Timeshare mogul and former candidate for California governor Stephen Cloobeck faces multiple felony charges for allegedly threatening wealthy men his influencer fiancée is accused of stealing from in an attempt to keep them from testifying against her in court.

Cloobeck, 64, of Beverly Hills, turned himself in to authorities in West Hollywood, California, at 11 a.m. May 12 on an outstanding felony warrant, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department told The Epoch Times.

“Mr. Cloobeck was released the same day after posting $300,000 bail,” a spokesperson with the sheriff’s office said.

Cloobeck was charged with four counts related to influencer Adva Lavie’s court case, according to the court complaint filed by the county district attorney’s office.

The longtime Democratic Party donor is being represented by Los Angeles attorney Elias Debaie of Debaie Kelley, who also represents former Rep. Eric Swalwell, who dropped out of the race for governor and resigned from office amid sexual assault allegations last month.

“My only comment is that we believe these charges are false and we look forward to our day in court,” Debaie told The Epoch Times in an emailed statement.

Cloobeck, who founded the global timeshare company Diamond Resorts International in 2007, departed the crowded race in November and endorsed Swalwell before the allegations against the latter became public. Cloobeck sold his company for $2.2 billion in 2016 but has since become a philanthropist, activist, and investor. He was also featured on the show “Undercover Boss.”

County prosecutors filed felony charges against Cloobeck alleging interference with the testimony of three men connected to Lavie, who was arrested in March and charged with burglarizing homes of men she met online.

Prosecutors allege Lavie, 28, used dating apps to start relationships with wealthy, older men and younger women in Westlake Village, West Hollywood, Los Angeles, and Beverly Hills. Once they met, she allegedly would burglarize and steal from them, according to prosecutors.

She is accused of posing as a girlfriend and travel companion to gain access to victims’ homes, then stealing cash, gold, and designer goods, the district attorney’s office alleged.

Lavie has pleaded not guilty to all charges.

A felony arrest warrant filed in Los Angeles Superior Court last month alleges Cloobeck tried to prevent three men from attending or giving testimony at a court trial.

Two of the men were allegedly “by force or implied threat,” prosecutors claimed in the warrant.

The actions allegedly happened between December 2025 and the beginning of March.

Cloobeck is also accused of the misdemeanor crime of “annoying” Lavie’s attorney, Lou Shapiro, with phone calls in December 2025. The calls allegedly included using obscene language and threats to injure Shapiro and his property, and members of his family, according to prosecutors.

An arraignment for Cloobeck is scheduled for Aug. 7 in Van Nuys, according to the district attorney’s office.

Cloobeck could not be reached for comment, and it was unclear if his relationship with Lavie had survived the run-ins with the law.

He told the New York Post last month the couple had scheduled a wedding for June 18 near the Western Wall in Jerusalem, but those plans had to be put on hold after the judge in Lavie’s case stripped her of her passport and ordered her to remain in California.