@@davidborboa77 Doesn't matter. Property management is not allowed to enter any occupied rental without notice. I worked at a property where someone committed suicide. Gunshot was heard by neighbors and I had to follow the law, contact police with the tenant's employer who stated he did not show for work just to do a wellness check and enter the unit. If it were not for the police check, I would have had to post a 3-day notice to enter and wait.
@@donjohnson1578If you paid attention the complex admitted throwing his stuff out was a mistake. The contract has to do with who the apartment complex has to deal with to resolve their mistake. The property manager said it correctly. Since he isn't the legal tenant of the apartment they can't work with him. They can discuss a resolution with the legal tenant but not some guy that's not a tenant of the complex.
This is beyond shady. Accusing him of having counterfeit money just to try and discredit him when it was clearly marked as play money is so low. I hope he wins his lawsuit BIG.
@@JohnRidersoldoutforjesus I'd kinda like to see it go through court. If they settle out of court then no precedent for change is created. If it goes through court then anyone else wronged by their landlords will have legal justification and reference to fight back with.... not that this man wouldn't win anyways.
Yes, exactly! It's as if he doesn't have a small child who has (had, poor thing) toys and would wanna play store with fake money or it being a way for him to start teaching her how to use money properly, like sure, just call him a counterfeiter instead...wow...
Sue them for the belongings, the emotional distress for the retributive nature of the eviction, and disparaging his reputation by insinuating he was a counterfeiter.
To those who think he has no case because he's not on the lease...wrong. That violates the regulated eviction process. Even without a lease, by cashing his checks consistently, they effectively moved him into a month by month lease. He became their tenant when they took his money. It's why some folks are getting out of hosting through AirBnB. Many states have 30 day laws. Once a tenant stays for 30 days and you take the payment for their stay, you would have to go through the formal eviction process to remove them. They no longer had to serve his ex. They had to serve him, and leave a 24 hour notice. They did neither. They f*cked this up royally.
By sending the checks on the behalf of the actual tenant doesn't really give him fill legal grounds since it could be her (ex) mom sending checks in her name legally the occupant is the one who is contracted with the building. Mama have no day so. I'm this case neither do he.
@@MsMookalateNothing in this case mentions anyone’s mom providing those rent checks that the property owner gladly accepted and cashed so I’m not sure where you got that information from. Making assumptions on where the rent money came from won’t excuse the fact that this man was still a tenant and has been since the day he’d been living in the apartment for 30 days hit and the rental company accepted a check with his name and bank account on it as rent payment. Every rent check also came directly from this man and has his name on them. He can easily provide proof that the rent money came out of his own bank account with his bank statements, fyi. So yes, he absolutely does have a case and somebody’s about to lose their job because their boss is about to have to pay up for their mistake lol.
@MsMookalate I worked in mortgage law in Texas. Again, this is why AirBnB is illegal in many cities. Any state that has a 30 day residency law can leave themselves open to squatters. If they pay for a month, then decide not to leave, you have to evict them, even without a lease. He gave them money. They were cashing his money orders and checks. Their acceptance of his money and the length of time he was in there would mean they were operating (in a legal sense) on a month to month shadow lease. The longer he stayed in that apartment without them ever questioning it makes it harder and harder for them to try to pull what they did. They messed up. They weren't paying attention to their property, and they didn't serve proper notice. Their attempt to justify throwing out his stuff by saying he wasn't on the lease means nothing. They didn't get him out like they were supposed to, and now they are legally exposed. This excuse of "he wasn't on the lease" isn't gonna fly with a judge. If they've stayed over 30 days, you have to go through the full eviction process, which includes a 24hr notice on the door before entering and removing his things. They're gonna have to come out of pocket on this one.
Corporations are people. They have names and addresses. Get the names of everyone you come in contact with in business. That way you know who the corporate thugs are beforehand. Then if they pull this kind of crime? You can find them and give them a little personal persuasion. They come after me it’s war. And I go after the soldiers. You want to get your life screwed for a corporation try me…..
Classic example of how to make an accident a whole lot worse. They'll damage their own reputation rather than simply own up to the mistake and reimburse the man.
Right? as well releasing a statement that they acknowledge they made a mistake, and are working with him to replace the items lost. But no, they want to go down the bud light route.
Everyone is like that, that's why i just stay away from people, all everyone wants to do in life is f*** you! And even on the rare chance its a mistake, all everyone does is make it worser, but not owning up to their mistake! Instead they will shift the blame to you and make you look bad instead of them. Like what was done in the video the tenant recorded, of the conversation with the Landlord. I believe its just Human Nature for everyone to f*** each other, and then make excuses and blame you, when they are the ones that f*** up, that's why i f*** everyone else in life, before they can get a chance to f*** me back!
It began as an honest mistake of apartments and a sincere apology...and then the executives got involved and didn't want to take accountability once they found out they had a possible "out" from accountability. ...but they had no problem accepting this man's money for several months because he was a quiet, rule-abiding resident who paid his rent on time and didn't cause problems. Executive management is often ruthlessly greed-driven...or so narcissistic that they sweep every problem they create at work...and in their personal life...under the rug.
@@detonationpyrotechnics4156 They didn't have a problem taking his money for months, and if they are going to try and pull that card, then they owe him ALL that money back, on top of whatever settlement he gets after suing.
@@tiaunajonlinetheres no way that would work? Im not a lawyer so I am probably stupid for asking this but is it possible for this to be absolved because the evidence is clear?
No but they the defamed his character as well, because they sent the news legally that said that he had counterfeit money but they wouldn't give any evidence to the effect meaning they knew it wasn't counterfeit it was probably game money from say Monopoly or something but the point being they used defamatory to his character in those legal papers that they sent the news guy so technically he has definitely a lawsuit to to put against them for defamation of character please understand I am using voice to text cannot write my hands do not work.
Throwing the guys stuff away because it was a mistake is one thing. But knowing he has a little daughter and continuing to screw him over like that after the fact is pure evil.
The problem is that the investors and equity stakeholders in this rental business are not being made to feel personal pain to coerce them to do what's morally right. Government should punish Goliath and protect David.
3k a month, never late during the entire time he lived there, no complaints, clean, working man, and a small child in school and well cared for. These people are out of pocket and I hope the community rallies around him
I would love to see the Internet uniting as usual to make these Garbage of human beings to pay and pay hard! Because only garbage humans do such thing to a person that did no wrong! 😡
@@krislarsen6546exactly! He's never been a bad tenant, so they should just let him live there and also give him all the money that it costs to replace his belongings.
I was late on rent many years ago so the apartment manager assumed my apartment was “abandoned” and did the exact same thing to me. Gave away my belongings and sold them in her garage sale. I sued & won. Apartment manger lost her position of 20 years. Best of luck to this man.
I'm sorry to hear that happened to you, but I'm glad to hear that it worked out in the end and you sued and won. Still can't replace some things though.
My Manger did that to my locker...emptied all my personal stuff out..changed my locker and gave it away..then her dumb arse self gonna ask who assigned you to that locker....I was livid...I think she a bit slow, now I've been thinking harder....ontop no one was on the list..to be able to authorize that but her, I had that locker 6 plus months in, so yeah she's slow asf.
It's supposed to go into storage actually so the owner can pay the fees and get their stuff back. So that's ridiculous on top of what the guy had to go thru
Calling him a counterfeiter on that document after finding clearly labeled play money should be grounds for a libel case. This management company is just awful. Who on earth thought it was a good idea to file eviction on a man who consistently pays rent on time and has no violations other than being an unlisted tenant AFTER accidentally destroying his family's entire belongings, their livelihood and even their dignity. What an amazing PR department they must have. Slimy scum will always look for any crack to ooze out and away from responsibility.
Agreed. The swift moves to remove him, deny reimbursement for incompetence, and some wobbly illegal tender really prove a few things: slimy, weasely property management who are grossly incompetent. You didn't have any issue when rent was being paid on time? You can't read your own unit numbers? You and your lawyers can't read disclaimer on play money? Lol but all the gross incompetence of the property ownership isn't to isee, it's the reliable tenant and the play money in his daughters playroom that's the violation. Property management is 🗑️ trash
So they took his money each month, but then when it suits them they say the lease was violated? This should be an extremely easy case for him to win, I hope the judge punishes them. Absolutely absurd and despicable.
Not quite. They took "HER" money because they assumed she was still living there with him. She wasn't. It was rented to his ex-girlfriend, who in turn rented it out to him while still under her name. Yea....can't do that. I'm sure he knew and just figured they wouldn't find out. Well, now they did.
@@BornIn1500 You're sure she was renting out to him? I must have missed that. The news story says "Johnny was subletting without permission" - meaning he was added to her lease or replaced her on the lease (unofficially). It also showed receipts from The Hamilton and said "Johnny paid the near $3000 rent each month...". I thought they were saying that he was literally the one paying the rent. Like, the check came from him.
@@BornIn1500 Don't think that matters in this case. They had legal standing to evict him upon learning, and then they would have the ability to throw out his stuff after serving him with the appropriate paperwork. Since he wasn't legally served those eviction papers, they can't throw his stuff out.
It's sad how the apartment complex wasn't complaining when he was paying all that money for rent on time every month, then when THEY make a mistake and throw him and his daughter's belongings out all of a sudden they try and throw all those "stipulations" on him and threaten him. I hope he gets lots of money when he sues.
The stipulations should be on them as they were the negligent party. They should be the ones that are 100 percent sure the name on the check is the person that actually is on the lease.
Yeah attorney and lawsuit immediately the only communication should be through his attorney to them sadly they lost items but boy oh boy that lawsuit shall be juicy
They went from being overly apologetic to evicting him in less than 3 days. This is absolutely disgusting. Like they're trying to find every reason to evict him and blame him for his misfortune when they are the ones that made the mistake in the first place.
He was subletting without a lease. Most places dont allow you to sublet, its a violation of the lease. They are trying to cover their mistake by pointing at his mistake, which was a lack of a lease.
Well the man screwed himself by not informing them that his ex up and left. They would have evicted him anyway if they had found out without this having had happened. Is it morally wrong to not want to make things right with the man? I think so. Is it negligence on this man's part for not informing the office that the leaseholder left without notice? Absolutely.
@@dezznutz3743 That's a separate legal issue and has nothing to do with them destroying his property. They are 100% responsible for reimbursement plus emotional damage.
@@thoughtspiration Him and his property have no rights because he is not a lease holder. They have no responsibility to not damage his property because he's and his property aren't legal tenants.
@@c-mobucks4930that's there after the fact they went into the wrong apartment period. Plus if they would've found out they still would have had to evict him with notice that didn't happen.
This escalated quickly. Instead of owning up to their mistakes, they think that it's a good idea to evict him???? This is horrendous! I hope to see the people in charge of this apartment in prison!
That isn't really a matter that prosecutors would pick up. It would most likely only end up in civil court, where they can be sued, but not sent to jail.
The fact that they tried to say he had counterfeit money to make him seem as though he is a criminal is disgusting. Thankfully he was able to locate what they were speaking of that could have caused him another set of issues
That was clearly labeled play money....who tf tries to use "counterfeit" money that is clearly labeled it's fake. These idiots know they F'd up so they started grasping at straws to find things to make it seem that he was in the wrong.
They STOLE his stuff, vandalized the items and completely violated the contract. They retaliated by trying to evict the family, his little girl is in school! They’re completely vile for this behavior, it’s so wrong.
They will settle, especially this hitting the news like this. That property manager is already fired and she doesn't even know it, also the maintenance workers.
@@littlebitofhope1489 The subletting is a ruse. As his attorney pointed out, they didn't know that when they threw his stuff in the garbage. It's their mistake to own and make right.
The nerve of the apartment complex said well you are not on the lease , but yet still took his money for payment of rent every month , these people are some real piece of work .
@@godbluffvdgg I'ma be real here. Any smart lawyer would take this case and win. And they'd likely do it on a pay by win basis because they KNOW it will pay out. In the mean time it's likely that with the destruction of property, especially with their confession that they did it, would mean whoever they had do it could face SERIOUS legal issues if not themselves as well. I'm talking criminal there. Destruction of property, tresspass, illegal entry, breaking and entering (since it was done without a 24 hour notice, mistake or not). There's a multitude of things that are likely going to force the Hamilton to pay up without even taking it to court day one. IANAL but as someone who's caught their landlord trying to illegally evict them before by tossing my stuff without the right to do so, it was a nice payout and we never saw the inside of a court room. The 7500 dollar fine he had to pay too was nice.
