The allegedly drunken, “thrill-seeking” son of a wealthy hedge fund executive seriously injured two friends after flipping a family golf cart during what the victims describe as a “dangerous stunt” at his parents’ $15 million Southampton estate, according to a lawsuit.
Garrett Huff, now 23, had been drinking for hours with friends John Mascali and Heather Dailey—first at the beach and later playing “wine pong” in the basement of his parents’ 10-bedroom, 10,000-square-foot home—before the group decided to take one final ride to the shore on the August 2024 evening, court papers allege.
Without warning, Huff allegedly hit the accelerator, sending the oversized, three-row golf cart at full speed into a roundabout, where he attempted a stunt that caused the vehicle to tip over, Mascali and Dailey claim in the filing.
John Mascali now suffers from nosebleeds, chronic pain and other lingering ailments following the golf cart crash.
“In no more than 10 seconds, the golf cart was at full speed,” Mascali told The Post. “The last thing I remember … was feeling the golf cart lift up off the ground.”
The vehicle overturned, “violently hurling” Mascali and Heather Dailey onto the pavement and knocking them unconscious, according to separate Suffolk County Supreme Court lawsuits filed against Garrett Huff and his parents, Craig and Tracey Huff, which seek unspecified damages.
Mascali, a Sag Harbor native now 24, suffered spinal fractures and a concussion and regained consciousness to see Dailey with “blood streaming from her skull,” the litigation alleges.
John Mascali and Heather Dailey were both thrown from the Huff family’s golf cart and suffered serious injuries.
“The only thing I really vividly remember was seeing Heather in a deformed position, with tons of blood leaking out of her head,” Mascali recalled. “I thought she was likely dead. I just remember collapsing on my knees in front of her.”
Both were rushed to a local hospital following the crash.
Dailey, a New Jersey resident, required five staples to close a head wound and now suffers from debilitating migraines. She said she was “terrified” when she saw Mascali lying motionless on the ground, believing he was dead.
Garrett Huff’s father, Craig A. Huff, founded private equity firm Reservoir Capital in 1998, while his mother, Tracey Huff, once told The New York Times she spent $200,000 on a closet. The couple also owns an $11 million, 15-room apartment at 993 Fifth Ave., occupying the entire sixth floor of a limestone building across from the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
The plaintiffs allege the Huffs were well aware that their son “had a history of engaging in reckless joyrides” in the family golf cart, “especially under the influence of alcohol,” and that he had previously injured a friend’s hand during a similar stunt.
According to the lawsuit, the couple disposed of the golf cart after the crash.
“This was not an accident—it was the predictable result of recklessness and a long-ignored pattern of dangerous behavior,” said William A. Brewer III, the attorney representing Mascali and Dailey.
The Huffs did not return messages seeking comment.
