Anthony Koletti has withdrawn legal action to be given $2 million worth of jewellery, Caddick’s Gucci wedding dress and five John Olsen paintings
Anthony Koletti, the husband of missing fraudster Melissa Caddick, has abandoned his claim to his wife’s possessions, including $2 million worth of jewellery, her Gucci wedding dress and the proceeds from the sale of their luxury cars.
While Koletti’s lawyer said he was abandoning his claim relating to possessions, it was not clear whether this included his claim on the Dover Heights home his wife purchased for $6.2 million in 2014 using funds stolen from her investors. The property still has a $4 million mortgage. Despite not being aware of the fraud, Koletti, 40, who married Caddick in late 2013, enjoyed years living the high-life courtesy of his wife’s fraud.In an interview with Channel Seven in May, Koletti justified his claims over his wife’s possessions saying, “Melissa never gave me a cent ... I always pay for myself … It’s not like I was some desperate Double Bay housewife living off the wife, which is what everyone else thinks.
His baseless accusations have led to the police applying for an Apprehended Violence Order on behalf of lead investigator Isabella Allen.In his most recent musical endeavour “Liar Liars” he lashes out at ASIC, the liquidators of his wife’s assets as well as the media, in particular, theIn his song, Koletti claims his wife lost the money trading on the stock market and the allegation his wife was a major con artist was fabricated.