Welcome to The Home Equity Theft Reporter, a blog dedicated to informing the consumer public and the legal profession about Home Equity Theft issues. This blog will consist of information describing the various forms of Home Equity Theft and links to news reports & other informational sources from throughout the country about the victims of Home Equity Theft and what government authorities and others are doing about it.
Sunday, November 29, 2015
Ex-Tenant Who Got Booted For Subletting His NYC Apartment Gets Hammered By Landlord w/ $3 Million Libel Suit For Allegedly Posting Sexist, Libelous Comments Directed Toward Managing Agent
In New York City, the New York Post reports:
A tenant who was evicted from his luxury apartment vented his rage on the building’s managing agent, calling the woman a “drug-addicted harlot who sucks and f–ks for money and drugs” on two Web sites, according to court papers.
So the landlord of 95 Wall St., UDR Inc., is suing former resident Andrew Watroba for $3 million in a libel suit.
UDR hauled Watroba to Housing Court last December after he refused to leave when he was caught illegally subletting, the suit says.
Watroba, 36, agreed to leave, but not before making the libelous posts at complaintsboard.com and liarscheatersrus.com , according to the Manhattan Supreme Court suit.
The screeds also blame managing agent Tara Dexter for turning the building into “a veritable den of prostitution and drugs and debauchery,” the suit says.
CBC News: Betrayal of Trust (A CBC investigation reveals how lawyers across Canada have misappropriated and mishandled clients money, to the tune of tens of millions of dollars, or sometimes even charging vulnerable people top dollar for shoddy services)
Land Contract/Contract For Deed/Rent-To-Own Rackets
The New York Times: The Housing Trap (In the wake of the housing crisis, low-income families have turned to seller financing to buy homes but these deals can be a money trap)
Beware The Fine Print: Consumers Forced To Sign Away Their Rights To Use Court System
The NY Times: Arbitration Everywhere, Stacking the Deck of Justice(Part 1 in series examining how clauses buried in tens of millions of contracts have deprived Americans of one of their most fundamental constitutional rights: their day in court)
Foreclosure Mills' Abysmal Record In Complying With New NYS Foreclosure Requirements
Justice Deceived: How Large Foreclosure Firms Subvert State Regulations Protecting Homeowners
MFY Legal Services Report On Questionable Practices By Process Servers In Debt Collection Cases
Justice Disserved: A Preliminary Analysis of the Exceptionally
Low Appearance Rate by Defendants in Lawsuits Filed in the Civil Court of the City of New York
Mortgage Mess Redux: Robo-Signers Return (A Reuters investigation finds that many banks are still employing the controversial foreclosure practices that sparked a major outcry last year)
CNN Video: As Foreclosures Mount, Florida Court Turns To 'Rocket Docket'
The Wall Street Journal: A Florida Court's 'Rocket Docket' Blasts Through Foreclosure Cases (2 Questions, 15 Seconds, 45 Days to Get Out; 'What's to Talk About?' Says a Judge)
"Produce The Note" Strategy When Dealing With Missing Promissory Notes In Foreclosure Actions
ABC Video: Fighting Against Foreclosure (Some homeowners have found a new tactic to keep the banks at bay)
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