Altiyan Childs ex-manager says singer threatened to 'set him up' Altiyan Childs. Picture: Justin Lloyd Source: The Daily Telegraph ALTIYAN Childs' latest ex-manager claims the singer and his father have threatened to "set him up" in the same way as previous manager Steven Yankuloff - who was charged with drugs and weapons offences after a police raid on Childs' home. Matt Ryan-Garnsey, who said he had been left more than $30,000 out of pocket after parting ways with the X-Factor winner after a series of arguments about his "attitude and behaviour," said: "I've been getting persistent calls to my home and mobile screaming at me and threatening me to watch my back." It comes as a number of former fans, who claim they gave the singer money, say they were also threatened. Childs and his father Jadran Juric have denied making any threats. However Mr Juric has admitted setting up his son's former manager. Is the gig up for Altiyan Childs? Of course I set up Steven Yankuloff. I said it three years ago but no one wanted to listen," Mr Juric, 62, told Confidential. I was the one who called the police because I needed something to be done. Altiyan has an incredible soft heart, people keep dragging him through the mud so I had to do something. Most of the charges against Mr Yankuloff were dismissed, except for the possession of knuckledusters used as a prop in Childs' concert. Mr Ryan-Garnsey claims Mr Juric had warned him: "I will set you up like I did the last manager." He said Childs, who went from forklift driver to fame after winning the reality singing show in 2010, was living off money from fans after a string of scandals and splits with two other managers. His winning contract with Sony Music and Parade Management ended after a series of drunken and drug-related incidents, including trashing a hotel room in Tasmania, and the singer went through two more managers, John Martinovic and Oxygen Music's David "Patience" Simon, before Ryan-Garnsey. Altiyan Childs quits music... for forklifting "Everyone deserves a second chance but the problem was I didn't realise Altiyan had, I believe, already used up all of his chances," Ryan-Garnsey said. I believed he was a genuine person because everyone does when they first meet him. Childs, 38, who is understood to be in a relationship with 18-year-old Brisbane shop assistant Samantha Greenland, claims he will soon release an album, titled Born Before The Sun, as well as a book documenting his rise and fall. He has said the album was his "greatest work." But guitarist Jason Norris, who co-wrote six of the songs, has refused to allow the tracks to be used until Childs pays him $9500 he says he is owed.