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17 million suit against National Harbor consultant Legal filings continue to mount between a restaurateur and the National Harbor contractor he is suing for millions, according to documents filed in Prince George County Circuit Court. The case stems from a petition filed in December, when Baltimore based chef Timothy Dean sued Ron Adolph, a National Harbor minority business consultant, for more than $17 million in lost income, claiming Adolph tried to monopolize a restaurant that would have been owned jointly by the two and then reneged on the development deal, causing the project to fall through. On March 26, an attorney for Dean filed an amended complaint against Adolph to clarify facts from the original filing, including a charge of $350,000 of debt that Adolph allegedly ran up to a third party contractor, in the name of a business Dean owns, without his consent. Dean and Adolph are set to appear before a circuit court judge in May. In court documents filed Dec. 22, Dean claims he and Adolph agreed to partner to open the Timothy Dean Bistro at National Harbor in Oxon Hill in spring 2008. Adolph is the CEO of The TAC Cos., a consulting company that provides minority business enterprises services to National Harbor developer, The Peterson Cos. In January, Adolph attorneys fired back with a motion to dismiss the case, arguing that Adolph was never obligated to provide funding for the project because the two sides never reached a definitive agreement on the structure of the project. According to the motion, Adolph sent four drafts of the agreement to Dean throughout 2008, but all were rejected by Dean. With no agreement reached by late 2008, Adolph halted payments to a contractor working in the restaurant. allegations set forth in Mr. Dean complaint, as amended, are unsupported and inaccurate and differ significantly from what actually transpired, said Adolph publicist, Sandra Wills Hannon, in a statement. the mutual inability of prudent businessmen to reach agreement on terms of a proposed business deal should not, and cannot, result in one having liability to the other. Hannon said that Adolph was willing to renegotiate the contract so that he would not have majority ownership of the company or future business ventures, a standard procedure in contract negotiations. She said that Dean continued to reject drafts of the contract that omitted such agreements. Dean, who could not be reached this week for comment, said in an interview in December he was in the process of brokering a deal with The Peterson Cos. Dean said the restaurant project was initially being financed by a bank, but as the economy declined in fall 2008 and financing became more difficult, he said The Peterson Cos. recommended he work with Adolph. Adolph came on board as a private investor in November 2008 after visiting Dean Baltimore restaurant, the Prime Steakhouse, and soon convinced Dean he would be the venture sole investor, according to the lawsuit. Kent Digby, project manager for the National Harbor, said the deal between the development and Dean fell through in late 2008. The space that was supposed to hold the restaurant is now being turned into an Irish pub set to open in the summer. lease was signed. No rent was ever paid. The deal is terminated, Digby said. the nature of the beast. attorney, Jim Bell, responded in February by challenging Adolph motion to dismiss. He contends that attorneys for Adolph used the wrong legal definitions in their summary motion and also failed to provide signed affidavits and supporting evidence. The February filling sparked a chain of legal events that landed the two sides in Prince George County Circuit Court on March 26, when Bell filed the amended complaint against Adolph. can wait to get this case before a Prince George County jury and let them make a decision, Bell said. Adolph lawyers have yet to respond to the amended complaint. A hearing for the case is scheduled for May 21 in Upper Marlboro. Correction: The story originally misstated Adolph's offer to renegotiate the contract with Dean. According to Adolph's publicist, he was willing to renegotiate so that he would not have majority ownership of the company.