The former managers of Forest Oaks Country Club skimmed money from their company long after it was broke, a bankruptcy trustee says in a new lawsuit filed this week, News and Record reported yesterday. The owners of Raleigh, N.C.-based ES2 Sports & Leisure siphoned money for their personal use — including a student loan payment and a satellite television bill, according to the lawsuit. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of North Carolina, claims that Matthew Birely, David Hess and George Hess took a combined $166,711 from their company. Charles Ivey, the trustee for ES2’s bankruptcy case, filed the lawsuit Tuesday and wants the money, plus punitive damages, to pay ES2’s creditors. ES2 managed the country club and golf course in southeast Guilford County for about a year from 2013 to 2014. It became insolvent in August 2013, according to the bankruptcy filing.
