{"id":282609,"date":"2026-06-30T18:52:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T18:52:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/282609\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T18:52:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T18:52:14","slug":"nyc-uncut-gems-jeweler-maksud-agadjani-ruined-exs-life-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/282609\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC &#8216;Uncut Gems&#8217; jeweler Maksud Agadjani ruined ex&#8217;s life: lawsuit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Diamond District jeweler to the stars who appeared in an Adam Sandler flick wielded his massive social-media base to blackball his ex, labeling her a \u201cstupid monkey brained b\u2014h,\u201d a shocking lawsuit claims.<\/p>\n<p>Maksud Agadjani \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/10\/11\/nyc-jeweler-recounts-150k-robbery-outside-famed-buddha-bar\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the 38-year-old founder and CEO of TraxNYC<\/a> who rose to fame after appearing in the 2019 Sandler film \u201cUncut Gems\u201d \u2014 became unhinged when former employee and onetime girlfriend  Melisa Kulla, 27, rejected his marriage proposal two years after they broke up, according to the federal lawsuit.<\/p>\n<p>The alleged jerk Manhattan jeweler \u201cresponded with an avalanche of vulgar and threatening text messages\u201d while ripping Kulla as a \u201cdisgusting fucked up b\u2014h,\u201d and a \u201cstupid monkey brained b\u2014h,\u201d the suit alleged.<\/p>\n<p>(From left) Adam Sander, Josh Safdie, accused jeweler Maksud Agadjani and Benny Safdie pal around on the set of \u201cUncut Gems.\u201d Facebook\/Trax NYC Custom Jewelry<\/p>\n<p>Melisa Kulla, 27, says in a new lawsuit that Agadjani, 39, ruined her life because she said no to his marriage proposal \u2014 two years after they broke up. Instagram\/@traxnyc<\/p>\n<p>He also attacked Kulla\u2019s Albanian descent, repeatedly calling her an \u201cAlbanian Monkey,\u201d court documents said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRemember Melisa, I never put a d\u2013k in my mouth to get ahead in life,\u201d Agadjani allegedly wrote in a message included in the filing. \u201cThat\u2019s why I earned. Can you say the same thing?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/01\/03\/us-news\/rival-nyc-diamond-district-jewelers-get-into-wild-caught-on-camera-brawl-over-fraud-allegations\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Agadjani\u2019s<\/a> mega-viral Diamond District shop <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/traxnyc\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">has millions of social-media followers<\/a> and boasts celeb clients including Snoop Dogg, Cardi B, Mr. Beast, Busta Rhymes and Mark Wahlberg.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to gaining fame over his tony clientele, the shop owner made the news when he <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/10\/11\/nyc-jeweler-recounts-150k-robbery-outside-famed-buddha-bar\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">was robbed at gunpoint in 2021<\/a> \u2014 and when <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/01\/03\/us-news\/rival-nyc-diamond-district-jewelers-get-into-wild-caught-on-camera-brawl-over-fraud-allegations\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">he brawled with a rival in January.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>He did not respond to a Post request for comment about the new lawsuit, which alleges discrimination, harassment, retaliation and wrongful termination involving Kulla.<\/p>\n<p>Kulla\u2019s lawyer declined to comment.<\/p>\n<p>Agadjani sent Kulla \u201can avalanche of vulgar and threatening text messages,\u201d her suit claims. Instagram\/@traxnyc<\/p>\n<p>Kulla\u2019s seething suit claimed that<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/01\/03\/us-news\/rival-nyc-diamond-district-jewelers-get-into-wild-caught-on-camera-brawl-over-fraud-allegations\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> <\/a>her ex \u201cintends to use every one of [his] resources to ensure that [she] cannot work, canno succeed, and cannot escape him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She said in court papers that she grapples with deep depression and suicidal thoughts over her alleged ordeal.<\/p>\n<p>The plaintiff said in her suit that her troubles with her ex began in September 2024, when Agadjani tried to rekindle their romance and cornered her for a kiss in his office.<\/p>\n<p>The Diamond District jeweler appears as \u201cYussi\u201d in a scene from the 2019 film \u201cUncut Gems.\u201d Instagram\/@traxnyc<\/p>\n<p>Soon after she pulled away, the diamond mogul became \u201cirritable\u201d and flipped when she interacted with male celebrity clients, including when comedian Pete Davidson requested Kulla\u2019s number to source a watch, her suit said.<\/p>\n<p>Agadjani \u201clashed out\u201d and aggressively accused her of flirting, the suit claimed.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Weeks later, Agadjani abruptly proposed marriage \u2014 and Kulla refused, she said.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s when a deluge of sicko texts from the jeweler filled with obscene comments began \u2014 some hundreds of words long, her lawsuit alleged.