Foundation for Anime and Niche Subcultures v. Texas Anime Conventions

BACKGROUND

18 FANS is a California nonprofit public benefit corporation whose principal business is to 19 promote appreciation of Asian culture, media, and underrepresented subcultures. TAC is a Texas 20 nonprofit whose principal business is running conventions. Henderson is the founder and director 21 of TAC and a resident of Texas. Corrine Howlett is the former CEO of TAC and a resident of 22 Virginia. Craige Howlett, who is not a party to this lawsuit, previously served as the volunteer Chief Financial Officer of FANS. Corrine Howlett and Craige Howlett were previously married.2 24 In August 2022, FANS discovered that Craige Howlett had been misappropriating funds 25 26 1 Pro se defendant Corrine Howlett filed her motion as a motion for declaratory judgment. Based 27 on its substantive arguments, the Court will construe it as a motion to dismiss. from FANS. FANS believes that Craige Howlett misappropriated more than $656,000 between September 2020 and August 2022. During that period, Craige Howlett also served as a corporate representative of TAC, in which role he managed TAC’s finances. FANS alleges that Craige Howlett diverted some of the misappropriated…