Wow!!! So basically, they made an error evicting the wrong apartment. Instead of making it right they looked for any possible thing to screw this guy over more. Having your entire home violated in that way is traumatic. I would put that apartment complex on the bad list.
He would have been protected if he was actually registered with them. I don't understand why he didn't put his name on the lease if he was living there.
@@Blaze6432He would've been protected from what exactly? He's still going to win his case. They sure had no problem cashing the checks with HIS name on them every month.
@@darkriku12yeah plus him living in the apartment is a completely different ordeal to his property being discarded, he doesn't need to abide to anything about rent or leasing since he's suing them for a completely different matter. They're just trying their best to throw him out before anything worst can happen.
They're not troubled by the fact that they dispossessed a man and his child of all their property, but by the prospect of having to give anything back. They'd sooner double down and put them out on the street.
The lawyer is right. It doesn't matter if the lease owner is there or not. The only thing the complex got right is that he was supposed to have his name on the lease to be there full time. But it doesn't excuse the first infraction of throwing his stuff out. Since much of his stuff was either damaged or pretty much free for the taking, they don't need to "retrieve" his items back. They need to sign him a fat check to replace everything. I hope this lawyer tore the complex a new one.
I was a property manager at some large complexes and no one in my company ever evicted the wrong unit. Never. Even the maintenance staff were on top of this along with the Sheriffs who accompanied our evictions. The entire staff who did this should be fired. And there are laws about entering apartments without advanced notice. I hope he takes this company to the cleaners. Everyone in Dallas should boycott this place. Overpriced and breaking the law.
If it's the same as it used to be every building is owned by one of like 2 or 3 companies, and the other ones aren't any better to deal with. You do boycott. But you boycott whole neighborhoods when you do.
I worked maintenance in my early 20s for a couple different property management companies and I am not surprised at all that this happened and that you think all your people are on board. Maybe you didn’t have that many evictions so it was a big deal?
This is absolutely infuriating. I honestly cannot believe this. Losing all of their sentimental items to me is even worse than just the expensive items. Although that’s obviously terrible as well. I hope he wins the lawsuit.
I think we're all praying for this man and his daughter. This was criminal and shame on this property management company. Most of the larger ones like Greystar Property Management in Houston are charging THOUSANDS in rent and tenants are their last priority. First is money as usual for our times.
@anderfu8273 Lost everything in a flood in first grade. It's much more than underwear and stuffed animals. Children have feelings and emotions also. While they may not have much, it's very sad to lose everything that made your home feel like home.
Own up to your mistakes, pay for his personal property that was taken by your mistake. Don't try to turn it around on the victim. The final eviction was the icing on the cake, I hope he wins this law suit and buys a house for himself and his daughter so he'll never have to go through this again. What these people did to them was shameful, heartless, and just plain evil.
Guaranteed these apartment owners are the same type of people to over leverage themselves in every investment property they can. They probably don't have the money and will fight tooth and nail for it. Give Johnny one of their furnished rental homes!!!
Amen! I hope they give him millions so he can buy his own house! What a good dude paying 3grand a month he works hard you destroyed his life. Now God is going to Bless him ten times over again!
@@squaredcircle1111 I did. Stealth camping merely implies that no Karen will come after you, and anyone who does see you will not bat an eye in the slightest, since it'll be far from places where anyone would care.
When he sues, he should make sure that there is a large sum in punitive damages for the stress and mental anguish he and his daughter suffered, which I am sure is absolutly real. This was a violation as bad as any burglary, only here they actually are trying to justify their actions. I hope this keeps going viral and this management company gets what is coming to them.
And I'd add slander/defamation on that as well for the whole counterfeit money bs attempt at character assassination after the fact to justify themselves.
It really depends on the minutae of state housing/ contract law. Texas is not known for it's strong tenant protection laws. If this happened in California, home of the gay communist agenda, when a landlord knowingly accepts payment from a named tenant (like seeing your name on the cheque every month), that establishes certain basic rights for the tenant. Is obviously not the same as signing a rental agreement, but (as another comment here thoughtfully corrected me on) accepting the check in CA would generally be considered a type of contract, and the tenant would fall into a verbal agreement for month-to-month, until the landlord has a tenant sign a new rental agreement. The specifics of that month-to-month/no signed rental agreement are going to be different depending on county and city. This is based on a principle in contract law that if someone is getting a benefit, then they have obligations that go with it. Ie, if the landlord is getting the benefit of the rent money, courts would say that, even without a rental agreement, the landlord knew what they're doing, and thus they have certain obligations for how they treat this guy. But in Texas, this will be a hard fight in court. This guy needs to win in the court of public opinion, hopefully shame them into settling, because the property manager has a good case. Courts are not exactly tenant friendly. edited- had CA law wrong.
Dude , where did that come from!? That's a weird segue! I'm gonna assume the same thing I do of every outwardly homopbobic man, you're gay. Embrace now and have fun fella, there's no point wasting time just thinking about gay men constantly, just be 1!
These people rather bankrupt a single father and his child and throw them out onto the streets, than own up to their mistakes and work toward a solution. I mean thats just evil. A scary kind of evil we shouldnt tolerate.
@@AllAboutAndrew444 That probably played a part, the rent wasn't cheap at all. They had no issue taking payments from his account, so they knew he was paying the bill, yet tried to weasel out of any responsibility immediately by trying to evict him in a short period, thereby not giving him any time to respond and trying to overwhelm him with other issues. If he has a decent lawyer he will win. It's just sad that there is zero morality in the way they are treating him regardless of his financial situation, most corporations and businesses, especially in that market, are awful to deal with.
Hope he gets enough money off of them to buy his own place. But the lesson to be learnt is always, always, always put your name on the rental if you are paying a portion of the rent.
Watching your neighbors going thru your stuff and things already taken, that's a nightmare. And knowing his child's birth certificate, etc was probably taken by the neighbors, he needs justice.
Apartment neighbors are really obnoxious in this regard. I was moving into an apartment once and had a stack of objects on a landing inside the locked door. The parking lot was far from the door so i moved a full carload of stuff into the landing. I went and parked my car then came inside. I think i went up to my apartment for some reason like to unlock the door and put some stuff down. Maximum 1-2 minutes had gone by and i come back to find 2 women picking through my stuff. Obviously i was like "WTF are you doing?" They are startled like kids in the cookie jar. They just start smiling at me like "ohh we thought this was free to take because someone was throwing it out." In my case it was neatly stacked boxes. This guy just had his stuff dumped so i can imagine how much care people had to respect the stuff.
This is heinous and offensive on so many levels. The violation, the disrespect, the trauma to a child. Then on top of that the attempt to frame him and criminalize him with false allegations to absolve themselves of the problem they created. I hope not only does he win his lawsuit against them, but that the complex loses other tenants as a result due to bad publicity. This management is a joke. For all we know they just ransacked his apartment and stole his property. Who knows what happened to the most valuable items?
@@CAGoldlashDashthey took checks with his name on them. Under law he was a legally a month to month tenant. Regardless, they at least invaded and robbed an apartment in which the named lease holder allowed his stuff to be stored.
@@EthanPDobbinsno really anyone can write a check to pack on another's behalf doesn't mean they are legally owning something unless that was the agreement with the legal parties. Which will be the management. He should've had his ex transfer the lease agreement to him so he won't be homeless. He was squatting with his daughter the whole time.
MILLIONS?? LMAO you're delusional. Of course they owe him for the belongings. But, if anything, it's actually HIM that could get sued. It was rented to his ex-girlfriend, who in turn rented it out to this guy while still under her name. That's called subletting and it's a breech of contract. Guaranteed he knew it was wrong and just figured they wouldn't find out. Well...... they did. Clearly you don't understand what is going on here.
You’re lucky you have a lawyer and news coverage. Most tenants never get this kind of attention from abusive rental properties. For what it’s worth I hope you win and I commend the news station for doing a comprehensive job including talking about the fake money allegations. None of that has to do with they threw this man’s stuff out.
My property manager, who lived and managed here for over 25 years, was suddenly fired/evicted during the pandemic, for no good reason. A “management company” was hired, and things got real sketchy. Finally a tenant, who happened to have a real estate license, and wisdom, found the owners & got them to sit down with the tenants. I guess the owners snapped a whip, cuz now things get fixed, tho not at easily as when we had a live-in manager. “Management Companies” are a RACKET! - I pray this family gets recompense thru a common sense and common good minded judge.
I hope this man and his daughter are recovering their losses and are able to move to a better place. He deserves to be well reimbursed for all their items that were haphazardly tossed in the trash and looted by other tenants. I refuse to live in an apartment complex ever again. The last complex I lived in was nice but the owner and management staff were so shady about rental payments and added late fees that I didn't actually have because I'm dutiful about paying rent on time. I moved out as soon as I could. Then out of the blue they tried to sue me for apartment damage a year later after I had already moved out. The suit was dropped because I took pictures of the inside of the apartment I rented before I moved in and pics right before I turned in the keys as I moved out. I proved my point that the management was trying to harass and sue me for damage that wasn't there. My pics saved me from a lawsuit and also showed how greedy and petty the Apt management and owner truly were. **DEFINITELY Take pics of your rental before you move in and after you move out and keep your monthly rent receipts that proves you've paid on time every month**
Why we stop using this video rental years back is because they wanted to charge mom for never rewinding the movies she always checked behind us to make sure they were rewound this was when we were young and I didn't know how to touch any buttons till I was about 7 I didn't trust myself till then we always triple checked but everytime we took them back that evil movie rental place said we didn't and it was like a $20 charge for each movie not rewound and they said all of our movies weren't think like 3-5 movies that rental place went out of business a few years after we stopped going
@@beverlyarcher3744 Your post makes no sense. 1. Almost all video stores charged for not rewinding. 2. How can you be old enough to rent, but not old enough to rewind? 3. If you were too young to touch the buttons to rewind, how could you touch the button to play? 4. Almost all video rental stores went out of business.
Man this is so wrong, tried to find a loophole so they wouldn't have to be held accountable for their incompetence! Dude works and takes care of his daughter on his own. This is cruel and unforgivable and I pray this man and his child wins their lawsuit
They will.... They'd be better off just to go ahead and sign the complex over to this guy right now.. Hopefully they mention who the owner is so everybody can go on Google and put him on blast.
This is disgusting!! I hope he not only wins his case, but gets additional money for the attempt of defamation of character that this crooked business tried to pull. Shame on them!
And sue for slander about the counterfeit & pain & emotional distress & lawyers fees. Let them pay triple for not doing right & resolving THEIR MISTAKE earlier.
That is HORRIBLE. This man was paying his bills, being a father to his daughter, a great example of what a man should be, taking care of his own, they did this to him. I commend him for being incredibly calm during the interview. Blessings will come your way brother. I am horrified by what happened to you and your daughter. Blessings will come.
It's so disgusting. The property management made a huge mistake in the first place but now they are trying to get away without paying the damages. So ridiculous .
@TheGreatoutdoorsAndGourmetVic Makes ya wonder if storming the capital (for the right reasons) may be a good idea. The Wealthy always get the upper hand in these situations. They always seem to dodge the legal bullet and accountability. If an average citizen did any of this, they'd be punished without delay. The commoners of 18th century Europe knew how to handle it.
This is kind of a fundamental human flaw and the removal of this flaw starts in childhood. Not every human has this flaw but the majority have it to some degree or another. It basically boils down to not wanting to deal with the mess we sometimes cause when we're wrong about stuff. We're not perfect and make mistakes. Sometimes those mistakes have serious consequences for others and in those cases we have to do our best to make them even or at least work towards it in cases where that isn't possible.
Accusations of counterfeit money they claimed he had without evidence is defamation of his character now that they made this information in legal documents! That needs to be a second lawsuit against the property owner!
They probably found a Monopoly game in the trash or some bs like that! He seems like one of the most legit guys I've seen in a long time! His checks cleared!
The property management people are evil and disgusting. They threw his belongings away, attempted to evict him, and are now trying his tarnish his reputation.
This is absolutely criminal. I hope and pray that this young man and his daughter are reimbursed and compensated for everything they went through. I hope they do a follow-up video. I will pray that this is made right. I'm sorry for what you had to go through. I think anyone else that staying in that apartment complex should start looking for a new place to live.
More than that. I hope they sue and win millions in a lawsuit "for the troubles". Some things are irreplaceable especially when you don't remember everything you own.
