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Raj Grewal’s lawyer filed ‘quick and dirty’ $12M lawsuit to scare The Pointer from reporting on the former politician’s mounting fraud cases, court documents reveal

By Joel Wittnebel
Aug 26, 2026 - Brampton, Mississauga

On May 21st, the same day Raj Grewal filed a $12 million lawsuit against The Pointer, his lawyer Simon Bieber wrote a text message to the former Brampton MP, stating: “I’ll have a statement of claim to you shortly for your review. It’s quick and dirty but I think if we get something to him today before he publishes it may back him off”.

The startling admission was part of a recent motion filed against Grewal and the firm he founded, RSG Law, in one of the more than two dozen lawsuits he now faces alleging widespread mortgage and real estate fraud totalling more than $250 million.

The Motion Record was filed as part of the case brought forward by Dr. Diljaan Natt and his brother, one of many lawsuits alleging Grewal and his firm, RSG Law, defrauded clients whose mortgage funds were never transferred by the law firm founded by Grewal.

Included in a motion for the case filed with Ontario’s Superior Court of Justice Commercial List on August 3, is a sworn affidavit by Dr. Natt. Attached to his affidavit is a series of screenshots of text messages between Grewal and his lawyer, Simon Bieber.

Text messages between Raj Grewal and his lawyer Simon Bieber.

(Ontario Superior Court of Justice Commercial List)

At the top of one screen shot, a message from Bieber refers to a picture of the “cfo” which was included in The Pointer’s first article on Grewal’s legal troubles published May 14.

Bieber had demanded The Pointer take down the photo of Harm Deol, who was the CFO for Raj Grewal’s development company, RSG Group, which shared the same office address as RSG Law (both were named for Grewal’s initials, Rajvinder Singh Grewal). Deol was not implicated in the allegations and The Pointer agreed to take the photo down.

In his text response to Bieber on May 21, Grewal wrote, apparently referring to Deol, that “Yes he’s super happy” after The Pointer removed the image.

Bieber responded: “Great. Small victories”.

Grewal then texted back: “One day at a time”.

Bieber then messaged Grewal back about the “quick and dirty” lawsuit he was preparing on May 21, to “back him off” the same day the suit was filed against this reporter and The Pointer. Bieber hoped the suit would scare The Pointer “before he publishes it”, apparently referring to a story that was being prepared about the scrubbing of the RSG Law and RSG Group websites the day after The Pointer’s first article appeared on May 14.

The “quick and dirty” $12 million lawsuit that was filed against this reporter and The Pointer on May 21 did not stop publication of the follow-up article or the roughly dozen other articles that have since been published, detailing the various lawsuits that have been filed against Grewal and RSG Law.

The lawsuit claims the reason for the legal action against The Pointer was because of alleged defamatory content in the piece.

Brian Radnoff, a partner with Dickinson-Wright LLP, who leads a team that represents The Pointer, previously said the lawsuit is a classic SLAPP (Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation) suit, and Radnoff has since brought a motion forward on behalf of The Pointer to dismiss the claim as a frivolous SLAPP action.

“The Pointer intends to vigorously defend this lawsuit, which involves reporting over which there is a significant public interest,” Radnoff, who has represented The Pointer since its launch in 2018, said after the suit was filed. “The Pointer will seek to have the action struck as a ‘strategic lawsuit against public participation’.”

SLAPP suits are commonly used by entities to suppress journalism grounded in public interest reporting, with the hope that legal action will intimidate media outlets or force them to back down due to the financial requirements to defend such lawsuits. Radnoff has previously used Ontario’s anti-SLAPP legislation to successfully defend The Pointer.

The Supreme Court of Canada recently described SLAPPs as: “…lawsuits initiated against individuals or organizations that speak out or take a position on an issue of public interest. SLAPPs are generally initiated by plaintiffs who engage the court process and use litigation not as a direct tool to vindicate a bona fide claim, but as an indirect tool to limit the expression of others. In a SLAPP, the claim is merely a façade for the plaintiff, who is in fact manipulating the judicial system in order to limit the effectiveness of the opposing party’s speech and deter that party, or other potential interested parties, from participating in public affairs.”

Ontario’s Courts of Justice Act includes anti-SLAPP legislation that allows a judge to dismiss frivolous lawsuits in order to: “encourage individuals to express themselves on matters of public interest; to promote broad participation in debates on matters of public interest; to discourage the use of litigation as a means of unduly limiting expression on matters of public interest; and to reduce the risk that participation by the public in debates on matters of public interest will be hampered by fear of legal action.”

Bieber was asked this week about his text messages and why he prepared a “quick and dirty” lawsuit to get The Pointer to back off from future publication, according to his own messages to Grewal.

