A legal dispute between the founder of Chobani and his ex-wife soured Wednesday when a judge allowed potentially damning evidence that the yogurt honcho says will prove his former spouse lied for a cut of the $2.5 billion company.
Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Saliann Scarpulla said attorneys for Chobani CEO Hamdi Ulukaya can grill a witness who they believe has "smoking gun" evidence against his former wife, Dr. Ayse Giray.
"This witness is perhaps the most important witness in the case," said Uluakay's lawyer, Orin Snyder.
That witness, Adile Batuk, a Long Island friend of Giray, had tried to block the subpoena. In a 2012 affidavit, Batuk testified that Ulukaya told her his then-wife gave him $500,000 to start a Chobani predecessor.
But Snyder told the judge, "We have evidence that will be presented to the court that [Batuk] was promised, with her husband, a 5 percent stake in the outcome of this case."
He believes Batuk has recordings of Giray's alleged bribe.
Snyder said it was "highly suspicious" that Giray's attorneys recently pulled Batuk from the witness list.
"If that [affidavit] was truthful, it would be the centerpiece of [Giray's] case," Snyder said.
Batuk's lawyer, Donald Citak said, "My client has indicated she does not have recordings."
Scarpulla allowed Snyder to question Batuk about conversations she had related to the case. She also ordered Batuk to hand over e-mails, text messages and other documents about the litigation.
Giray sued Ulukaya in 2012 for a 53 percent stake in the wildly successful yogurt business.
Ulukaya says his wife has no paperwork to prove she played any role in his success.
The Turkish immigrant launched Chobani in 2005. It had $1 billion in sales last year.
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