@@keithfarrell3370 very idiotic comment to make. After all the positive things she mentioned that only thing you're thinking about ? You need to grow up yourself
People wonder why NY and CA tenant laws went too far. They had to deal with this kind of abuse. As governments always do, they OVER reacted, but you can see why. Landlords abusing tenants can be as bad as tenants ripping off landlords.
Sounds like a clear case of 'covering up one's mistake, by another mistake'. They messed up and are now playing the victim. Pay the man and leave him in peace.
@@dianecelento4974I read that he's an illegal immigrant. They almost never sue, especially in a state like Texas. Step into the courthouse, get deported.
@@universalsoldier2293or you know? question why he's making a payment if he's not on the lease or find his name on any files?most appartments near me won't let you make a payment unless your name is on the lease.
@bradleyturner7347 If this is what texas is about, nobody is going to want to move to the state. So if this is your way if defending your state, your not doing a good job.
I hope he wins this lawsuit and they have to pay him 10X what they threw away. I would never rent a unit in ANY property owned/managed by this company! In addition to their financial losses, he and his daughter suffered emotional trauma from what happened. How they sleep at night after doing this to someone, is beyond me.
I would be mad at the tenants too people he probably made friends with only for them to take his stuff. I would be beyond pissed smh. I hope he wins big in his lawsuit as well.
There is no excuse for this. To throw out his stuff and then after they realized they screwed up then tried to get stuff back from the dumpster is disgusting. A full apartment should have been a clue that it may have been the wrong apartment. They better open their checkbooks because they need to buy them new furniture and everything else they lost.
imagine trying to argue in court that invading someones home and throwing away everything they own didnt inconvenience them, stress them out, or damage them
What's crazy is even if he actually was being evicted, they most likely still can't legally throw all your stuff in the dumpster like that. Like all of this was handled terribly
They definitely can. When people are evicted from houses their stuff gets put out at the street for trash pickup. Once your residence is terminated, the property owner is not obligated to protect your possessions.
My heart goes out to the little girl. Having your home dumped out and all your toys and things thrown away is so so traumatic for a child. I hope she and her father can heal from this trauma.
i know i feel so bad for her . i welt through that as a kid growing up poor . but they hit the jackpot . that building just paid for her collage and first home
I feel this young man's pain. Regardless of him living there, illegal or not, they have no right to go in their apartment and throw out their stuff. He deserves the lawsuit money that's coming to him. Good luck to this man and daughter.
It's funny how they didn't care that it was his name on the checks every month... Until there's a problem. All they've done is add his legal fees to whatever they owe for his property. Because regardless of his status as a tenent, he was not a squatter. And they had not served him an eviction notice at the time his property was illegally destroyed. I'm unsure about Texas law, but where I live, the apartment must give 24 hours notice for entry in non emergency situations. If Texas has a similar law, the apartment complex also broke that law in addition to destruction of property.
@@jdmichalto add: I don’t know about Texas law, but the landlord waives the right to remedy if they take a payment while knowing that there’s a lease violation in Florida. 8+ months of checks coming from somebody not on the lease is going to make any judge think really hard about whether this is a non-issue and twist the knife into the management company.
Strictly speaking from a legal standpoint. Although I agree w/ you, he is not on the lease, so he is there illegally. The rules are in place for a reason. I agree, they need to reimburse this gentleman, but alas, he is not on the rental agreement, thus breaking the law. Do things the right & honest way and problems like this will not arise.
@@stephaniepruittpotter9052they still cashed the cheques with his name on them without confronting him about it to resolve the issue. The moment they cash that first check with his name they don't have a case in my opinion. This is just a clear case we made a mistake but we're throwing it all on the victim to save our own asses. And people still think landlords and tenants should not be protected from crap like this
They ought to pay for everything they threw out, then pay 10x on top of that for anything that was irreplaceable or of sentimental value to HIM or HIS KID. THEN pay emotional damage, and probably therapy for both of them because who would feel safe in their own home after that?! I cannot imagine what that child is going through right now, and that's the part that messes me up the worst tbh. (I had to edit out 6-7 swear words. :/)
The private landlords are just as evil, all of them are just hoarding wealth and price gouging the entire market. Greed greed greed all the way down. And because they took up the landlord game for the sake of passive income, they really aren’t earning anything.
The thing that makes me seriously mad is they happily accepted his rent money this whole time despite him subletting but only now that he's making a, very understandable, fuss about them dumping all of his stuff into a disgusting dumpster they are now all up in arms about him subletting and are now evicting him.... You can't just take a man's money, not question why the name differs from the person on the lease, and THEN evict them once your in the wrong after illegally stealing his property and throwing it out
@@greggchaffin1596 they never questioned "oh this name on the check we've been getting is totally different then the name that is under the lease" and you can't tell me "oh the apartment wasn't on the check." Most places have you write down that stuff on the check or have it on file of who lives in what apartment so you can't tell me they didn't know... they knew they were just so greedy they took his money and ONLY evicted him when he called them out for illegally dumping his stuff in a filthy dumpster and making him and his daughter effectively have to rebuy 10's of thousands of dollars of clothes, food, furniture, school stuff, etc...... no way they had 0 idea about the subletting my guy
He was using money orders, not personal checks, to pay the rent. Examples shown in the video are not checks those are money orders. Most people today don't even know what personal checks look like or how to fill them out. I hope the man and his daughter win a good amount of money for their time, possessions and the violation of their privacy and daily life.
Regardless of the sublet situation, they cannot illegally confiscate and destroy or distribute this man’s property. What a horrible predicament. I hope he can recover and find a space to live comfortably with his child.
It's a horrible thing to hear about. Especially losing all of the items that have sentimental value, it's already been said that the man and his daughter moved out of the apartment and moved in with family for the time being
Even if it was the woman’s name it was under, they still had to contact her before making entry. If I were him I’d try to get right w the ex. I’m sure she wouldn’t mind a bit of that settlement money. lol
Exactly!! Their excuse that he was an unauthorized tenant is completely invalid. Even though that may be true, he is STILL entitled to a proper eviction process, not just having his belongings illegally removed with zero notice. The management company is completely in the wrong here and it's disgusting that they're trying to claim he has no right to reimbursement.
@@meowJACK The question is how did they get the keys to his apartment? Why would anyone give their home key to someone else? It means that others will be able to enter and steal things easily. Even if it is the landlord, if teh landlord falls into some financial trouble, it is possible that he may resort to stealing his tenants' goods
I’ve worked in property management for 5 years and what the management is saying is true in the sense that we cannot discuss lease material with non-residents. However, it is also illegal to enter someone’s homes without a proper eviction through the court. They were 100% wrong and tried to use that sliver of truth to protect themselves.
Yet they were taking his money and never asked for or required the lease holder to be the one who brings the payment.. The ex girlfriend wasn't the one who went to the leasing office to pay the rent each month he did. The leasing agent on the video is absolutely abhorrent. She's trying to ignore what they did and use this as an excuse but notice the level of apology doesn't match the level of nastiness that she's exhibiting on the video. They had no warrant and no legal right to enter the unit. Even when a marshal shows up to complete an eviction the leasing manager should always pull the lease agreement to make sure it matches what's on the warrant from the court so as to prevent these types things from happening. I realize that when they are dealing with minorities and low income residents they are given carteblanc to operate in such dispecable manner. I would not have accepted anything from the trash. I'm only glad he was able to get pictures that he can use as evidence in his case. How do we know some of those same workers didn't steal what they want first from his things before putting the remaining items outside? Prayerfully he's able to purchase his own house cash when this case settles and begin to build wealth for himself and his daughter and so that they won't ever be put through this traumatic, disrespectful and humiliating experience ever again
It is not illegal to enter someone's home with or without a court order. That doesn't matter for entry. I have the full right to enter whenever I want if I place it there like that. If I want to give you 24 hour notice. I can and will, if I choose. What I don't have the right to do. Is remove all your stuff, without any notice at all and a court order with cops present.
This is definitely unacceptable regardless of whose name is on the lease. It could have been someone visiting and this occurred. Wrong apt is a liability of the complex. They're not taking responsibility for his properties which they should. Surely, accountability of the apartment need to be addressed. Sorry this has happened to this young man & his daughter. This wrong need to be made right. Compensation to be given to the young man.
The fact that they do this and then find a way to justify kicking him out anyway is insane, but also a big thank you to that property management company for also doing a bit of libel and slander just to make that lawsuit that much more lucrative.
Sadly libel and slander wouldn’t be valid here as it has to cause some form of monetary damages which this wouldn’t. He should however be able to sue for way more than what his stuff was worth. More importantly it also damages the leasing companies reputation and in a world where these stories spread like wildfires that can serious kill their business
That was my 1st thought. Everuthing he had for his daughter and himself...gone. even her school stuff he just bought. My heart is broken for them. I pray he finds a nice place for them and that he wins something from these nasty people.
This is absolutely outrageous. This man paid every month and when they made a mistake all he got was an "Oops we're sorry". Then they wanted to call child's play money counterfeit. They need to own up and take responsibility for what they did and pay this man for his belongings they destroyed. The management team is heartless. I hope others people living there see this and move out causing them to lose money.
If they want to claim he illegally Sublette all that time, then they illegally took his rent payments with his name, establishing tenancy. I was told that if a person is late on the rent, for example, I have the option to evict, but not if I accept the payment late. By accepting it outside of the lease contract, I have established a new relationship with them as a tenant on a month by month basis. As long as I keep accepting payments, I keep agreeing to that relationship. They saw the checks were in his name, not hers and they should have brought up the issue the first time the payment source changed.
@@Metqa the "unauthorized Sublet" thing is Obviously thinly-veiled retaliation against the man for Pursuing recompense over what was a clearly Illegal eviction. The Judge ought to be able to provide a restraining order to the owner against proceeding with the new eviction until the original case is settled. Although it Does mean they may have a legal claim against the Ex-girlfriend for unauthorized subletting and be able to evict him eventually, They Should not be allowed to do so in a short timeframe as retaliation for a legal claim made against them - Or it just further exacerbates the damages from the first Illegal Eviction On top of all the property damages.
@@Metqayour absolutely right.... I know what is going on, The attorney said to do this knowing that the individual is going to litigation now the attorney can make money from the property manager company and end up making a settlement with Johnny.... If I was the property management I would work something out with Johnny without litigation.... The property management attorney knows how to make money its billable hours for the attorney and believe me the attorney is going to take this time.... I seen this so many times working for law firms.... Sometimes attorneys would joke about it....
Landlords "You cannot find good tenants. They don't pay rent, they don't take care of things, they cause problems, it's almost unbelievable" Good tenant appears, rasies his kid, never causes you any issues for years, pays his 2500 for his undersized 2-bedroom every month and on time, so you trash the guy metaophrically and his possesions literally with a mistake and then a technicality.
I think that this man and his daughter should be compensated in the amount of ONE MILLION DOLLARS for the egregiously bad behavior of the apartment management and owners. And I hope they get it.
This is outrageous, I hope they have to pay him and OBSCENE amount of money! Not only are they incompetent for going to the wrong apartment, they're also completely immoral for trying to find a loophole so they wouldn't be held accountable.
That loophole won't hold up. He has been paying rent under his own name since the girlfriend moved out, and they have been cashing those checks. That means they knew he was staying there, subletting or no. If he has a lawyer even half awake he can clean up.
Hes got partial responsibility here too. He f d up when he didn't get on the lease the day he started living there. Because of that, he's got no ground to stand on unfortunately. He f d up big time by forgoing that 1 simple thing. As much as it sucks, his failure to abide by the law is going to sting him good. Bet he don't live anywhere else without being in the lease after this.
It was not a mistake that they threw the property into the trash. Has they acted with any decency, they should have packed away the property of the person being evicted. Property management is slimey and grimey.
This is beyond ridiculous. The management and owners of this property should be sued into oblivion, this is completely unacceptable. A message needs to be sent out to this type of business operating in the area.
& if that doesn't work how about we go into their house & throw everything out into multiple different dumpsters. Isn't it illegal to enter an apartment without giving notice anyways?
Another ignorant statement.. I bet you never sued anyone in your entire life. If you did, you'd know how stupid your statement is...Additionally HE WOULD LOSE; HE HAS NO CONTRACT WITH THE BUILDING OWNERS...Did you even watch the video? I'd have him evicted.
He also violated the terms of the lease which prohibit subletting. He should have followed the rules and applied to be on the lease once the ex-girlfriend moved.
