Peter Thomas is out of federal custody in Miami and already talking up his next chapter — a new girlfriend three decades his junior and a planned South Beach nightclub — even as millions of dollars in unpaid taxes and civil judgments still hang over him. The 65-year-old former nightlife entrepreneur and Real Housewives of Atlanta star was released from the Federal Correctional Institution in Miami in February 2026 after serving about six months of an 18-month sentence for tax fraud.
According to the Miami Herald, Thomas has transitioned into a local supervised release program following his early prison exit. Reporter Madeleine Marr writes that Thomas revealed he has a secret girlfriend of two years, a model identified as Alexandra Mulan, who is 32 years younger than him. The two met in April 2024 at a day party at the Dua Miami hotel in Brickell, and Thomas told Carlos King's Reality King podcast that their attraction was mutual and immediate, saying, “We were holding hands 20 minutes later.”
Mulan told the Herald she did not initially realize Thomas was a television star, and that her interest was based more on his character than his name. Thomas, who has five grown children from three previous relationships, said he would not be opposed to having more kids if nature took its course, adding, “If it happens, I'm for it.”
A Nightlife Comeback Plan Amid Legal Wreckage
Even as he talks romance, Thomas is also teasing a business revival. He told the Herald he is planning a new venture called the One Society Club, envisioned for the old Bar Idol space in South Beach — a notable pivot given that his previous Miami Beach flagship, Bar One, is now shuttered.
That shuttered Bar One location has its own messy legal history. According to RadarOnline, Bar One Miami Beach was formally evicted from its 520 West Avenue location in late December 2023 after landlord Bentley Bay Retail won a default judgment citing more than $500,000 in back rent, utility fees, and multiple bounced checks submitted throughout 2022 and 2023.
The name Thomas is now floating for his comeback club also carries baggage. In March 2024, a Miami judge granted a $9 million default judgment against Thomas, Bar One Miami Beach, and his business 1 Society in favor of landlord DTS DT Retail, after 1 Society breached a 120-month lease for a never-opened $3 million upscale supper club, RadarOnline reported.
The Federal Tax Case That Sent Him to Prison
Thomas's legal troubles that led to his incarceration stem from a federal tax fraud case. Federal court records cited by CBS News show he failed to pay over $2.5 million in employment taxes between 2017 and 2023 across multiple venues, including $640,000 from Charlotte businesses and more than $1.1 million from Bar One locations in Baltimore and Miami Beach — taxes that had been withheld directly from workers' paychecks.
Rather than remitting those withheld trust fund taxes to the IRS, prosecutors said Thomas spent the money on personal expenses. A Department of Justice news release detailed more than $2.5 million in cash withdrawals, $370,000 in travel and real estate, and over $250,000 in luxury retail purchases at Neiman Marcus, Prada, Louis Vuitton, and Givenchy, as reported by WSB-TV. A federal judge in North Carolina sentenced Thomas to 18 months in prison and ordered him to pay $2,526,131.99 in restitution to the IRS.
Hoodline previously reported on that December 2024 sentencing, which capped years of financial trouble tied to Thomas's nightlife businesses.
Still Under Federal Supervision
Thomas isn't fully free yet. Following his early release, he was placed in community confinement under the Miami Residential Reentry Management Office until August 2026, according to a Rolling Out report, to be followed by two years of federal supervised release.
His legal history extends beyond the tax case. In January 2024, Thomas was arrested in Cobb County, Georgia, on six misdemeanor charges including driving under the influence, driving without a license, and lack of insurance, after officers observed his vehicle weaving and he refused a breathalyzer test, per the Atlanta Black Star. Conditions of his $2,500 bond release included a total ban on consuming alcohol or marijuana, mandatory random drug and alcohol testing at his own expense, and a prohibition against possessing firearms, according to Starcasm. Prior to that, Thomas faced a 2019 arrest in Miami for allegedly writing fraudulent checks and a 2018 assault charge that was ultimately dismissed by prosecutors, per WSB Radio.
Long before the legal entanglements, Thomas worked in music public relations and artist management during the 1990s, helping promote hip-hop acts including Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg in the United Kingdom, according to Meaww. That early career eventually gave way to reality television fame and a string of nightlife ventures whose financial troubles now shadow his latest comeback attempt.
