After a valet staff surrendered the keys to a luxury vehicle to a thief, Crown Casino has been threatened with legal action.
After being purportedly checked out of valet by a man, the $500,000 McLaren sports car left the casino at 3 a.m. on Sunday morning. When Johnny Nahlous, the driver who checked the car in, brought in his valet ticket to collect it, he was told, “You’re not the owner of the car.”
Mr Nahlous told 9News, “I showed them the valet ticket, and they said, no, you took it at 3am.”
Police pulled over the supercar in West Footscray and arrested a 43-year-old Lismore man.
The owner of the car, Sydney-based Honeymoon Car Hire, said it will be pursuing legal action against Crown Casino because the car was returned damaged.
‘There’s damage to the interior, the engine, and we have pictures of that as well,’ Honeymoon Car Hire’s Georgia Hunter said.
‘We will be seeking legal action in due course with Crown.’
The man who stole the car has been charged with theft of a motor vehicle and is out on bail before facing Melbourne Magistrates Court on October 17.
Crown Casino said they are assisting police with the ongoing investigation and had started an internal probe into the incident.
‘We take security matters extremely seriously and we have commenced an internal investigation as a matter of priority,’ Crown Casino said.
Daily Mail Australia has contacted Crown Casino for comment.