@@scribe712 And? You can't legally evict someone without prior notice. How many times do you think the neighbor they were actually supposed to be evicting was notified?
What the management did and how they handled THEIR mistake is appalling… but all the tenants and I’m sure employees who took his things and never returned them is disgusting!!
Wrong the property management didn't in know who's things they were disposing of at the time of disposal ... He will be compensated fully and made whole again it will just take a while going through courts
@@someone-ji2zblegally irrelevant. The remedy for an illegal sublet would be any benefit that the sublettor gained or eviction. As the rent was paid in full to them and the sublettor didn't gain anything there was no harm. They could have evicted him but that's about it. Going in and removing all his stuff? without notice? That's just straight up theft and property damage. This will be settled the moment a judge actually sees it.
@@ThePirateParrotexactly… plus, the occupant was not given at least 24 hours notice that management would be entering the property… so the apartment manager was actually in violation of their own lease terms. 💅🏻
I pray this man is not only reimbursed for all of his and his daughter's belongings but also for the pain and suffering this has caused them and any additional expenses needed to relocate... plus, of course, attorney's fees.
HOW do you throw away property that belongs to someone not being legally evicted?????? I'm not buying this "mistake"! Everyone who participated in this, being too lazy to confirm they had the right apartment should be FIRED! Justice for this man and his daughter! You can tell he provided well for her, paid the rent, and didn't deserve this.
This is exactly why we should've sent them back to Africa after slavery was outlawed, money hungry tax leaches is all they are!! Lest hope some cop mistakenly enters his apartment next and blasts them both!!...oops, (qualified immunity)😂Lets make America great again!! ONLY BLUE LIVES MATTER!!
It was an honest mistake at first. Then it became criminal (and they're quickly trying to get him to sign a contract...because there is some wording in that contract that protects THEM and not him...like some clause about requiring renter's insurance in case something like this happens. You wait and see...there is something in that contract that legally protects them from having to pay, and this is why people need to stay as far away from these corporate apartment owners because they are ruthlessly greed-driven. They will do whatever it takes to protect themselves...they would smear this guy's reputation publicly if they could find any dirt on him, just to avoid taking accountability.
@@Shaolin91z You’re mentally ill, and lack comprehension. I cannot help with your personal struggles. He provided a roof over his head for his child, and you’re worried about his ex-girlfriend?! 🤡
The scariest part isn't that they just took a couch or the TV or clothes which can all be replaced but they absolutely stole and then basically destroyed sentimental items that could never be replaced and for that management needs to burn
This angers me to the core. It is absolutely ridiculous. They should definitely be held accountable and reimburse him. I hate dealing with apartments. I’ve never really had a good experience.
Yeah, so we threw all your stuff away, big misunderstanding. Pay you back? Huh, well, you actually aren't on the lease, so technically, I can't even talk to you. Oh, and you can't stay here anymore. We think you're a criminal.
Can't this man get refunded all the rental $$ he piad? They had no problem receiving the rental $ knowing his name wasn't on the lease. Hope the court rules in his favour if he files a law suit
I'm currently living in my first apartment and honestly, never again. My lease is up at the end of this month and I'm going to live with my mom until I'm able to buy a house because they've entered my apartment 6 times without any 24 hour notice and then had the audacity to try to evict me TWICE. Once for having an "unauthorized guest" (mind you, they lied and said there were 2 men in my apartment) and once for having a pet that wasn't on the lease
@@keylayajones2806 - Ppl need to be aware about the pet thing, they didn't use to make you pay for pets, just if they've damaged anything, but in recent years they make you pay rent for them now.🤔🐕🐈
What they did to this man and his daughter is so wrong on all levels.
When you're not on the lease, you have no contract with them.
@@davidborboa77You still have property rights.
@@davidborboa77 Doesn't matter. Property management is not allowed to enter any occupied rental without notice. I worked at a property where someone committed suicide. Gunshot was heard by neighbors and I had to follow the law, contact police with the tenant's employer who stated he did not show for work just to do a wellness check and enter the unit. If it were not for the police check, I would have had to post a 3-day notice to enter and wait.
@@donjohnson1578If you paid attention the complex admitted throwing his stuff out was a mistake.
The contract has to do with who the apartment complex has to deal with to resolve their mistake.
The property manager said it correctly. Since he isn't the legal tenant of the apartment they can't work with him. They can discuss a resolution with the legal tenant but not some guy that's not a tenant of the complex.
@donjohnson1578 if your stuff is on my property with out my permission I can throw it away. And what does race have to do with anything.
This is beyond shady. Accusing him of having counterfeit money just to try and discredit him when it was clearly marked as play money is so low. I hope he wins his lawsuit BIG.
He will!!! They will settle before it goes to court.
@@JohnRidersoldoutforjesusIf they low ball that settlement I hope they get BEAT TF UP in a courtroom.
We need more support , glad people have common sense 😢❤
@@JohnRidersoldoutforjesus I'd kinda like to see it go through court. If they settle out of court then no precedent for change is created. If it goes through court then anyone else wronged by their landlords will have legal justification and reference to fight back with.... not that this man wouldn't win anyways.
Yes, exactly! It's as if he doesn't have a small child who has (had, poor thing) toys and would wanna play store with fake money or it being a way for him to start teaching her how to use money properly, like sure, just call him a counterfeiter instead...wow...
Sue them for the belongings, the emotional distress for the retributive nature of the eviction, and disparaging his reputation by insinuating he was a counterfeiter.
You can’t make up loss homework!
Dude, he didn't belong there
He would lose in court.
@@wack8589 Thats not how the law works
@@wack8589then why were they taking his money?
They claim he didn't have a valid rental contract, *but they were happily cashing his rent check every month...*
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Exactly! That’s not going to look good in court for the rental management company! That should be exhibit 1!
That literally constitutes theft and prior knowledge to the so called invalid rental contract.
exactly
Egg Zach Lee
To those who think he has no case because he's not on the lease...wrong. That violates the regulated eviction process. Even without a lease, by cashing his checks consistently, they effectively moved him into a month by month lease. He became their tenant when they took his money. It's why some folks are getting out of hosting through AirBnB. Many states have 30 day laws. Once a tenant stays for 30 days and you take the payment for their stay, you would have to go through the formal eviction process to remove them. They no longer had to serve his ex. They had to serve him, and leave a 24 hour notice. They did neither. They f*cked this up royally.
Yep, they areroyally screwed. The lady you hear speaking is clueless.
By sending the checks on the behalf of the actual tenant doesn't really give him fill legal grounds since it could be her (ex) mom sending checks in her name legally the occupant is the one who is contracted with the building. Mama have no day so. I'm this case neither do he.
@@MsMookalateNothing in this case mentions anyone’s mom providing those rent checks that the property owner gladly accepted and cashed so I’m not sure where you got that information from. Making assumptions on where the rent money came from won’t excuse the fact that this man was still a tenant and has been since the day he’d been living in the apartment for 30 days hit and the rental company accepted a check with his name and bank account on it as rent payment. Every rent check also came directly from this man and has his name on them. He can easily provide proof that the rent money came out of his own bank account with his bank statements, fyi. So yes, he absolutely does have a case and somebody’s about to lose their job because their boss is about to have to pay up for their mistake lol.
@MsMookalate I worked in mortgage law in Texas. Again, this is why AirBnB is illegal in many cities. Any state that has a 30 day residency law can leave themselves open to squatters. If they pay for a month, then decide not to leave, you have to evict them, even without a lease.
He gave them money. They were cashing his money orders and checks. Their acceptance of his money and the length of time he was in there would mean they were operating (in a legal sense) on a month to month shadow lease. The longer he stayed in that apartment without them ever questioning it makes it harder and harder for them to try to pull what they did. They messed up. They weren't paying attention to their property, and they didn't serve proper notice. Their attempt to justify throwing out his stuff by saying he wasn't on the lease means nothing. They didn't get him out like they were supposed to, and now they are legally exposed. This excuse of "he wasn't on the lease" isn't gonna fly with a judge. If they've stayed over 30 days, you have to go through the full eviction process, which includes a 24hr notice on the door before entering and removing his things. They're gonna have to come out of pocket on this one.
Exactly, they are trying anything they can to abdicate responsibility. I hope he wins the legal battle.
This is infuriating. These corporations simply never want to take responsibility for their mistakes.
cleaning the pee mattress is the slap in the face, nah you buying me all new stuff. I hope he sues for 6 figures at least.
It was not a mistake. He was an illegal tenant
Suddenly the corporation is making things up to deny any responsibility.
That's what happens when you live in a country that ONLY recognizes corporate rights instead of human rights..
Corporations are people. They have names and addresses.
Get the names of everyone you come in contact with in business.
That way you know who the corporate thugs are beforehand.
Then if they pull this kind of crime? You can find them and give them a little personal persuasion.
They come after me it’s war. And I go after the soldiers. You want to get your life screwed for a corporation try me…..
Classic example of how to make an accident a whole lot worse. They'll damage their own reputation rather than simply own up to the mistake and reimburse the man.
Right? as well releasing a statement that they acknowledge they made a mistake, and are working with him to replace the items lost. But no, they want to go down the bud light route.
Money and brains seem mutually exclusive..
In this case they are
Yep you’re right nobody is gonna wanna live there
Everyone is like that, that's why i just stay away from people, all everyone wants to do in life is f*** you! And even on the rare chance its a mistake, all everyone does is make it worser, but not owning up to their mistake!
Instead they will shift the blame to you and make you look bad instead of them. Like what was done in the video the tenant recorded, of the conversation with the Landlord.
I believe its just Human Nature for everyone to f*** each other, and then make excuses and blame you, when they are the ones that f*** up, that's why i f*** everyone else in life, before they can get a chance to f*** me back!
The building is CLEARLY in the wrong.
What they did to this man and his daughter is pure evil! I hope property management and owners pay dearly for this!
Not evil, just negligent. They owe him a lot, but it's just stuff.
He doesn’t legally have any business with the apartment complex. He’s not on the lease so he doesn’t belong there by law
It began as an honest mistake of apartments and a sincere apology...and then the executives got involved and didn't want to take accountability once they found out they had a possible "out" from accountability.
...but they had no problem accepting this man's money for several months because he was a quiet, rule-abiding resident who paid his rent on time and didn't cause problems.
Executive management is often ruthlessly greed-driven...or so narcissistic that they sweep every problem they create at work...and in their personal life...under the rug.
@@detonationpyrotechnics4156 They didn't have a problem taking his money for months, and if they are going to try and pull that card, then they owe him ALL that money back, on top of whatever settlement he gets after suing.
sadly they wont
"They apologized", use that in court. That's admission of wrongdoing
Actually there are some statutes that absolve that statement.
@@tiaunajonlinetheres no way that would work? Im not a lawyer so I am probably stupid for asking this but is it possible for this to be absolved because the evidence is clear?
I don't know about Texas, but there are a lot of states that have laws saying "an apology is not an admission of guilt or wrongdoings ".
No but they the defamed his character as well, because they sent the news legally that said that he had counterfeit money but they wouldn't give any evidence to the effect meaning they knew it wasn't counterfeit it was probably game money from say Monopoly or something but the point being they used defamatory to his character in those legal papers that they sent the news guy so technically he has definitely a lawsuit to to put against them for defamation of character please understand I am using voice to text cannot write my hands do not work.
True but it is always best not to because it be misconstrued as such. @@Dendell22
Throwing the guys stuff away because it was a mistake is one thing. But knowing he has a little daughter and continuing to screw him over like that after the fact is pure evil.
Go look up the Hamilton in Dallas and give them 1 star ratings bc if they’re taking it this far now, they would do it again!
Amerikkka.
which one? there's more than one
@@aubriellelucille1762
Jewish business owners typical
Indeed
I don’t typically agree with people suing for every little thing but this is perfectly reasonable. Take the landlord to court!
The problem is that the investors and equity stakeholders in this rental business are not being made to feel personal pain to coerce them to do what's morally right. Government should punish Goliath and protect David.
We watch too much of the same stuff lol
Government should make it chocolate rain for this man!
@@Tooncow2I see him everywhere 😅
Chocolate rain
same!@@Tooncow2
3k a month, never late during the entire time he lived there, no complaints, clean, working man, and a small child in school and well cared for. These people are out of pocket and I hope the community rallies around him
I would love to see the Internet uniting as usual to make these Garbage of human beings to pay and pay hard! Because only garbage humans do such thing to a person that did no wrong! 😡
On top of that they literally accepted the money therefore there's an implied contract.
