Legendary R&B singer Chaka Khan has discovered herself knee-deep in a authorized battle with a property proprietor in Los Angeles, who’s suing her for allegedly violating her lease settlement and an incident involving her canine allegedly attacking one other tenant.
In line with court docket paperwork obtained by the Blast, the plaintiff within the go well with alleges that Khan, born Yvette Marie Stevens, breached her contract with the property proprietor by “housing a number of pets on the property, opposite to the lease phrases,” and that “the pet in query, a canine, chased and harmed a neighbor, who’s now in search of restoration from (the house owners.)”
Moreover, the property proprietor, who relies out of Santa Monica, California, claims Khan “breached the lease by failing to vacate the property by November 1, 2023, [2] subletting the property to her son and different occupants in violation of the supply of the lease,” which, based on the go well with, expired Oct. 31. The lawsuit additionally alleges that the “I’m Each Lady” singer did not “pay holdover hire” and altered “the lock and/or entrance codes in order to forestall (the proprietor) from getting access to the property.”
As for the allegations relating to Khan’s canine, the property proprietor claims to have been “broken in court docket” behind the incident, and now they’re trying to be compensated for what they misplaced, and so they additionally need the 10-time Grammy Award winner to cowl all court docket prices and authorized charges.
The “Ain’t No person” singer is actually no stranger to being on the receiving finish of litigation. In 2019, she was sued by her former supervisor, who claimed she owed $236,000 in enterprise and private administration companies. In 2010, she was sued by an audio manufacturing firm that claimed Khan did not pay them $5,000 that she owned after placing on a live performance in Hawaii.
On a much more critical word, in 2008, a decide ordered her and her son, Damien Holland, to pay greater than $1.3 million to the household of a teen killed by Holland throughout a dispute in Khan’s dwelling. Holland was acquitted of homicide fees two years prior.
In line with the Blast, Khan has but to answer the LA lawsuit.
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