The longtime friends behind New York dance events company Teksupport are no longer getting along — and now they’re messily litigating the terms of a business divorce.
Rob Toma and Mike Vitacco are the co-founders of TCE Presents, which owns the warehouse venue Brooklyn Storehouse and produces dance events through the brand Teksupport. Toma has always been the company’s public face and talent booking whiz, while Vitacco is the behind-the-scenes force responsible for the company’s logistics and finances.
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But the partnership recently took a turn for the worse, and Toma and Vitacco have now brought dueling lawsuits against each other in New Jersey court. Each man accuses the other of unlawfully pushing him out of TCE.
Toma sued first in early February, alleging Vitacco conspired with TCE’s longtime lawyer to usurp control of the business. Toma said he discovered in the fall of 2025 that Vitacco had secretly transferred ownership interests to his mother as part of an alleged conspiracy, and their relationship has since “deteriorated to the point of no return.”
“Defendants knowingly and intentionally conspired and acted in concert to perpetuate a fraudulent scheme against plaintiff, with the common purpose of mismanaging TCE, effectuating an invalid transfer of membership interests, concealing material facts from plaintiff, and depriving plaintiff of rightful economic benefits, control and oversight as a minority member,” reads Toma’s legal complaint.
Vitacco countersued later in February with a different story. He alleged that Toma has actually been trying to force him out since mid-2025 with an “an increasingly aggressive, irrational and totalitarian plan for consolidating authority.” Vitacco claimed Toma was “driving TCE into certain destruction” and planning to either embark on a new solo endeavor or take the company’s events to Ibiza-based competitor Pacha, which recently began managing the Brooklyn Mirage venue in New York.
“Toma has represented to multiple high-level contacts within the industry that he is going to work for Pacha,” reads Vitacco’s countersuit. “While preparing to join TCE’s competitor Pacha, Toma has simultaneously spread unauthorized information about Brooklyn Storehouse, prematurely informing people in the industry that the venue is closing. Upon information and belief, Toma is intentionally attempting to damage TCE and redirect TCE business opportunities to its competitors for his own personal gain.”
Both men asked a New Jersey judge to immediately restrict the other’s management activities. Vitacco won this first bout of the legal battle, with Judge Thomas D. McCloskey entering a temporary restraining order in early March barring Toma from diverting away TCE business or locking out Vitacco while the litigation plays out.
On Wednesday (March 25), Judge McCloskey further extended that temporary restraining order against Toma and rejected his request for comparable relief against Vitacco. The judge also ordered the two men to try to settle their differences amicably with a mediation session within the next month.
If Toma and Vitacco are unable to reach a settlement, the case will head toward a trial to decide the future of TCE. Both co-founders are asking a judge to make them the company’s sole owner, and each is also requesting financial damages from the other — Toma for breach of fiduciary duty, fraud, civil conspiracy, breach of contract and unjust enrichment, and Vitacco for breach of fiduciary duty, waste of company assets, conversion and breach of contract.
Vitacco’s attorney, Daniel Guadalupe, told Billboard following Wednesday’s hearing that they’re “delighted with the court’s ruling” regarding the temporary restraints against Toma.
“We are hopeful that the extension of these restraints will persuade Mr. Toma to collaborate and cooperate in operating the companies and not do anything to harm the business or harm our client Mike Vitacco,” said Guadalupe. “We look forward to having discussions to resolve this matter, and if it doesn’t get resolved we are ready willing and able to continue protecting our clients.”
A rep for Toma declined to comment on the dispute.
