His trial is expected late this year or early 2027.
Who is Matthew Ryan?
Ryan has owned more than 100 properties, and regularly spoken to the media about the housing market and property investment.
DCM, the organisation supporting homeless people in Wellington, has praised him for leasing some homes for community housing.
In 2018, Ryan was involved in a Tenancy Tribunal case when a foreign diplomat avoided paying her landlords – Ryan and Rebecca Van Den Bos – more than $20,000 she owed, due to diplomatic immunity.
Ryan was also caught up in a 2019 tenancy stoush with former Wellington Phoenix owner and TV star Terry Serepisos, Stuff reported.
The Tenancy Tribunal ruled in Ryan’s favour and allowed him to kick Serepisos out of a house Ryan bought from Serepisos’ mother, which Serepisos had been refusing to leave, it said.
– RNZ