While the former chief executive officer of Charlie Brown’s Inc. awaits sentencing for taking kickbacks, his former employer says in a lawsuit that a secret business relationship with an Eatontown contractor cost the restaurant chain millions.

Charlie Brown’s alleges that former CEO Russell D’Anton and J. David Slabon, the owner of now-bankrupt Designline Construction Services Inc. in Eatontown, teamed up to buy properties, build Charlie Brown’s restaurants on them, and take home rent until they could sell the land at a profit.

“Not only did (they) receive above-market value rents for these properties, but they also received profits from the “flipped’ sales of these properties, all of which rightfully belong to Charlie Brown’s,” the lawsuit contends.

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