The lawsuits allege that JetCharter.com and Jet Agency collected payment for private jet charters but didn’t fulfill its obligations.
Two private jet charter brokerages, JetCharter.com, LLC, and Jet Agency Global, LLC, owned by Jordan Brown, are the target of recent lawsuits filed in Florida.
A lawsuit filed in January against Boca Raton, Florida-based JetCharter.com follows similar previous litigation against Jordan Brown’s private jet charter companies.
The lawsuit by Michael Pinkert against JetCharter.com, LLC was filed in the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit Court in Palm Beach County, Florida.
It alleges that last September, Pinkert signed a contract with JetCharter.com to fly six passengers from Fort Lauderdale to Puerto Vallarta and back.
The outbound flight was set for Dec. 27, 2025, with the return scheduled for Jan. 3, 2026.
After paying $49,972.40 via wire transfer, the lawsuit alleges “Jet Charter failed to provide the services for which Mr. Pinkert contracted.”
While Pinkert asserts that Brown agreed to offer a refund, the lawsuit alleges that the company failed to honor that agreement.
Pinkert says the replacement flights cost $73,385.
Pinkert then filed the lawsuit on Jan. 22, 2026.
Another lawsuit was filed last November in Collier County by Ledge Rock Apartments II, LLC.
Ledge Rock Apartments prepaid Naples, Florida-based Jet Agency $312,500 for 25 hours on a heavy jet in May 2025 under its Jet Agency Membership program.
The lawsuit also names Ashley Brown, a former sales executive of Jet Agency and no relation to Jordan Brown, and Hera Flight, which was supposed to provide one of the brokered flights.
In a Feb. 13, 2026, filing, Hera Flight sought to remove itself from the lawsuit, stating that Ledge Rock “cannot allege that Hera is a party to the Membership Agreement and related documents.”
Ledge Rock Apartments II, LLC alleges that it made a “timely reservation for the agreed-upon aircraft” in early August 2025.
Per an addendum to the agreement, Jet Agency was to provide a Gulfstream G450 or better, including a GV, G550, G650, or Global Express.
The addendum promised that the aircraft would have a refurbishment date of 2020 or later.
The allegations continued, “On October 16, 2025, and upon Plaintiff’s timely arrival at the designated facility, Plaintiff was advised that the aircraft reserved was not available and there would be a delay in providing performance under the contract.”
The filing asserts, “Jet Agency attempted to interpose force majeure as a basis for the delay.”
The Ledge Rock filing went on to allege:
‘On October 23,2025, and as part of the previously made reservation, Plaintiff arrived at the designated facility only to learn that once again, the aircraft reserved was not available, and performance, if at all, was uncertain. The aircraft was to be provided by Hera. After contacting Jordan Brown, who again attempted to interpose force majeure as a basis for both the delay and uncertainty of the departure, Plaintiff made direct contact with Hera. At that time, Plaintiff was advised by Hera the reason for delay was Jet Agency’s failure to make payment to Hera, and that Hera would not be providing any aircraft until payment was received from Jet Agency. Jordan Brown initially denied that non-payment was a basis for the delay, and when confronted with the true facts, Jordan Brown changed his story and indicated that Hera had not been paid, but could be paid, and upon payment, the aircraft could be delivered, albeit on an untimely basis.’
Ledge Rock says it then sought to “rescind” the contract for non-performance.
However, “Jordan Brown has repeatedly admonished Plaintiff to ‘read the Contract.'”
Ledge Rock is seeking the court to “award all damages suffered, including actual, consequential and treble/punitive damages, plus attorney fees, as appropriate against the offending defendants.”
A law firm representing Brown filed a denial of the non-performance allegations on Jan. 21, 2026.
Brown’s attorneys wrote in part, “The pleadings provided by Plaintiff are merely vague claims and legal conclusions which do not allege specific facts sufficient to establish a claim under Florida law.”
They added, “Defendants affirmatively state that Defendants performed without fault, and the damages complained by Plaintiff were caused in whole or in part by acts of God, or force majeure, over which no party has control or responsibility.”
The response continued, “Defendants affirmatively state that Plaintiff’s claims are barred by the Contract, and that Plaintiff agreed that Defendants would not be liable for any damages caused by acts and/or forces beyond Defendants’ immediate control.”
