A reality TV star is suing her ex-husband’s father in a Bangor court, alleging he sabotaged her attempt to sell a Maine camp.
Jenni Farley, known as JWoww, filed a lawsuit in October 2024 against Roger Mathews, Jr., alleging he interfered with a contract and breached his fiduciary duty as the trustee of the Mathews Family Round Pond Revocable Trust.
Farley, a New Jersey resident, rose to fame in the late 2000s as a member of the MTV reality show “Jersey Shore.”
Mathews is accused of intimidating a couple who wanted to buy the camp, in part by barricading the property’s entrance with a truck, tractor and felled trees, according to court filings by Farley. The lawsuit is scheduled for a two-day jury trial March 30-31 in U.S. District Court of Maine in Bangor.
Lawyers for both sides did not respond to requests for comment.
Farley married Roger Mathews III in 2015, and the couple built a camp on Round Pond in Steuben before divorcing in 2019.
After the divorce, Farley’s ex-husband transferred his ownership of the camp to a trust for their two children. Farley is the trustee.
Jennifer Mathews and her husband Joshua Goston asked Farley about buying the camp in August 2024, according to the lawsuit. A contract for the structure was signed shortly after.
When Roger Mathews, Jr., learned of the sale, he said it was “illegitimate” because Jennifer Mathews is not yet a beneficiary of the Mathews trust but her father is, according to court records. Jennifer Mathews’ father had not transferred his trust beneficiary to her.
Actions by Mathews were so “aggressive” and “intimidating” that Jennifer Mathews decided not to honor the sale contract, according to court records. She was pregnant and called it the most stressful week of her life.
Farley is asking the jury to award $500,000, the purchase price for the camp, with interest and any punitive damages.
