A Kentucky distillery owner is again facing a court-ordered property sale after a Scott County summary judgment for more than $1.2 million.
Scott Circuit Judge Jeremy Mattox ruled on Oct. 19 that Darin Dillow, who owns Limestone Farms Distillery in Georgetown with his wife Bethany Dillow, must pay $758,924.22 owed to KTF Group Inc. for construction work done on property at 197 Soards Road in Georgetown. The judge also ruled that the Dillows are liable to KTF for $450,000 on a fraud claim.
Fraud judgment
According to the ruling, Darin Dillow agreed to sell KTF interests in several distillery-related businesses for $1 million and promised a $3.5 million return. But two of the entities did no business and Dillow had no ownership interest in the others, according to the ruling, making the promised return “virtually impossible.”
To satisfy KTF’s lien on the property, the judge granted an order for the property, which includes the Dillows’ home, to be sold. No sale date has been set…