Azealia Banks Battles Eviction For Allegedly Not Paying Hire

A landlord sought the eviction of Azealia Banks from her house in Palmetto Bay, Florida. In response to courtroom paperwork obtained by AllHIpHop, Isis Claro requested a Florida courtroom for a closing judgment of possession in a grievance in opposition to Banks for failure to pay lease on Tuesday (July 2).

“This eviction was filed as a result of Tenant owes Plaintiff’s late lease,” Claro’s movement learn. “Defendant filed an Reply thereby stopping a clerk’s default; nevertheless, Defendant didn’t deposit lease into the Courtroom Registry. Florida Statutes particularly state that in an motion by the owner for possession of a dwelling unit, if the tenant interposes any protection aside from cost, together with however not restricted to the protection of a faulty 3-day discover, the tenant shall pay into the registry of the courtroom the accrued lease as alleged within the grievance.”

The movement continued, “Failure of the tenant to pay the lease into the registry of the courtroom or to file a movement to find out the quantity of lease to be paid into the registry inside 5 days … after the date of service of course of constitutes an absolute waiver of the tenant’s defenses aside from cost. And the owner is entitled to an instantaneous default judgment for the removing of the tenant.”

Claro pursued Banks’ eviction over lease in June. The controversial rapper allegedly owed $8,000.

Banks filed a movement claiming she labored out an settlement together with her landlord earlier than a month-to-month tenancy time period’s expiration. She supposedly agreed to offer $2,950 to cowl the month of June and Claro would apply a complicated cost of $7,050 to cowl the prior month’s lease.

Claro denied the alleged association. The owner accused Banks of attempting to “delay making the deposit and frustrate the method.” Claro urged the courtroom to strike Banks’ reply and grant the owner’s default judgment.