Lil Wayne Sued For Failing To Pay For Custom Bentley
Published: Tuesday - June 10, 2008
Words by Allen Starbury
Lil Wayne (Photo: Cash Money Records)
A Silicon Valley, California man, who originally filed suit against rapper Lil Wayne back in January for non-payment on a custom Bentley, has filed another on Tuesday (June 10) as the rapper's new album, Tha Carter III, hits stores.
LeMarck deAndre claims he is owed money for customization done to a 1999 Bentley Arnage, and has only been paid $78,507 for cost, parts, shipment and storage of the vehicle, and says Weezy owes him a lot more.
deAndre says the rapper (real name: Dwayne Carter) is financially illiterate and has a lack of business character.
"My direct observation and experience with Dwayne M. Carter's financial and personal irresponsibility over the years has taught and demonstrated to me that he has become the 'new symbol of financial illiteracy and slavery in/of the 21st century' and this is unequivocally not fiction nor is it a misunderstanding," said deAndre.
"For a little over five years, I have been involved with the consistent and perpetual business behavioral illustrations of Dwayne M. Carter's high-level of financial illiteracy, lack of liquidity, leveraged acquisition liability accumulation and below zero net-worth; as well as lack of business communication, character, and integrity -- all learned behaviors -- and the primary reasons for non-payment," he continued.
In the lawsuit, deAndre claims that the 25-year-old rapper paid $78,507 to him in August of 2006, ten months after the payment was initially due. Since the payment was received late, Wayne breached the initial customization contract, prompting deAndre to terminate the transaction altogether.
He is seeking $123,800, plus a $200 per day fee for failure to make restitution. And says that Wayne doesn't change his attitude, future lawsuits are inevitable.
"My prognostication is useless and until Dwayne M. Carter transforms his personal, business, and financial attitude and adopt new behaviors, these unfortunate behavioral components will equate to future lawsuits, defaults, repossessions, foreclosures, and the making of a great candidate for bankruptcy," said deAndré.
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