{"id":6612,"date":"2026-08-15T13:07:02","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T13:07:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=6612"},"modified":"2026-08-15T13:07:02","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T13:07:02","slug":"exclusive-nyc-designer-found-dead-on-montauk-yacht-harassed-and-accused-of-fraud-by-boat-owner-days-before-death-texts-reveal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=6612","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive | NYC designer found dead on Montauk yacht ‘harassed’ and accused of fraud by boat owner days before death, texts reveal"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Hamptons fashion entrepreneur Martha Nolan-O\u2019Slatarra said she was being \u201charassed\u201d and accused of fraud by financier Chris Durnan just days before she was found dead on his boat, texts obtained by The Post reveal.<\/p>\n

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The 33-year-old Irish-born swimwear designer had Durnan blocked on her phone on Aug. 1, 2025, when he unleashed fiery text messages at her East x East business partner Dylan Grace accusing the pair of fraud.<\/p>\n

Nolan-O\u2019Slattara promised Grace she would meet with Durnan \u2014 who had bought roughly 13% of their company in 2022 for $250,000 \u2014 to address the claims of financial misbehavior.<\/p>\n

\u201cOh god . . . I\u2019ll meet him Monday,\u201d Nolan-O\u2019Slatarra assured Grace, according to screen shots of the exchange provided to The Post.<\/p>\n

\u201cCan you unblock him for the weekend,\u201d Grace requested. Martha replied, \u201cDid it.\u201d<\/p>\n

The next day, Nolan-O\u2019Slatarra, who had blocked Durnan from calling her months earlier, complained that Durnan was aggressively messaging her.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m getting harassed,\u201d Nolan-O\u2019Slatarra wrote to Grace on Aug. 2. \u201cHe won\u2019t stop texting me like 10 times.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Irish-born beauty wrote that Durnan was saying \u201cshite like you ghosting me\u201d and that Durnan was \u201clooking for attention such a kid.\u201d<\/p>\n

Two days later, on Aug. 4, Nolan-O\u2019Slatarra met Durnan for a business meeting. It would end in her death. <\/p>\n

Nolan-O\u2019Slatarra met Durnan on his boat \u201cHell in a Bucket\u201d at about 7:30 p.m. at the Montauk Yacht Club and the two took the boat out for a tour and drank champagne at sunset, which was at 8:08 p.m. that night, according to a New York Magazine report.<\/p>\n

The pair then returned at an unknown time to the yacht club and moved to Durnan\u2019s other boat, \u201cRipple,\u201d the magazine reported. <\/p>\n

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What transpired is still the subject of a police investigation. <\/p>\n

Here is the latest on the dead body found on a Montauk Yacht Club boat<\/h2>\n