck said.

'30 Rock' and 'The Office' renewed, 'Heroes' gets NBC commitment

Jan 15, 2009, 06:09 PM | by Lynette Rice

Categories: TV Biz

NBC has renewed 30 Rock and The Office for another year, and the network has ordered a new police drama from John Wells called Southland, which will inherit ER's timeslot as soon as that series goes off the air on April 2, NBC primetime president Angela Bromstad announced today at the Television Critics tour. Bromstad also told reporters that she picked up three additional episodes of ER, bringing the total season order to 23 episodes. The drama's long-awaited series finale will stretch over three hours on April 2 -- beginning with a one-hour retrospective and ending with a two-hour original episode/goodbye. A week later, NBC will debut Southland, a series that NBC describes as a "fast-moving drama that'll take viewers inside the lives of cops, criminals, victims, and their families." The pilot was originally picked up by Teri Weinberg, Bromstad's predecessor, who now has a producing deal at the network.

In other news, the net will bring back another edition of Celebrity Apprentice on March 1, launch a new cooking reality show called The Chopping Block on March 11, and unveil the still-untitled Amy Poehler comedy on April 9.

Although Bromstad has yet to pick up another season of Heroes, she said the network remains committed to the now-beleaguered drama. "We want to get back to the core of the show," she said. "It may have taken on too much in terms of characters and multiple storylines."