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	Man Claiming to Be Ex-Boyfriend of Alberto Cutie's Wife Sues Couple, Cops A Man Who Says He Once Was the Boyfriend of Former Priest Alberto Cutié's Wife Has Filed Suit against the Newlyweds By Jaweed Kaleem Miami Herald June 18, 2009 http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/breaking-news/story/1103587.html A man who says he is the ex-boyfriend of Ruhama Buni Canellis, the newlywed wife of former priest Alberto Cutié, is suing the couple and the Biscayne Park Police Department. In a lawsuit filed in Miami-Dade Circuit Court, Maxi Paulus Ratunuman, 44, says Biscayne Park police arrested him without cause on June 6 while he was installing floor tiles in a customer's house on Griffing Boulevard. The reason: Ratunuman, who the lawsuit says lived with Canellis in the Biscayne Park area for three years and helped raise her teenage son, had information "that would bode badly" for her and Cutié, who wanted to get him out of the picture. Biscayne Park police officer Antonio Sanchez, named in the suit along with officer Raimundo Atesiano, arrested Ratunuman on trespassing charges. Ratunuman, from Indonesia, is being held at the Metro West Detention Center on an immigration charge. He also faces charges of driving with an expired license. He goes to trial July 15. Ratunuman and Canellis "planned to be married and have children," according to the lawsuit. Ratunuman paid the house's mortgage because Canellis "could not afford the residence on her own," but she then "began cheating" on him with Cutié. Cutié has said he and Canellis became romantically involved two years ago. Ratunuman asks for $15,000 in the lawsuit for "mental anguish, loss of income and earning capacity" and for the costs of mortgage payments and home remodeling that Canellis allegedly promised to pay back. Records show Canellis bought a two-bedroom house at 10951 NE Third Ave., near Biscayne Park, in 2003 and sold it in 2007 for $180,000. Robert J. Fiore, a Miami attorney representing Cutié and Canellis, said in an email Thursday that Ratunuman's allegations are "absurd" and the suit is "baseless and completely without merit." Sanchez declined to comment Thursday, and a phone call made to Ratunuman's attorneys at Fort Lauderdale law office Goldman and Hellman was not returned. Contact: jkaleem@MiamiHerald.com
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