“Any text messages between myself and Mr. Grewal are privileged,” Bieber wrote in an email yesterday, August 25. “If they were inadvertently produced, we will take steps to have them returned. Mr. Grewal does not waive privilege and I trust you will not take any steps to breach his privilege or take advantage of any inadvertent disclosure.”

The courts are clear that the responsibility to be transparent to the media is a paramount part of the delivery of justice, ensuring that a full public process guarantees the court is responsive to and representative of the people it protects. Part of this process includes the media’s ability to report on all public records included in cases such as civil lawsuits, unless the court specifically prohibits publication of any material.

The text messages between Bieber and Grewal have been entered into the public record as part of the lawsuit brought forward against Grewal by the Natt brothers.

They appear to show that Grewal’s lawsuit against The Pointer was an effort to abuse the civil court process and intimidate a media outlet that has sought to provide important public interest information to readers regarding disturbing allegations against a former Brampton elected official who ran for office to represent and defend the interests of constituents.

The Pointer’s coverage of Raj Grewal and RSG Law:

On July 10, the Law Society of Ontario brought forward a motion to suspend Grewal’s licence to practice law, stating that based on its ongoing investigations “there are reasonable grounds for believing that there is a significant risk of harm to members of the public, or to the public interest in the administration of justice, if the order is not made and that making the order is likely to reduce the risk."

The motion continues: “The Law Society is conducting investigations into the respondent’s conduct regarding allegations that he (Raj Grewal): May have misappropriated and/or misapplied trust monies or monies imposed with a trust; May have knowingly participated in, facilitated or otherwise failed to prevent dishonesty, fraud, crime or illegal conduct; May have misled; May have failed to act with honour and integrity.”

Grewal was supposed to appear for a hearing of the Law Society Tribunal earlier this month, but he is demanding disclosure of more information before he appears. In the meantime he has agreed to cease all work as a lawyer.

Former Brampton MP Raj Grewal alongside former prime minister Justin Trudeau at an event in Brampton in 2018.

(The Pointer files)

Grewal claims RSG Law was sold to one of his employees three years ago; evidence in cases show Grewal was still a controlling mind of the firm while the alleged serial fraud was taking place, and judges have already established from the mounting evidence in some of the cases that Grewal was responsible for a range of actions alleged in the matters.

Earlier this month, Grewal was accused by a judge with Ontario’s Superior Court of appearing to have “robbed Peter to pay Paul” in “ongoing efforts to wheel and deal”.

The stunning characterization by Justice Fred Myers adds another damning layer of allegations against the former politician.

Dozens of accusers in Peel and beyond have brought forward lawsuits describing shocking claims of fraud, conspiracy and messy scheming by Grewal as he was sinking deeper into real estate debt since at least last year.

In July, the Law Society of Ontario revealed damning evidence that appears to show the former Brampton MP admitting the fraudulent mortgage loans totalling $30 million that Grewal arranged against a client’s properties without his knowledge were “a big mistake”, then trying to convince the owner to take part in a scheme to mislead his new lawyer so Grewal could avoid a complaint to the Law Society.

The disturbing evidence was released as part of the LSO’s hearing process to suspend Grewal’s licence to practice law. Grewal’s partner at RSG Law and right-hand-man, Davinder Khattra, had his own licence suspended following similar, damning allegations of fraud outlined by the LSO. Grewal is facing a similar suspension of his law license. In July he agreed to stop practicing law until that hearing process is complete.

The Pointer has been covering the mounting allegations against him since May 14, when it was first learned that RSG Law, the firm he founded, was connected to a multi-million dollar fraud investigation.

Shortly following the story’s publication, RSG Law’s website was effectively deleted, stripped down to a single “Contact Us” page. Grewal’s development company website was taken offline. Raj Grewal then sued The Pointer for $12 million over the reporting.

Shortly after, the Waryah family of Brampton filed a lawsuit against RSG Law and Khattra for breach of fiduciary duty, after alleging the firm failed to properly transfer $714,000 in mortgage proceeds from a home sale.

Raj Grewal was then separately hit with two more lawsuits, which The Pointer reported on June 24, including a $25 million claim over a Brampton property and allegations of fraud in a $1.6 million Oakville land scheme.

On June 30, The Pointer reported Raj Grewal defaulted on a loan and was ordered to hand over two Brampton houses and pay $1.2 million after losing a related lawsuit.

On July 2, The Pointer reported on Raj Grewal’s connections to more than $12 million in fraudulent cheques, in a case that saw Scotiabank freeze RSG Law’s trust account.

The story also detailed previous allegations in an ongoing case, involving a $5.5 million lawsuit by WIGI Restructured Bond Corporation against Grewal’s father and RSG Law, in which Justice Fred Myers found strong evidence against RSG Law and Khattra.

On July 7, a story detailed another lawsuit against RSG Law and Raj Grewal, alleging widespread mortgage fraud and $64 million owed to lenders. The plaintiffs are seeking $137 million.

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