Luxury broker busted for allegedly using client homes to conduct sordid affair as hes sued by lover and her ex

A former Hawaii real estate mogul turned other people’s dream homes into his own private playground for a four-year affair with his assistant, according to shocking new court documents obtained by Honolulu Civil Beat.Stephen Cipres, who founded and once ran Corcoran Pacific Properties, allegedly had sex with employee Sarah Dombrose inside 10 to 20 homes he’d been hired to sell, skipping hotels in favor of client properties, deposition testimony reveals.Cipres hasn’t disputed the broad strokes of the affair, though he insists it was consensual and claims Dombrose came onto him first.The saga has since spiraled into a tangle of lawsuits. Dombrose’s estranged husband, Matthew Gillespie, is suing Cipres for wrecking his marriage.

Cipres has countersued Dombrose for defamation, accusing her of falsely claiming she was coerced.Dombrose, for her part, has already filed for divorce.Corcoran Pacific has since cut ties with Cipres, who founded the brokerage himself.

Principal agent Paul Roy said he gave Cipres an ultimatum after learning of the admissions in deposition testimony.“The minute I found out about it, I told Stephen that he either needed to resign or I would terminate him,” Roy told Honolulu Civil Beat.“I feel bad for our brand.

I feel bad for our agents.I mostly feel bad for our clients who expected professionals to act in a professional manner.”Dombrose went to work for Cipres in 2021 as a newly licensed agent, according to her affidavit, juggling three kids and a rocky marriage while desperate for income.

She became Cipres’ exclusive assistant, covering open houses and handling other tasks, with Cipres cutting her checks from a personal account.The alleged abuse began early, Dombrose says, at an open house in the oceanfront Coral Strand condos on Oahu’s Gold Coast, where she claims Cipres kissed her without consent and pulled her into a hallway.“I felt obligated to perform oral sex on him to keep my employment,” Dombrose testified.�...