Bernard C. Carollo, Jr., the lawyer representing Brown, said he expected Brown to be exonerated but declined to provide any further comment beyond the filing.
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Other Brown private jet charter brokerages have faced similar lawsuits.
Last June, the United States District Court, Southern District of Florida, ordered Jet Genius and its Charter Flight Group private jet charter brokerage to pay $542,343 after failing to provide a contracted flight and fully refund what was supposed to be an evacuation flight from Israel after the Oct. 7 terror attacks.
In August, a final default judgment was entered in favor of Frederic Gautier-Winther against the defendant, Charter Flight Group, in the Southern District of Florida.
The Jordan Brown brokerage was ordered to pay $140,530.47 in damages to Gautier-Winther, plus pre-judgment interest.
Gautier-Winther alleged he had similarly paid for flights that were never provided and could not secure a refund.
A lawsuit by Michael Nix in the Middle District of Florida against Charter Flight Group alleged that he paid $77,781.40 for flights.
The flights were never provided, according to the filing.
Per the lawsuit, Brown did not issue a refund.
That case is still pending in Florida.
Last June, American Express sued Brown in Palm Beach County for unpaid card charges, finance charges, and late fees totaling $117,226.16.
American Express received a final default judgment against Brown in the Palm Beach County Circuit Court on Aug. 20, 2025.
In 2024, Brown and CJ3Jets, LLC, settled another lawsuit by American Express by agreeing to a payment plan covering $79,600.34.
However, as of Sept. 2025, American Express said Brown had failed to make the final $5,000 payment.
Jordan Brown has also faced litigation from several charter operators.
Capital Jets, Inc. received a default judgment against Jet Genius Holdings and Charter Flight Group.
The $17,200 judgment in February 2025 followed the defendant’s failure to respond to the lawsuit.
Lone Star Aviators, LLC, filed a lawsuit naming Brown, Jet Genius Florida, d/b/a Charter Flight Group, in Sept. 2024.
The lawsuit, filed in Harris County, Texas, alleges that Charter Flight Group failed to pay for two flights by the operator totaling $54,103.
A motion for default judgment against Brown and Jet Genius was pending as of February 2026.
Two other operator lawsuits were filed in 2024.
Both were dismissed with prejudice, the most recent in Aug. 2025.
Another lawsuit is from a former partner in Brown’s various companies, Aaron Stanz.
It continues in California.
It names Jordan Brown.
A long list of Jordan Brown companies is included.
The companies named were Jet Genius Holdings, Inc., Jet Genius Florida Holdings, Inc., C3Jets LLC, Bowman Aviation, Inc., Jet Agency Global, LLC, C3 Limo LLC, Jetcharter.com LLC, DOES 1-20, and Jet Genius Holdings, Inc.
That lawsuit makes multiple allegations:
‘Brown also employs a shell game of entities to avoid paying Plaintiff amounts due to him and to avoid other company obligations. In so doing, Brown disregards nearly all corporate formalities and just shifts assets from one entity to another, all for his personal gain and benefit. Brown uses his shell game to evade liability arising from JGH’s business operations. In particular, he seeks to avoid millions in assessed federal excise taxes (FET) related to chartering aircrafts. Brown has failed to timely and fully pay the FET related to JGH’s operations. Instead, he took actions to saddle Plaintiff personally with much of that burden—$1.3 million in unpaid FET—, despite assurances Brown would account for those taxes, while also shifting JGH’s operations and assets to a new entity to avoid payments. Plaintiff believes Brown’s plan is to continue repeating that cycle all for his personal gain. To date, JGH has refused to defend or indemnify Plaintiff for the FET liability, Brown has refused to acknowledge JGH’s obligations to Plaintiff, and Brown has even attempted to use the enormous tax burden as leverage to obtain concessions from Plaintiff.’
Jordan Brown did not respond to an email request for comments.
DOWNLOAD: Michael Pinkert vs. JetCharter.com LLC
(Editor’s Note: An additional lawsuit in Harris County, Texas, against Jordan Brown and Jet Genius Florida was added after publication. Lone Star Aviators, LLC filed the lawsuit.)
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