@@krislarsen6546exactly! He's never been a bad tenant, so they should just let him live there and also give him all the money that it costs to replace his belongings.
How big of a house could this man afford to have with a 3K mortgage in that area?
$3000 rent for an apartment and ppl talk about how expensive places like New York is. $3000 a month is getting up there
I was late on rent many years ago so the apartment manager assumed my apartment was “abandoned” and did the exact same thing to me. Gave away my belongings and sold them in her garage sale. I sued & won. Apartment manger lost her position of 20 years. Best of luck to this man.
I'm sorry to hear that happened to you, but I'm glad to hear that it worked out in the end and you sued and won. Still can't replace some things though.
How much did you sue for and how much was you awarded if you don’t mind?
hahaha little man
How long did u wait?
My Manger did that to my locker...emptied all my personal stuff out..changed my locker and gave it away..then her dumb arse self gonna ask who assigned you to that locker....I was livid...I think she a bit slow, now I've been thinking harder....ontop no one was on the list..to be able to authorize that but her, I had that locker 6 plus months in, so yeah she's slow asf.
It's supposed to go into storage actually so the owner can pay the fees and get their stuff back. So that's ridiculous on top of what the guy had to go thru
Depends on the eviction and the state
Calling him a counterfeiter on that document after finding clearly labeled play money should be grounds for a libel case. This management company is just awful. Who on earth thought it was a good idea to file eviction on a man who consistently pays rent on time and has no violations other than being an unlisted tenant AFTER accidentally destroying his family's entire belongings, their livelihood and even their dignity. What an amazing PR department they must have. Slimy scum will always look for any crack to ooze out and away from responsibility.
Agreed. The swift moves to remove him, deny reimbursement for incompetence, and some wobbly illegal tender really prove a few things: slimy, weasely property management who are grossly incompetent. You didn't have any issue when rent was being paid on time? You can't read your own unit numbers? You and your lawyers can't read disclaimer on play money?
Lol but all the gross incompetence of the property ownership isn't to isee, it's the reliable tenant and the play money in his daughters playroom that's the violation. Property management is 🗑️ trash
They went to the wrong apartment.
@@starsky3852I think that’s obviously the whole point of this video 🤦🏾♂️
@@nawfsideplay The level of comprehension suggests they are part of the elite property managers over there.
They should've made this man whole!!
So they took his money each month, but then when it suits them they say the lease was violated? This should be an extremely easy case for him to win, I hope the judge punishes them. Absolutely absurd and despicable.
Not quite. They took "HER" money because they assumed she was still living there with him. She wasn't. It was rented to his ex-girlfriend, who in turn rented it out to him while still under her name. Yea....can't do that. I'm sure he knew and just figured they wouldn't find out. Well, now they did.
@@BornIn1500 You're sure she was renting out to him? I must have missed that. The news story says "Johnny was subletting without permission" - meaning he was added to her lease or replaced her on the lease (unofficially). It also showed receipts from The Hamilton and said "Johnny paid the near $3000 rent each month...". I thought they were saying that he was literally the one paying the rent. Like, the check came from him.
@@BornIn1500
Regardless, anyone with any sense of humanity wouldn't treat someone like this.
@@BornIn1500 Don't think that matters in this case. They had legal standing to evict him upon learning, and then they would have the ability to throw out his stuff after serving him with the appropriate paperwork. Since he wasn't legally served those eviction papers, they can't throw his stuff out.
@@amantedelcane420Except in red land if that message isn't clear enough. 🤨
It's sad how the apartment complex wasn't complaining when he was paying all that money for rent on time every month, then when THEY make a mistake and throw him and his daughter's belongings out all of a sudden they try and throw all those "stipulations" on him and threaten him. I hope he gets lots of money when he sues.
The stipulations should be on them as they were the negligent party. They should be the ones that are 100 percent sure the name on the check is the person that actually is on the lease.
The real problem here is they're trying to avoid responsibility.
Yeah attorney and lawsuit immediately the only communication should be through his attorney to them sadly they lost items but boy oh boy that lawsuit shall be juicy
They even left his things around his people which caused his mattress to be urinated on 🙈
So any news if he sued them?
If he was there illegally, they should give him all his rent money back.
Facts
And pay for all his stuff they through away
They went from being overly apologetic to evicting him in less than 3 days. This is absolutely disgusting. Like they're trying to find every reason to evict him and blame him for his misfortune when they are the ones that made the mistake in the first place.
He was subletting without a lease. Most places dont allow you to sublet, its a violation of the lease. They are trying to cover their mistake by pointing at his mistake, which was a lack of a lease.
Well the man screwed himself by not informing them that his ex up and left. They would have evicted him anyway if they had found out without this having had happened.
Is it morally wrong to not want to make things right with the man? I think so. Is it negligence on this man's part for not informing the office that the leaseholder left without notice? Absolutely.
@@dezznutz3743 That's a separate legal issue and has nothing to do with them destroying his property. They are 100% responsible for reimbursement plus emotional damage.
@@thoughtspiration Him and his property have no rights because he is not a lease holder. They have no responsibility to not damage his property because he's and his property aren't legal tenants.
@@c-mobucks4930that's there after the fact they went into the wrong apartment period. Plus if they would've found out they still would have had to evict him with notice that didn't happen.
This escalated quickly. Instead of owning up to their mistakes, they think that it's a good idea to evict him???? This is horrendous! I hope to see the people in charge of this apartment in prison!
They’re hoping to avoid paying, but now they’ll likely have to pay more plus damages
an eviction with 24 hours notice, that apartment needs to be burned down with them inside it.
@@3adgamd3rexactly
That isn't really a matter that prosecutors would pick up. It would most likely only end up in civil court, where they can be sued, but not sent to jail.
@@BillyBowlster The counterfeit money claim though…yeah…either way…it definitely goes down with them inside it.
The fact that they tried to say he had counterfeit money to make him seem as though he is a criminal is disgusting. Thankfully he was able to locate what they were speaking of that could have caused him another set of issues
Welcome to America! That's how they treat us
That was clearly labeled play money....who tf tries to use "counterfeit" money that is clearly labeled it's fake.
These idiots know they F'd up so they started grasping at straws to find things to make it seem that he was in the wrong.
Racism is alive and well. No shot in hell they would have tried that stunt if he was white. It's so clearly play money to anyone around.
They STOLE his stuff, vandalized the items and completely violated the contract. They retaliated by trying to evict the family, his little girl is in school! They’re completely vile for this behavior, it’s so wrong.
@@simplerick256black people? Yeah no go be a fake victim somewhere else
Landlords shouldn't be allowed to throw anything in the dumpster.
From anyone.
He was robbed, not evicted.
I'd be willing to bet he is also missing some of his property.
You’re right. Someone needs to be put in jail
Exactly robbed not evicted
@@imhereforitall9218Ummm 🤔 did you not want the video genius
@@Materialgirl_3 Nope. Sometimes I come right to comments to read dumb comments like yours. Thank you.
This story is so upsetting
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The property managers really doubled down in the most disgusting way, all to avoid taking responsibility. I really hope they’re bled dry
Agree!!
They know that according to Texas law, a person subletting illegally cannot sue. This guy is screwed.
They will settle, especially this hitting the news like this. That property manager is already fired and she doesn't even know it, also the maintenance workers.
@@littlebitofhope1489 The subletting is a ruse. As his attorney pointed out, they didn't know that when they threw his stuff in the garbage. It's their mistake to own and make right.
@@joho0 Doesn't matter. In Texas if you sublet you have no right to sue. If you don't like it, take it up with Texas.
The person who is responsible for this should be held to full account
The nerve of the apartment complex said well you are not on the lease , but yet still took his money for payment of rent every month , these people are some real piece of work .
It would be an understatement to say they have dropped one massive bollock on this. They need to sue them bigly...absolutely disgusting.
LAWYERS COST MONEY AND IT CAN TAKE YEARS IN COURT...You "sue" people are ignorant...Smarten up!
😂
So, “smart guy”, what should he do?
@@EWOODJ Roll over like the punk he is...
@@godbluffvdgg I'ma be real here. Any smart lawyer would take this case and win. And they'd likely do it on a pay by win basis because they KNOW it will pay out. In the mean time it's likely that with the destruction of property, especially with their confession that they did it, would mean whoever they had do it could face SERIOUS legal issues if not themselves as well. I'm talking criminal there. Destruction of property, tresspass, illegal entry, breaking and entering (since it was done without a 24 hour notice, mistake or not). There's a multitude of things that are likely going to force the Hamilton to pay up without even taking it to court day one. IANAL but as someone who's caught their landlord trying to illegally evict them before by tossing my stuff without the right to do so, it was a nice payout and we never saw the inside of a court room. The 7500 dollar fine he had to pay too was nice.
Wow!!! So basically, they made an error evicting the wrong apartment. Instead of making it right they looked for any possible thing to screw this guy over more. Having your entire home violated in that way is traumatic. I would put that apartment complex on the bad list.
He would have been protected if he was actually registered with them. I don't understand why he didn't put his name on the lease if he was living there.
@@Blaze6432He would've been protected from what exactly? He's still going to win his case. They sure had no problem cashing the checks with HIS name on them every month.
@@Blaze6432still legally a tenant if they accept his checks and he lives there, regardless of breaking lease. Only after eviction is he not a tenant.
@@darkriku12yeah plus him living in the apartment is a completely different ordeal to his property being discarded, he doesn't need to abide to anything about rent or leasing since he's suing them for a completely different matter. They're just trying their best to throw him out before anything worst can happen.
I wonder what the squatters rights are...they knew he was there, he lived there for a substantial amount of time...
I hope he wins the lawsuit. Those people are pure evil.
Horrible 😢
You will owe nothing and you will be happy
They're not troubled by the fact that they dispossessed a man and his child of all their property, but by the prospect of having to give anything back. They'd sooner double down and put them out on the street.
Those "evil" people are correct. He had no lease.
@@SilverSergeant In which case there are procedures for eviction, which they did not follow.
The lawyer is right. It doesn't matter if the lease owner is there or not. The only thing the complex got right is that he was supposed to have his name on the lease to be there full time. But it doesn't excuse the first infraction of throwing his stuff out. Since much of his stuff was either damaged or pretty much free for the taking, they don't need to "retrieve" his items back. They need to sign him a fat check to replace everything. I hope this lawyer tore the complex a new one.
I was a property manager at some large complexes and no one in my company ever evicted the wrong unit. Never. Even the maintenance staff were on top of this along with the Sheriffs who accompanied our evictions. The entire staff who did this should be fired. And there are laws about entering apartments without advanced notice. I hope he takes this company to the cleaners. Everyone in Dallas should boycott this place. Overpriced and breaking the law.
If it's the same as it used to be every building is owned by one of like 2 or 3 companies, and the other ones aren't any better to deal with. You do boycott. But you boycott whole neighborhoods when you do.
I worked maintenance in my early 20s for a couple different property management companies and I am not surprised at all that this happened and that you think all your people are on board. Maybe you didn’t have that many evictions so it was a big deal?
Mistakes happen . People are not perfect but they gotta pay. As far as Texas goes they might not have that many laws regarding tenants.
You just reminded me that there does have to be a sheriff present for all evictions.
Sadly, there are a lot of incompetent property managers out there right now.
This deserves to be a Multi-Million Dollar Lawsuit
Along with felonies for the thieves.
Absolutely! Sue the hell out of them!
Likely a pro-bono lawsuit, lawyers KNEW it's a slam dunk lawsuit.
Good luck! If his name was not on the lease he had no right to occupy that space.
That's one of the dumbest comments on here, and there's quite-a-few. 😂
This is absolutely infuriating. I honestly cannot believe this. Losing all of their sentimental items to me is even worse than just the expensive items. Although that’s obviously terrible as well. I hope he wins the lawsuit.
I think we're all praying for this man and his daughter. This was criminal and shame on this property management company. Most of the larger ones like Greystar Property Management in Houston are charging THOUSANDS in rent and tenants are their last priority. First is money as usual for our times.
This was done on purpose
I hope he wins a multimillion-dollar lawsuit
I highly advise current tenants to vacant As Soon As Possible... this is inhumane on so many levels..
Landlords can be as bad as the stupid HOAs
I admire that this man seems pretty calm about the situation. If it was my stuff thrown out they would be a massive scene. 😊
Pretty sure he knows he's going to come out on top on this one.
