SAN JOSE (TIP): California-based Indian American entrepreneur Ajay Thakore threatened to kill a young dock worker who would not let him park his multimillion-dollar luxury yacht at San Diego Marina, according to media reports. He also dropped his pants and made several threatening gestures to the employee during the altercation in the late afternoon of Sunday, March 10, SanDiegoVille reported.
Thakore, who goes by his social media name, Ace Rogers, attempted to dock his $4.5 million ‘Tecnomar for Lamborghini 63’ yacht at the private Marriott Marquis Marina to pick up someone, when 21-year-old Joseph Holt who works at Seaforth Boat Rentals, told him he couldn’t park there.
A video is circulating showing what appears to be the owner of San Diego’s famous Lamborghini yacht threatening a dock worker in downtown San Diego, according to the newspaper.
The boat owner is also in the process of civil litigation with a second San Diego restaurant. He recently made news after former UFC champion Chuck Liddell fell off his yacht in San Diego Bay.
“I’ll kill you! I will kill you! You know I’ll kill you! I will kill you! I will kill you!”, the man on the Lamborghini boat is heard shouting, as the dock worker responds inaudibly. “Yea I doubt it! Ace Rogers, call me! Time and place!”
The interaction quickly became heated, resulting in the boat owner berating the employee, then verbally threatening him, as well as reportedly throwing money in the water as he allegedly insulted the employee’s social status. In a second video, it appears the man on the boat pulls his pants down and makes lewd gestures toward the people on the dock.
Thakore’s bright blue boat is the only Lamborghini yacht sited on the United States’ West Coast and only the second seen in the United States.
Thakore made news in late 2021 after he was publicly accused of harassing a La Jolla pizza eatery, according to SanDiegoVille.
In response to American Pizza Manufacturing founder Andrew Melone ‘s public accusations, a lawsuit was filed on Nov. 10 in US District Court for the Southern District of California by Gopher Media LLC (formerly known as Local Clicks and doing business as Doctor Multimedia) and Ajay Thakore.
In the complaint, the plaintiffs assert they were organizing a First Amendment-protected boycott against American Pizza Manufacturing following racist treatment by the restaurant’s owner.
“Thakore has also urged a boycott of AMP because of its discriminatory and racist treatment of and attitude toward those of Arab, Indian (from India), and/or Asian descent,” according to the complaint. “Thakore has also urged a boycott of AMP because of its discriminatory and racist treatment of and attitude toward members of the LGBQTIA community.”
The lawsuit against American Pizza Manufacturing and Andrew Melone asks for “an award of actual and compensatory damages in an amount of $10 million and/or an amount to be proven at trial.”
In response to the lawsuit, American Pizza Manufacturing filed a complaint in early 2022 accusing Thakore of “relentless and ongoing campaign of harassment” against the restaurant while “libeling [APM and] … unfairly interfering with APM’s business.”
According to the San Diego County Superior Court Register of Actions, there are several other lawsuits pending between Thakore and other persons and entities.Among the civil lawsuits, there is a complaint filed by Thakore against the parent company that owns Nautilus Tavern in San Diego’s Bird Rock community of La Jolla, once again alleging the restaurant discriminated against Thakore.
In the Cross-Complaint filed by Nautilus Tavern ownership against Thakore, claims include stalking, intentional infliction of emotional distress, intentional interference with prospective economic relations, and negligent interference with prospective economic relations. The cross-complaint goes as far as to accuse Thakore of urinating on the floor of the La Jolla bar.
The lawsuit between Ajay Thakore and Nautilus Tavern ownership MLT Encinitas LLC is still ongoing. A civil case management conference is scheduled for June 28, 2024, according to SanDiegoVille.
In addition to Doctor Multimedia and Local Clicks Digital Marketing, Thakore allegedly has ownership interests in Aspen’s Doghouse within The Shops at La Jolla Village, Three Legs Coffee Roasters in La Jolla, and The Flower Pot Bakery & Cafe in La Jolla.
The Lamborghini yacht, named “Aspen & Delilah” after Ajay “Ace Rogers” Thakore’s daughter and three-legged dog, is currently docked in the downtown San Diego Bay area. A crew made up of 20-30 people purportedly help maintain the one-of-a-kind 63′ boat.