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The only investor in the American Heartland Theme Park of $ 2.5 billion and Resort you couldn’t launch In Vinita, Oklahoma, has presented fraud and psychological abuse by developers, according to a Demand filed on July 25 In the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma.
In demand, Gen Bicknell, 91, who had previously owned a large chain of pizza Hut franchises, claims that promoters Richard M. Silanskas Jr., Larry K. Wilhite and Stephen D. Hedrick of the mansion entertainment group stole $ 60 million and caused him serious anguish that caused a stroke last year.
Demand, which calls for investment along with other fees, includes Silanskas and Wilhite texts and emails, which involves messages from God.
“Silanskas and Wilhite executed a predatory conspiracy of psychological manipulation: convincing Gene, through fraud and impersonation, that God himself commanded him to finance the construction of the park and to grant Silanskas and Wilhite two thirds about the company completed,” says demand.
The Mansion Denovation Entertainment Group announced July 2023 designs for the development of 1,000 -hectare American subjects, including Russian Mountains, an interior water park, a 300 -room hotel and a vehicle park. The imprint of the thematic portion of 125 hectares would rival Disney Magic Kingdom in Orlando, Florida or Disneyland Park in Anaheim, California, size.
Hedrick publicly said that Bicknell was the only financial sponsor, according to demand.
“The plan was to use genes from Gene to build the American Heartland project, and then stealing it, paying simplely along the way,” says the dress. “Silanskas already had a history of involvement in failed projects of the theme park that left the investors of the empty hands in turn.”
The RV area was originally scheduled in the spring of 2025, followed by the theme park and the complex in the fall of 2026. In fact, the The RV area broke the ground by 2023 But nothing has been built more than a fence and a gravel road, according to the dress. The developers said that their design team includes ex -Disney Parks builders and Walt Disney Imagers, but this was also a lie, according to demand.
“The innovative was essentially the beginning and end of the construction work on the entire project,” says La Demand. “Innocent people lost money buying land near Vinite with real estate values inflated by news of a theme park that would never exist.”
This is not the first time the project has been in demand. The Canadian design firm Forrec and Columbus, Crossland Construction, based in Kansas, filed claims in May 2024 claiming that they were not paid for their job. Sellers have filed at least five demands or arbitrations, according to Bicknell’s demand.
Mansion Entertainment Group did not respond to the request for the construction of DIVE of comment on the demand.
