Michigan State Board of Education member Jayson Strayhorn abruptly resigned his position last month and left the state amid a disintegrating business deal that has led to at least one lawsuit and six complaints filed to Michigan's attorney general.
An Israeli investor is suing Maven Property Management Co., Strayhorn and his business partner, Alysa Kowalsky, alleging the owners and the company failed to make $50,000 in promised repairs and renovations to a home in Detroit or return the money and took $30,000 in federal housing funds connected to other properties.
The lawsuit, filed in Wayne County Circuit Court in May by Idangar and Cadieux Express, accuses Strayhorn, Kowalsky and Maven of entering into a contract last August and failing by October to perform the work for a home on Cadieux.