*NeNe Leakes is accused of failing to point out as much as court docket to cope with a lawsuit over her now-closed Swagg Boutique in Atlanta.
We reported beforehand that Leakes is being sued by an organization known as MPG-Sugarloaf for again hire however the actuality star claims she is just not accountable for the excellent funds as her late husband signed the lease.
The lawsuit was filed Tuesday, Aug. 15, in Fulton County, GA, in search of overdue hire from Leakes’ Swagg Boutique, MadameNoire stories. The plaintiff claims Leakes owes $22,900 in again hire for retail house she leased on the Sugarloaf Mills buying heart for her clothes retailer.
Leakes signed the lease contract in 2017 and 4 years later, she prolonged it for an additional yr in 2021, in line with the lawsuit. In some unspecified time in the future, she defaulted on funds.
In keeping with Radar On-line, a letter despatched to Leakes relating to the matter, dated July 19, 2023, learn, “Based mostly on the foregoing, landlord hereby calls for cost within the quantity of $22,900.75 inside ten (10) days from receipt of this letter. Do you have to fail to pay this quantity inside ten (10) days from receipt of this letter, landlord will pursue all rights and treatments it has, together with, however not restricted to, the gathering of late hire, its affordable legal professional’s charges, and court docket prices pursuant to O.C.G.A. § 13-1-11, and the phrases and situations of the Lease.”
The owner is pursuing the hire owed, legal professional’s charges, and court docket prices.
When the Shade Room reported on the case, Leakes famous within the feedback that her late husband, Gregg Leakes, dealt with the Swagg Boutique hire. She wrote, “Gregg signed the lease, not me! He ain’t right here.”
Swagg Boutique shut down in 2020 in the course of the COVID-19 pandemic.
In keeping with newly filed paperwork obtained by RadarOnline.com, the plaintiff is in search of a default judgment towards Leakes for failing to reply to the lawsuit by the September 18 deadline.
The owner desires a “default judgment within the quantity of $22,900.75 plus legal professional charges of $2,315 and one other $416 for court docket prices,” per RadarOnline.
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