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNasty stupid b\u2014h,\u201d Agadjani wrote in a 300-word expletive-filled text a month after she declined his marriage proposal, according to the suit.<\/p>\n<p>Kulla was the defendant\u2019s onetime worker and girlfriend.  Instagram\/@traxnyc<\/p>\n<p>\u201cC\u2013t,\u201d it continued, the suit claimed. \u201cF\u2013k you. Nasty f\u2013king disgusting b\u2014h\u2026R\u2014-ded ungrateful moron\u2026Stupid monkey brained b\u2014h.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kulla allegedly responded, \u201cI feel really upset when you talk like this\u201d and added that she thought they needed to move on from their failed romance to continue a professional relationship.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>When she requested a few days off in early 2025 to recover from the stress, Agadjani\u2019s relentless retaliation forced her to resign, her suit said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Agadjani also made the news when he was robbed at gunpoint in 2021 \u2014 and when he brawled with a rival in January. James Messerschmidt for NY Post<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTaking her job was not enough,\u201d Kulla\u2019s lawsuit stated.\u00a0\u201dAgadjani then leveraged his millions of social media followers to blacklist her from the Diamond District entirely, publicly threatening any business that dared to work with her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For example, Agadjani verbally attacked Kulla as she spoke with a vendor on the street and flipped when he found out a client of his reached out to her, Kulla\u2019s suit claimed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStealing my f\u2013king customers Melisa? \u2026 You piece of money hungry s\u2013t,\u201d he wrote, according to the lawsuit.<\/p>\n<p>He alleged added that it \u201cmakes me want to see you suffer and fail.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou need to be put in your place[,] I will do it Melisa.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Agadjani then took the feud public, posting scorched-earth videos telling his millions of followers he would \u201csweep\u201d his ex-employees \u201coff the f\u2013king block,\u201d tthe suit said.<\/p>\n<p>Agadjani appears alongside Andrea Linsky in the flick. A24<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you choose them over me \u2026 Imma f\u2013king go after you,\u201d Agadjani warned in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reels\/DJZyR6AuqpC\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">May 2025 video posted to his 4.1 million followers on Instagram.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>He even messaged a former co-worker claiming Kulla \u201cf\u2013ked and sucked d\u2013k to become a manager,\u201d the lawsuit said.<\/p>\n<p>Moments later, he called Kulla 13 times in a span of minutes while texting, \u201cI don\u2019t even give a f\u2013k what happens to me as long as I teach you manners I don\u2019t care,\u201d the suit alleged.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGo stick with the Jewish d\u2013khead who\u2019s d\u2013k your sucking whore, use him for some money,\u201d he wrote, the lawsuit claimed. \u201cI don\u2019t even give a f\u2013k what happens to me as long as I teach you manners I don\u2019t care.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>More threats came \u2014 including how he would \u201cdrag her parents\u201d into the reality of her \u201cdepraved\u201d life if she pursued legal action \u2014 her suit claimed.<\/p>\n<p>Kulla filed a police report and obtained an order of protection.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But Agadjani ignored the order by harassing her roommate \u2014 and deploying a third party called \u201cMicky B\u201d to send a video to her legal counsel this spring disclosing deeply personal medical information\u00a0and threatening to publish it to YouTube, her suit alleged.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAgadjani has, through his actions detailed herein, made it clear that not even a court order will prevent him from harassing her,\u201d her suit said.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Diamond District jeweler to the stars who appeared in an Adam Sandler flick wielded his massive social-media&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":282610,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[42297,18648,277,57,9,56,63,65,64,3644,58],"class_list":["post-282609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-diamond-district","tag-jewelry","tag-manhattan-federal-court","tag-metro","tag-new-york","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-headlines","tag-nyc-news","tag-sexual-harassment","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282609","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=282609"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282609\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/282610"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=282609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=282609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=282609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}