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 in Biscayne Park. 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.

County records show that Biscayne Park police Officer Antonio Sanchez, named in the suit along with Officer Raimundo Atesiano, arrested Ratunuman on trespassing charges.

Ratunuman, a native of Indonesia, is being held at the Metro West Detention Center on an immigration hold. 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 with” Cutié.

The lawsuit does not say when that happened, but Cutié has said he and Canellis became romantically involved two years ago. The lawsuit also does not say what damaging information Ratunuman has on the couple. 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 also 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.

Sanchez declined to comment Tuesday, and a phone call made to Ratunuman’s attorneys at Fort Lauderdale law office Goldman and Hellman was not returned.

The phone at the Miami Beach apartment currently listed as Canellis’ residence was also not answered Tuesday.

– Jaweed Kaleem