Back in March Kandi Burruss denied claims she was being sued over back rent for Blaze Steak and Seafood in Southwest Atlanta [click here if you missed that].
Now Kandi is accusing the landlord of harassment...
From Us
Kandi Burruss’ legal battle with her restaurant landlord turned ugly with the former Real Housewives of Atlanta star’s company rushing to court over alleged harassment, Us Weekly can exclusively report.
According to court documents obtained by Us, Burruss, 49, and her husband Todd Tucker’s company, Burruss Tucker Restaurant Group, asked for an emergency hearing as part of the lawsuit brought in March by Montego Pacific, the landlord for their restaurant Blaze Steakhouse.
In the new motion, Burruss’ companies said the landlord fired off a letter on June 13, outside of the legal battle, demanding $190,450 in rental payments and demanding they resume operations of the restaurant within five days.
Burruss’ company said the landlord made legal threats against the company if it did not comply with the demand, despite them being in pending litigation. A lawyer representing Burruss companies said the letter was issued for the “sole purpose of harassing and intimidating” Burruss’ companies and to “gain leverage” in the pending lawsuit.
“It is unethical and against public policy for a party and specifically counsel for a party engaged in litigation to threaten criminal proceedings or judicial proceedings for the sole purpose of attempting to gain leverage,” Burruss’ lawyer argued.
The judge denied Burruss’s companies’ emergency motion. A lawyer for Montego tells Us, “Montego Pacific believes that Defendants’ motion lacked merit, and we are glad that the Court agreed.”
In the lawsuit, Montego alleged that Burruss’ companies owed $154,000 in past due rent on the restaurant, which opened in 2020.
Montego accused Burruss’ companies of also “failing to keep the premises in good maintenance and repair, when necessitated landlord incurring costs for maintenance and repair that are tenant’s obligations under the lease.”
The landlord demanded an additional $56,000 for repairs. After the lawsuit was filed, Burruss slammed the landlord’s decision to name her as a defendant.
3 comments:
"According to court documents obtained by Us, Burruss, 49, and her husband Todd Tucker’s company"
Why in the h3ll do they always have to point out women's age like it's at all relevant? where is Todd's age? They get on my nerves w/ that mess.
^ That's funny you say that because I wanted to know his age too.
Kandi has been supporting Todd's desire to be productive, even though he has no restaurant experience. He has failed at Old Lady Gang and now this place. This is her way of keeping him at home and not Fcking around while on different locations as a camera man. If he hasn't learn to pay a bill by now then he never will. LOLO
LOTS of commercial landlords are predatory, parasitic and unethical. Pay em what you owe and bounce Kandi. Sounds like they want you to stay in the spot so you can work for them. Many times it's better to move to a better spot but landlords like to lock you in forever.
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