😊☝️ he’s a good guy
Being an adult and having everything you own just suddenly disappear is bad enough. Being a child and having that happen can be deeply traumatizing.
Like…a teddy bear and some underwear?
@anderfu8273 Lost everything in a flood in first grade. It's much more than underwear and stuffed animals. Children have feelings and emotions also. While they may not have much, it's very sad to lose everything that made your home feel like home.
They’ll get over it
Put in God hands.
@@LazyNinjassSir you’re an old man who plays video games and posts it to UA-cam. Stfu.
Own up to your mistakes, pay for his personal property that was taken by your mistake. Don't try to turn it around on the victim.
The final eviction was the icing on the cake, I hope he wins this law suit and buys a house for himself and his daughter so he'll never have to go through this again. What these people did to them was shameful, heartless, and just plain evil.
Guaranteed these apartment owners are the same type of people to over leverage themselves in every investment property they can. They probably don't have the money and will fight tooth and nail for it. Give Johnny one of their furnished rental homes!!!
He should buy a big RV coach with the lawsuit money and live in it. No more rent ever again.
Amen! I hope they give him millions so he can buy his own house! What a good dude paying 3grand a month he works hard you destroyed his life. Now God is going to Bless him ten times over again!
@@squaredcircle1111 There are so many side streets in major cities where you can move around and stealth camp.
@@squaredcircle1111 I did. Stealth camping merely implies that no Karen will come after you, and anyone who does see you will not bat an eye in the slightest, since it'll be far from places where anyone would care.
When he sues, he should make sure that there is a large sum in punitive damages for the stress and mental anguish he and his daughter suffered, which I am sure is absolutly real. This was a violation as bad as any burglary, only here they actually are trying to justify their actions. I hope this keeps going viral and this management company gets what is coming to them.
And I'd add slander/defamation on that as well for the whole counterfeit money bs attempt at character assassination after the fact to justify themselves.
Right because punitive damage the apartment ppl can't get out of
It really depends on the minutae of state housing/ contract law. Texas is not known for it's strong tenant protection laws.
If this happened in California, home of the gay communist agenda, when a landlord knowingly accepts payment from a named tenant (like seeing your name on the cheque every month), that establishes certain basic rights for the tenant. Is obviously not the same as signing a rental agreement, but (as another comment here thoughtfully corrected me on) accepting the check in CA would generally be considered a type of contract, and the tenant would fall into a verbal agreement for month-to-month, until the landlord has a tenant sign a new rental agreement. The specifics of that month-to-month/no signed rental agreement are going to be different depending on county and city. This is based on a principle in contract law that if someone is getting a benefit, then they have obligations that go with it. Ie, if the landlord is getting the benefit of the rent money, courts would say that, even without a rental agreement, the landlord knew what they're doing, and thus they have certain obligations for how they treat this guy.
But in Texas, this will be a hard fight in court. This guy needs to win in the court of public opinion, hopefully shame them into settling, because the property manager has a good case. Courts are not exactly tenant friendly.
edited- had CA law wrong.
@@wolfumz What is this drivel you are spouting?
Dude , where did that come from!? That's a weird segue! I'm gonna assume the same thing I do of every outwardly homopbobic man, you're gay. Embrace now and have fun fella, there's no point wasting time just thinking about gay men constantly, just be 1!
Trashing his child's room is the most disgusting part.
These people rather bankrupt a single father and his child and throw them out onto the streets, than own up to their mistakes and work toward a solution.
I mean thats just evil. A scary kind of evil we shouldnt tolerate.
What was done to this man is simply disgusting. Someone needs to step in and help this man immediately!
its because hes black :(
they dont let him win because his black @joelroldan3276 😟
Wat they mean he shouldnt been living there anyway
He'd have to sue them.
Yeah it's not gonna be "You" right? it's "Someone" else. It's so easy to virtue signal to make yourself look good.
This is despicable, I feel for this man and his daughter. I hope he wins the lawsuit with no issues.
Oh no I think they sold the stuff because they knew he had money
@@AllAboutAndrew444 That probably played a part, the rent wasn't cheap at all. They had no issue taking payments from his account, so they knew he was paying the bill, yet tried to weasel out of any responsibility immediately by trying to evict him in a short period, thereby not giving him any time to respond and trying to overwhelm him with other issues. If he has a decent lawyer he will win. It's just sad that there is zero morality in the way they are treating him regardless of his financial situation, most corporations and businesses, especially in that market, are awful to deal with.
Once they auccepted rent from him, didn’t that establish a contract?
Hope he gets enough money off of them to buy his own place. But the lesson to be learnt is always, always, always put your name on the rental if you are paying a portion of the rent.
@@judyl5260 they apparently did it to the wrong apartment.
That's wrong on some many levels, the apartment management is complete pos!
Watching your neighbors going thru your stuff and things already taken, that's a nightmare. And knowing his child's birth certificate, etc was probably taken by the neighbors, he needs justice.
I agree with that part...all his personal information and his daughters. That apartment complex needs to be sued up the a**.
All those scum bag neighbors that probably realized later and still didn't return anything.
@@swit6000big time and asap
Apartment neighbors are really obnoxious in this regard. I was moving into an apartment once and had a stack of objects on a landing inside the locked door. The parking lot was far from the door so i moved a full carload of stuff into the landing. I went and parked my car then came inside. I think i went up to my apartment for some reason like to unlock the door and put some stuff down. Maximum 1-2 minutes had gone by and i come back to find 2 women picking through my stuff. Obviously i was like "WTF are you doing?" They are startled like kids in the cookie jar. They just start smiling at me like "ohh we thought this was free to take because someone was throwing it out." In my case it was neatly stacked boxes. This guy just had his stuff dumped so i can imagine how much care people had to respect the stuff.
I agree
This is heinous and offensive on so many levels. The violation, the disrespect, the trauma to a child. Then on top of that the attempt to frame him and criminalize him with false allegations to absolve themselves of the problem they created. I hope not only does he win his lawsuit against them, but that the complex loses other tenants as a result due to bad publicity. This management is a joke. For all we know they just ransacked his apartment and stole his property. Who knows what happened to the most valuable items?
He wasn't on the lease. He was illegally subletting.
@@CAGoldlashDashthey took checks with his name on them. Under law he was a legally a month to month tenant. Regardless, they at least invaded and robbed an apartment in which the named lease holder allowed his stuff to be stored.
This how people get hurt!!!
@@EthanPDobbinsno really anyone can write a check to pack on another's behalf doesn't mean they are legally owning something unless that was the agreement with the legal parties. Which will be the management. He should've had his ex transfer the lease agreement to him so he won't be homeless. He was squatting with his daughter the whole time.
Even non paying squatters have rights. Must be a leasing agent...Next!
Best of luck to this Man & his attorney - i hope they get millions out of these crooked & unethical landlords. This is real shock & trauma.
The Hamilton is a brand. Their name is now trashed
Sadly landlords rarely face any consequences.
All landlords are unethical
@@drzaius1121cap! this guys going to get paid
MILLIONS?? LMAO you're delusional. Of course they owe him for the belongings. But, if anything, it's actually HIM that could get sued. It was rented to his ex-girlfriend, who in turn rented it out to this guy while still under her name. That's called subletting and it's a breech of contract. Guaranteed he knew it was wrong and just figured they wouldn't find out. Well...... they did. Clearly you don't understand what is going on here.
You’re lucky you have a lawyer and news coverage. Most tenants never get this kind of attention from abusive rental properties. For what it’s worth I hope you win and I commend the news station for doing a comprehensive job including talking about the fake money allegations. None of that has to do with they threw this man’s stuff out.
Exactly. My mom is going thru a similar situation with hardly no help except from her children.
And these states and politicians doesn't want to expand laws that protect tenants.
@@gtas321they're paid not to.
@@jamesgarcia9529did you contact your local news station?
My property manager, who lived and managed here for over 25 years, was suddenly fired/evicted during the pandemic, for no good reason. A “management company” was hired, and things got real sketchy. Finally a tenant, who happened to have a real estate license, and wisdom, found the owners & got them to sit down with the tenants. I guess the owners snapped a whip, cuz now things get fixed, tho not at easily as when we had a live-in manager. “Management Companies” are a RACKET! - I pray this family gets recompense thru a common sense and common good minded judge.
I hope this man and his daughter are recovering their losses and are able to move to a better place. He deserves to be well reimbursed for all their items that were haphazardly tossed in the trash and looted by other tenants.
I refuse to live in an apartment complex ever again. The last complex I lived in was nice but the owner and management staff were so shady about rental payments and added late fees that I didn't actually have because I'm dutiful about paying rent on time. I moved out as soon as I could. Then out of the blue they tried to sue me for apartment damage a year later after I had already moved out. The suit was dropped because I took pictures of the inside of the apartment I rented before I moved in and pics right before I turned in the keys as I moved out. I proved my point that the management was trying to harass and sue me for damage that wasn't there. My pics saved me from a lawsuit and also showed how greedy and petty the Apt management and owner truly were.
**DEFINITELY Take pics of your rental before you move in and after you move out and keep your monthly rent receipts that proves you've paid on time every month**
Why we stop using this video rental years back is because they wanted to charge mom for never rewinding the movies she always checked behind us to make sure they were rewound this was when we were young and I didn't know how to touch any buttons till I was about 7 I didn't trust myself till then we always triple checked but everytime we took them back that evil movie rental place said we didn't and it was like a $20 charge for each movie not rewound and they said all of our movies weren't think like 3-5 movies that rental place went out of business a few years after we stopped going
Any rental, whether it is a car or a blow up slide, pictures before and after.....
It is bad that those who are suing are not the ones being forced to take pictures. Why should it be on the person being sued?
He has a Gofundme. His name is Johnny Abney
@@beverlyarcher3744 Your post makes no sense.
1. Almost all video stores charged for not rewinding.
2. How can you be old enough to rent, but not old enough to rewind?
3. If you were too young to touch the buttons to rewind, how could you touch the button to play?
4. Almost all video rental stores went out of business.
Man this is so wrong, tried to find a loophole so they wouldn't have to be held accountable for their incompetence! Dude works and takes care of his daughter on his own. This is cruel and unforgivable and I pray this man and his child wins their lawsuit
Him and his daughter need to make an example of this slumlord
this is going viral lmao, dude messed up BEEG TEIM
They will.... They'd be better off just to go ahead and sign the complex over to this guy right now..
Hopefully they mention who the owner is so everybody can go on Google and put him on blast.
Amen
It’s completely fair! He was illegally leasing - he doesn’t even have a right to be there.
Where is the update on this case? This is unbelievably WRONG!
Trial is in August
This is disgusting!! I hope he not only wins his case, but gets additional money for the attempt of defamation of character that this crooked business tried to pull. Shame on them!
The way they tried to make out he had counterfeit money when they instead found a Monopoly game set, truly no depths they won't sink to!
And sue for slander about the counterfeit & pain & emotional distress & lawyers fees. Let them pay triple for not doing right & resolving THEIR MISTAKE earlier.
Me too!!
I speak for everyone when I say we stand with landlord
Go look up the Hamilton in Dallas and give them 1 star ratings bc if they’re taking it this far now, they would do it again!
That is HORRIBLE. This man was paying his bills, being a father to his daughter, a great example of what a man should be, taking care of his own, they did this to him. I commend him for being incredibly calm during the interview. Blessings will come your way brother. I am horrified by what happened to you and your daughter. Blessings will come.
Yeah they will...when he wins that court case
That's insane on the price of the apartment. Although he should have told them about her not being there and switched it to his name.
Yeah. That court case is an obvious win.
It's so disgusting. The property management made a huge mistake in the first place but now they are trying to get away without paying the damages. So ridiculous .
Welcome to America!
@TheGreatoutdoorsAndGourmetVic Makes ya wonder if storming the capital (for the right reasons) may be a good idea. The Wealthy always get the upper hand in these situations. They always seem to dodge the legal bullet and accountability. If an average citizen did any of this, they'd be punished without delay. The commoners of 18th century Europe knew how to handle it.
This is kind of a fundamental human flaw and the removal of this flaw starts in childhood. Not every human has this flaw but the majority have it to some degree or another. It basically boils down to not wanting to deal with the mess we sometimes cause when we're wrong about stuff. We're not perfect and make mistakes. Sometimes those mistakes have serious consequences for others and in those cases we have to do our best to make them even or at least work towards it in cases where that isn't possible.
