'Girlboss' Colorado friends set up property management firm...only to fall out after one allegedly stole eye-watering amount
Jessica Carollo-White filed a lawsuit on July 9 accusing her friend Jessica Brittmon of unlawfully withdrawing cash from the firm's accounts for her own personal use.
The two Jessicas founded J&J Property Management in the summer of 2018 to help landlords in the Denver metro area maintain their rental properties and communicate with tenants.
Brittmon was in charge of bookkeeping, according to the lawsuit, though each woman owns a 50 percent stake in the business.
Carollo-White first noticed there was something amiss in May 2025, when she claimed owners that had hired J&J hadn't received their rent payments in months.
Concerned, Carollo-White obtained financial records from the company's bank and allegedly found that Brittmon had been stealing money for the last six years.
The lawsuit alleged that Brittmon gradually got more brazen with her theft. In 2019, she started by writing herself checks from the company's operating account, according to the suit.
By 2021, she was using the company credit card for personal expenses, the filing said.
And since 2023, Brittmon has allegedly been moving cash from the company's escrow account, meant to hold security deposits, into the operating account so she could spend it.
'She has made it financially impossible for the LLC to continue business,' Carollo-White's lawsuit stated.
'Since the initial complaints from owners, more owners are now complaining and withdrawing their business from J&J daily,' according to the lawsuit against Brittmon. 'Upon information and belief, the owners are owed approximately $200,000 or more.'
'Ms. Brittmon's actions have placed J&J in serious financial jeopardy, which will be nearly impossible to recover from without recovery of the funds Ms. Brittmon unlawfully absconded with,' it continued.
Daily Mail approached Brittmon for comment.
Both women live in single-family homes in the Denver area. Brittmon owns a 2,800-square-foot house in Centennial with three bedrooms and four bathrooms.
Carollo-White has a slightly bigger home in Aurora that boasts five bedrooms and four bathrooms.
Carollo-White is asking Arapahoe County District Judge Benjamin Figa to put the J&J into receivership so it can be salvaged.
The other alternative is that the judge can shut down J&J if Brittmon doesn't return the allegedly stolen $1 million in funds.
'Brittmon's actions have made it infeasible for the owners to continue working together in any capacity,' Carollo-White said in the filing. 'They have reached an impasse as to how to continue.'
Figa has not scheduled a hearing on the request for a receiver and Carollo-White has not suggested someone who can run the company.
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