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Academy West Investments
Wettengel / Muro affiliate. Named defendant in OC 30-2026-01543537. Earlier Orange County suit 2021.
California LLC. Named defendant, with Academy West Capital, LLC, in both Orange County Nelson-track suits: 30-2025-01535878 (24 Dec 2025) and 30-2026-01543537 (29 Jan 2026). Both complaints allege Blake Wettengel and Tanya Muro are members and that they own or control both shops. Aiding-and-abetting theory: affiliated entities as conduits for DST-account funds. Allegations.
Same shop on the 17 Jun 2021 Orange County caption Signature Collection Properties, LLC v. Academy West Investments. That pleading is not in this archive.
Not a DST sponsor on the Form Ds here.
Timeline
- 17 Jun 2021Signature Collection Properties, LLC v. Academy West Investments / Wettengel / Muro / Versity filed in Orange County.
- 24 Dec 2025Versity Investments / Nelson / NBPRE v. Crew et al., OC 30-2025-01535878-CU-CO-CXC (Melzer, CX102). Sixteen causes; jury demand. Counsel Miller Miller Gerber. Versity I alleges pre- and post-December 2023 officer breaches (no release in the 2023 settlement); Nelson and NBPRE allege post-December 2023 harm only. Alleges ~$1.2 million Factory Class B investor funds withheld after an arbitrator order. Allegations.
- 28–29 Jan 2026Vintage investors get a Crew email. 29 Jan: OC 30-2026-01543537-CU-CO-CXC — seventeen DSTs (NBPRE four plus 13 Versity Investments, including Wolf Run Vintage, not Vintage Horizon West) sue Crew, Book & Ladder, Wettengel, Muro, Academy West, TripSnap, and Wettengel Productions. Fourteen causes; jury demand. Counsel Miller Miller Gerber. Allegations.