@@TheGreatoutdoorsAndGourmetVic Welcome to Earth.
@@Dreamscape.xNo, it doesn't. Some countries, but not all.
Accusations of counterfeit money they claimed he had without evidence is defamation of his character now that they made this information in legal documents! That needs to be a second lawsuit against the property owner!
Yesssss
Expecting nothing less from juice.
Yes and I'm glad the news stated that they found money that was clearly marked "copy" in his daughter's room.
They probably found a Monopoly game in the trash or some bs like that!
He seems like one of the most legit guys I've seen in a long time! His checks cleared!
He's able to pay 3,000 dollar rent every month he need to get a house
The property management people are evil and disgusting. They threw his belongings away, attempted to evict him, and are now trying his tarnish his reputation.
Yeah I still don't get their thought proces like he was giving the rent timely each month how can you send eviction team to wrong room
Landlords are exploiters.
This is absolutely criminal. I hope and pray that this young man and his daughter are reimbursed and compensated for everything they went through. I hope they do a follow-up video. I will pray that this is made right. I'm sorry for what you had to go through. I think anyone else that staying in that apartment complex should start looking for a new place to live.
THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS a month and this is how they treat their tenants?! absolutely revolting.
More than that. I hope they sue and win millions in a lawsuit "for the troubles". Some things are irreplaceable especially when you don't remember everything you own.
Your hope ain't nothing
What do you think prayers will do? Grow up
@@keithfarrell3370 very idiotic comment to make. After all the positive things she mentioned that only thing you're thinking about ? You need to grow up yourself
People wonder why NY and CA tenant laws went too far. They had to deal with this kind of abuse. As governments always do, they OVER reacted, but you can see why. Landlords abusing tenants can be as bad as tenants ripping off landlords.
Throw out everything he owns, then evict him. I hope he gets a million dollars in court.
Sickening
He won't wasn't on the lease sucks for him start over time
@@shanebradfield6160You seriously don’t know law. 😂😂 They can’t even lawfully kick out a squatter. This is an easy win for him.
@@shanebradfield6160this has nothing to do with his belongings being thrown away. Lease or not they still accepted his money.
@@shanebradfield6160you ate lead paint chips as a kid, huh?
@shanebradfield6160 Really bro lmfao!!!!!!!! 😂😂😂😂 delete your comment bud it's what is best for you.
It’s insulting to take stuff out of the trash and then give it back. The management team owes this man regardless.
Sounds like a clear case of 'covering up one's mistake, by another mistake'.
They messed up and are now playing the victim.
Pay the man and leave him in peace.
Exactly. I wonder what the courts will say to this one. I bet they will settle now that it's made public.
And make sure he is the person listed on the lease, which is on him to resolve.
2500 a month?! Yikes! They should give him a year of free rent and free furnishings on top of a payout.
@@dianecelento4974I read that he's an illegal immigrant. They almost never sue, especially in a state like Texas. Step into the courthouse, get deported.
@@universalsoldier2293or you know? question why he's making a payment if he's not on the lease or find his name on any files?most appartments near me won't let you make a payment unless your name is on the lease.
Just horrible. Wish I could give more than just thoughts and prayers. Stay strong brother!
Unbelievable. I hope he sues and gets reimbursed above and beyond.
It’s Texas, so good luck to him
@@bradleyturner7347damn. Well let’s hope for the reimbursement atleast
Wtf you mean unbelievable, it happened.
@bradleyturner7347 If this is what texas is about, nobody is going to want to move to the state.
So if this is your way if defending your state, your not doing a good job.
Just hoping that there are some pro bono lawyers who would gladly helping him.
I hope he wins this lawsuit and they have to pay him 10X what they threw away. I would never rent a unit in ANY property owned/managed by this company! In addition to their financial losses, he and his daughter suffered emotional trauma from what happened. How they sleep at night after doing this to someone, is beyond me.
I would be mad at the tenants too people he probably made friends with only for them to take his stuff. I would be beyond pissed smh. I hope he wins big in his lawsuit as well.
This man with paying rent with money orders with his signature on them so they knew he was living there.
I do not think he will win .
You don't know anyone involved... You don't know anything yet form a strong opinion... That's called a sheep...
10x...no....how about 100000x
@xelAppaR nah, the attorney knows he'll win big time leagues enough to get his fees paid plus his client's compensation...it's a slam dunk.
There is no excuse for this. To throw out his stuff and then after they realized they screwed up then tried to get stuff back from the dumpster is disgusting. A full apartment should have been a clue that it may have been the wrong apartment. They better open their checkbooks because they need to buy them new furniture and everything else they lost.
I'm pretty sure this traumatized his daughter very much they will need to pay for that as well for counseling. I hope he gets a huge lawsuit on them
Now he'll get way more for pain and suffering. They should've paid up the first time.
imagine trying to argue in court that invading someones home and throwing away everything they own didnt inconvenience them, stress them out, or damage them
@@SteveB-nx2uo Imagine going to court and trying to explain what you're doing in an apartment illegally
@@TMGMedia73 in what way was he there illegally if he was paying rent? did you even watch the video or are you a literal bot?
Their quick to take the monthly rent and that was never a problem, so is the property manager giving back the rent already paid.
What's crazy is even if he actually was being evicted, they most likely still can't legally throw all your stuff in the dumpster like that. Like all of this was handled terribly
They definitely can. When people are evicted from houses their stuff gets put out at the street for trash pickup. Once your residence is terminated, the property owner is not obligated to protect your possessions.
Those items are not trash
They can. The issue is this unit was not scheduled for eviction.
They can absolutely do that after taking all of the appropriate measures that would be like a last resort though
@@HairbyNardiatheir point flew right over ur head
My heart goes out to the little girl. Having your home dumped out and all your toys and things thrown away is so so traumatic for a child. I hope she and her father can heal from this trauma.
i know i feel so bad for her . i welt through that as a kid growing up poor . but they hit the jackpot . that building just paid for her collage and first home
🙄🤦♂
Just the child?? He was also treated unfairly. He had every right to be reimbursed for his property
This is more common than you think.
She'll recover
I feel this young man's pain. Regardless of him living there, illegal or not, they have no right to go in their apartment and throw out their stuff. He deserves the lawsuit money that's coming to him. Good luck to this man and daughter.
Noticed they said it was wrong apartment
It's funny how they didn't care that it was his name on the checks every month... Until there's a problem. All they've done is add his legal fees to whatever they owe for his property. Because regardless of his status as a tenent, he was not a squatter. And they had not served him an eviction notice at the time his property was illegally destroyed. I'm unsure about Texas law, but where I live, the apartment must give 24 hours notice for entry in non emergency situations. If Texas has a similar law, the apartment complex also broke that law in addition to destruction of property.
@@jdmichalto add: I don’t know about Texas law, but the landlord waives the right to remedy if they take a payment while knowing that there’s a lease violation in Florida. 8+ months of checks coming from somebody not on the lease is going to make any judge think really hard about whether this is a non-issue and twist the knife into the management company.
Strictly speaking from a legal standpoint. Although I agree w/ you, he is not on the lease, so he is there illegally. The rules are in place for a reason. I agree, they need to reimburse this gentleman, but alas, he is not on the rental agreement, thus breaking the law. Do things the right & honest way and problems like this will not arise.
@@stephaniepruittpotter9052they still cashed the cheques with his name on them without confronting him about it to resolve the issue. The moment they cash that first check with his name they don't have a case in my opinion. This is just a clear case we made a mistake but we're throwing it all on the victim to save our own asses. And people still think landlords and tenants should not be protected from crap like this
This is disgusting. These people need to PAY for everything they threw away, and then some!
They ought to pay for everything they threw out, then pay 10x on top of that for anything that was irreplaceable or of sentimental value to HIM or HIS KID.
THEN pay emotional damage, and probably therapy for both of them because who would feel safe in their own home after that?!
I cannot imagine what that child is going through right now, and that's the part that messes me up the worst tbh.
(I had to edit out 6-7 swear words. :/)
$3000 for rent in Dallas is beyond outrageous. Evil evil evil corporations control rentals these days.
And they would never complain about the “subletting” if this didn’t happen and he continued to pay his rent smh
It's small time people who don't understand anything that overcharge
It is but it looks like a nice new unit they sell that as luxury and charge bank
The private landlords are just as evil, all of them are just hoarding wealth and price gouging the entire market. Greed greed greed all the way down. And because they took up the landlord game for the sake of passive income, they really aren’t earning anything.
That's because Dallas went liberal. A lot of Californias moved there
Absolutely disgusting! This man deserves compensation. I hope he wins big time in court. Best of luck to him.
Building manager would be homeless.
The thing that makes me seriously mad is they happily accepted his rent money this whole time despite him subletting but only now that he's making a, very understandable, fuss about them dumping all of his stuff into a disgusting dumpster they are now all up in arms about him subletting and are now evicting him.... You can't just take a man's money, not question why the name differs from the person on the lease, and THEN evict them once your in the wrong after illegally stealing his property and throwing it out
They didn't know about the subletting until this issue arose
Yes. That was beyond belief despicable. Law suit, hope he recovers what was stolen from him.
@@greggchaffin1596 they never questioned "oh this name on the check we've been getting is totally different then the name that is under the lease" and you can't tell me "oh the apartment wasn't on the check." Most places have you write down that stuff on the check or have it on file of who lives in what apartment so you can't tell me they didn't know... they knew they were just so greedy they took his money and ONLY evicted him when he called them out for illegally dumping his stuff in a filthy dumpster and making him and his daughter effectively have to rebuy 10's of thousands of dollars of clothes, food, furniture, school stuff, etc...... no way they had 0 idea about the subletting my guy
@@greggchaffin1596even if they did know, you think that was gonna stop them from collecting his money every month?
He was using money orders, not personal checks, to pay the rent. Examples shown in the video are not checks those are money orders. Most people today don't even know what personal checks look like or how to fill them out. I hope the man and his daughter win a good amount of money for their time, possessions and the violation of their privacy and daily life.
Regardless of the sublet situation, they cannot illegally confiscate and destroy or distribute this man’s property. What a horrible predicament. I hope he can recover and find a space to live comfortably with his child.
but not at this "high end" apartment building where they pee freely. i think it's classier when they use toilets.
It's a horrible thing to hear about. Especially losing all of the items that have sentimental value, it's already been said that the man and his daughter moved out of the apartment and moved in with family for the time being
Even if it was the woman’s name it was under, they still had to contact her before making entry. If I were him I’d try to get right w the ex. I’m sure she wouldn’t mind a bit of that settlement money. lol
Exactly!! Their excuse that he was an unauthorized tenant is completely invalid. Even though that may be true, he is STILL entitled to a proper eviction process, not just having his belongings illegally removed with zero notice. The management company is completely in the wrong here and it's disgusting that they're trying to claim he has no right to reimbursement.
@@meowJACK The question is how did they get the keys to his apartment? Why would anyone give their home key to someone else? It means that others will be able to enter and steal things easily. Even if it is the landlord, if teh landlord falls into some financial trouble, it is possible that he may resort to stealing his tenants' goods
I’ve worked in property management for 5 years and what the management is saying is true in the sense that we cannot discuss lease material with non-residents. However, it is also illegal to enter someone’s homes without a proper eviction through the court. They were 100% wrong and tried to use that sliver of truth to protect themselves.
Yet they were taking his money and never asked for or required the lease holder to be the one who brings the payment.. The ex girlfriend wasn't the one who went to the leasing office to pay the rent each month he did.
The leasing agent on the video is absolutely abhorrent. She's trying to ignore what they did and use this as an excuse but notice the level of apology doesn't match the level of nastiness that she's exhibiting on the video.
They had no warrant and no legal right to enter the unit. Even when a marshal shows up to complete an eviction the leasing manager should always pull the lease agreement to make sure it matches what's on the warrant from the court so as to prevent these types things from happening. I realize that when they are dealing with minorities and low income residents they are given carteblanc to operate in such dispecable manner.
I would not have accepted anything from the trash. I'm only glad he was able to get pictures that he can use as evidence in his case. How do we know some of those same workers didn't steal what they want first from his things before putting the remaining items outside?
Prayerfully he's able to purchase his own house cash when this case settles and begin to build wealth for himself and his daughter and so that they won't ever be put through this traumatic, disrespectful and humiliating experience ever again
I’m in HR and I concur.
It is not illegal to enter someone's home with or without a court order. That doesn't matter for entry. I have the full right to enter whenever I want if I place it there like that. If I want to give you 24 hour notice. I can and will, if I choose.
What I don't have the right to do. Is remove all your stuff, without any notice at all and a court order with cops present.
@@rhemawilliams4983
3k a month is NOT low income.
Might want to check your damn script, because it's over half a century old.
This is definitely unacceptable regardless of whose name is on the lease. It could have been someone visiting and this occurred. Wrong apt is a liability of the complex. They're not taking responsibility for his properties which they should. Surely, accountability of the apartment need to be addressed. Sorry this has happened to this young man & his daughter. This wrong need to be made right. Compensation to be given to the young man.
Pray The God He Wins This Lawsuit 🙏🏽🙏🏽💯Im So Pissed Watching This
The fact that they do this and then find a way to justify kicking him out anyway is insane, but also a big thank you to that property management company for also doing a bit of libel and slander just to make that lawsuit that much more lucrative.
This feels like a lawyer's wet dream, lmao. I hope this man get every pinney he can from them.
Sadly libel and slander wouldn’t be valid here as it has to cause some form of monetary damages which this wouldn’t. He should however be able to sue for way more than what his stuff was worth. More importantly it also damages the leasing companies reputation and in a world where these stories spread like wildfires that can serious kill their business
@@sapphirejynxthere’s no case, Texas law favours the landlord
@gsp can you provide the provision that favors the landlord in this case?
@gsp1634 you clearly dont know texas law
Pay 36k a year and they walk in while your not there and clean you out then just shrug their shoulders. Bunch of dirt bags.
My heart goes out to him man. I can’t imagine how he felt when he first walked into that empty apartment 😢
Had it happen, I just sat down and cried.
That was my 1st thought. Everuthing he had for his daughter and himself...gone. even her school stuff he just bought. My heart is broken for them.
I pray he finds a nice place for them and that he wins something from these nasty people.
Straight out of my nightmares, literally
And saw people picking through his belongings and taking what they wanted.
I only feel for his child.
Scummy neighbors stealing the stuff.
This is absolutely outrageous. This man paid every month and when they made a mistake all he got was an "Oops we're sorry". Then they wanted to call child's play money counterfeit. They need to own up and take responsibility for what they did and pay this man for his belongings they destroyed. The management team is heartless. I hope others people living there see this and move out causing them to lose money.
If they want to claim he illegally Sublette all that time, then they illegally took his rent payments with his name, establishing tenancy.
I was told that if a person is late on the rent, for example, I have the option to evict, but not if I accept the payment late. By accepting it outside of the lease contract, I have established a new relationship with them as a tenant on a month by month basis. As long as I keep accepting payments, I keep agreeing to that relationship.
They saw the checks were in his name, not hers and they should have brought up the issue the first time the payment source changed.
the judge: So how do you plea to this circumstance?
the douchebag property manager: We enact the "oopsie-daisy" defense your honor.
@@Metqa the "unauthorized Sublet" thing is Obviously thinly-veiled retaliation against the man for Pursuing recompense over what was a clearly Illegal eviction. The Judge ought to be able to provide a restraining order to the owner against proceeding with the new eviction until the original case is settled. Although it Does mean they may have a legal claim against the Ex-girlfriend for unauthorized subletting and be able to evict him eventually, They Should not be allowed to do so in a short timeframe as retaliation for a legal claim made against them - Or it just further exacerbates the damages from the first Illegal Eviction On top of all the property damages.
@@Metqayour absolutely right.... I know what is going on, The attorney said to do this knowing that the individual is going to litigation now the attorney can make money from the property manager company and end up making a settlement with Johnny.... If I was the property management I would work something out with Johnny without litigation.... The property management attorney knows how to make money its billable hours for the attorney and believe me the attorney is going to take this time.... I seen this so many times working for law firms.... Sometimes attorneys would joke about it....
Landlords "You cannot find good tenants. They don't pay rent, they don't take care of things, they cause problems, it's almost unbelievable"
Good tenant appears, rasies his kid, never causes you any issues for years, pays his 2500 for his undersized 2-bedroom every month and on time, so you trash the guy metaophrically and his possesions literally with a mistake and then a technicality.
Well put.
I think that this man and his daughter should be compensated in the amount of ONE MILLION DOLLARS for the egregiously bad behavior of the apartment management and owners. And I hope they get it.
so that technicality means he shouldnt have been there right? if thats the case hes entitled to his rent to repaid back to him
It’s like the same people complaining that nobody wants to work when there’s plenty of reasons businesses are short staffed besides lazy people
The spokesperson for the management company slandered this Man's good name & character. Demand a jury trial, you'll win.
This is outrageous, I hope they have to pay him and OBSCENE amount of money! Not only are they incompetent for going to the wrong apartment, they're also completely immoral for trying to find a loophole so they wouldn't be held accountable.
Exactly this is disgusting behavior
Exactly!
That loophole won't hold up. He has been paying rent under his own name since the girlfriend moved out, and they have been cashing those checks. That means they knew he was staying there, subletting or no. If he has a lawyer even half awake he can clean up.
Hes got partial responsibility here too. He f d up when he didn't get on the lease the day he started living there. Because of that, he's got no ground to stand on unfortunately. He f d up big time by forgoing that 1 simple thing.
As much as it sucks, his failure to abide by the law is going to sting him good. Bet he don't live anywhere else without being in the lease after this.
@JC you are wrong stop spewing BS
It was not a mistake that they threw the property into the trash. Has they acted with any decency, they should have packed away the property of the person being evicted.
Property management is slimey and grimey.
This is beyond ridiculous. The management and owners of this property should be sued into oblivion, this is completely unacceptable. A message needs to be sent out to this type of business operating in the area.
*1,000%!!!*
& if that doesn't work how about we go into their house & throw everything out into multiple different dumpsters. Isn't it illegal to enter an apartment without giving notice anyways?
Another ignorant statement.. I bet you never sued anyone in your entire life. If you did, you'd know how stupid your statement is...Additionally HE WOULD LOSE; HE HAS NO CONTRACT WITH THE BUILDING OWNERS...Did you even watch the video? I'd have him evicted.
Since it was an accident, then I'll purposely file a lawsuit. There was no way I'll take that stuff back after it was thrown out in the trash.
@@curtiswilson4737 Good luck
No one takes accountability anymore. How dare they not immediately take responsibility for their mistake.
Fair point...except HE is not taking responsibility for being in an illegal subletting situation...Its a mess... both sides have screwed up.
@@trooperdgb9722That doesn't matter. You start the eviction process, not throw away someone's belongings without notice. That's illegal.
As I said.. BOTH sides screwed up. @@minamihasaki4325
Screw up and then blame your victim. Its the American way. 😵💫
@@trooperdgb9722you sound like a damn fool. Squatters have more rights than what you're suggesting
This is so ridiculous. There are squatter’s who would not be treated like this. The man paid rent… it was his HOME. They violated his home.
Facts
Yes…..squanders have more rights!!!
They were taking his money orders, til they fd up, now they want him to be the default bad guy 😡
He also violated the terms of the lease which prohibit subletting. He should have followed the rules and applied to be on the lease once the ex-girlfriend moved.
@@scribe712
And? You can't legally evict someone without prior notice. How many times do you think the neighbor they were actually supposed to be evicting was notified?
If possible, go after the dumpster diving neighbors, too. Supportive community that ain't!
He needs to sue them, slander, emotional damage. His little girl has to be affected by this
Did you watch the entire video? He did sue them, and his lawyer even speaks.
Don’t forget defamation of character 🫡
Officially he doesn't live there. So no chance to win .
What the management did and how they handled THEIR mistake is appalling… but all the tenants and I’m sure employees who took his things and never returned them is disgusting!!
The dude was subletting, so he also was in the wrong on a lot of things himself. He will get nothing because he was negligent about notification.
Wrong the property management didn't in know who's things they were disposing of at the time of disposal ... He will be compensated fully and made whole again it will just take a while going through courts
@@someone-ji2zblegally irrelevant. The remedy for an illegal sublet would be any benefit that the sublettor gained or eviction. As the rent was paid in full to them and the sublettor didn't gain anything there was no harm. They could have evicted him but that's about it. Going in and removing all his stuff? without notice? That's just straight up theft and property damage. This will be settled the moment a judge actually sees it.
@@ThePirateParrotexactly… plus, the occupant was not given at least 24 hours notice that management would be entering the property… so the apartment manager was actually in violation of their own lease terms. 💅🏻
@@someone-ji2zbthey didn’t know he was subletting until afterwards. They were at the wrong apartment!
I pray this man is not only reimbursed for all of his and his daughter's belongings but also for the pain and suffering this has caused them and any additional expenses needed to relocate... plus, of course, attorney's fees.
Me too.
And then some for the double-down to make him out to be a bad person and wash their hands of accountability for what they did.
Hoping he does move and get a nice house with the money he wins
@@preciousgem6506 absolutely!
when squatters have more rights than paying tenants...
He was technically a squatter, BUT was paying rent.
police should arrest the person who ordered the apartment to be broken into as it is burglary!
HOW do you throw away property that belongs to someone not being legally evicted?????? I'm not buying this "mistake"! Everyone who participated in this, being too lazy to confirm they had the right apartment should be FIRED! Justice for this man and his daughter! You can tell he provided well for her, paid the rent, and didn't deserve this.
they thought they were at the unit that was being legally evicted.
Yes and rental company needs to be sued
@@crystaln6988even in a legal eviction is illegal to destroy the property. It must be put into storage.
Most property maintenance positions in DFW pay $15-$20. Think about the caliber of personnel that level of pay can buy...
This is exactly why we should've sent them back to Africa after slavery was outlawed, money hungry tax leaches is all they are!! Lest hope some cop mistakenly enters his apartment next and blasts them both!!...oops, (qualified immunity)😂Lets make America great again!! ONLY BLUE LIVES MATTER!!
This is insane. My heart goes out to him & his daughter.
It was an honest mistake at first. Then it became criminal (and they're quickly trying to get him to sign a contract...because there is some wording in that contract that protects THEM and not him...like some clause about requiring renter's insurance in case something like this happens.
You wait and see...there is something in that contract that legally protects them from having to pay, and this is why people need to stay as far away from these corporate apartment owners because they are ruthlessly greed-driven. They will do whatever it takes to protect themselves...they would smear this guy's reputation publicly if they could find any dirt on him, just to avoid taking accountability.
That’s so helpful, thanks.
He rented his girlfriend an apartment. What a simp
@@Shaolin91z You’re mentally ill, and lack comprehension. I cannot help with your personal struggles. He provided a roof over his head for his child, and you’re worried about his ex-girlfriend?! 🤡
They were happy to take his rent money and then do nothing when they steal and destroy his property. Shameful!
They don't have to do anything for a squatter
Not a squatter. He came in as a legal guest. There's a difference.
@@Derail07
They didn't know he was illegally occupying the apartment. All residents of the apartment must be on the lease.
@@Derail07 lol you are dumb calling a person who was paying 3000/month to stay their a squatter
@@universalsoldier2293 why does that absolve them of throwing out his stuff accidentally and without notice?
But they had no issue with accepting the money he paid every month to stay there….the math is not mathing here at all.
The scariest part isn't that they just took a couch or the TV or clothes which can all be replaced but they absolutely stole and then basically destroyed sentimental items that could never be replaced and for that management needs to burn
This angers me to the core. It is absolutely ridiculous. They should definitely be held accountable and reimburse him. I hate dealing with apartments. I’ve never really had a good experience.
Yeah, so we threw all your stuff away, big misunderstanding. Pay you back? Huh, well, you actually aren't on the lease, so technically, I can't even talk to you. Oh, and you can't stay here anymore. We think you're a criminal.
Can't this man get refunded all the rental $$ he piad? They had no problem receiving the rental $ knowing his name wasn't on the lease. Hope the court rules in his favour if he files a law suit
I'm currently living in my first apartment and honestly, never again. My lease is up at the end of this month and I'm going to live with my mom until I'm able to buy a house because they've entered my apartment 6 times without any 24 hour notice and then had the audacity to try to evict me TWICE. Once for having an "unauthorized guest" (mind you, they lied and said there were 2 men in my apartment) and once for having a pet that wasn't on the lease
I know the management can be so rude I don't like it when I have to deal with them 😢
@@keylayajones2806 - Ppl need to be aware about the pet thing, they didn't use to make you pay for pets, just if they've damaged anything, but in recent years they make you pay rent for them now.🤔🐕🐈