Dallas apartment evicts tenant, throws belongings in dumpster. But it was the wrong unit.
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- čas přidán 30. 08. 2023
- He came home from work to find everything he owned was accidentally thrown in a dumpster by maintenance. But now, building management says he has no rights to reimbursement. #landlord #dallas #eviction
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...
"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
They claim he didn't have a valid rental contract, *but they were happily cashing his checks 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.
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?
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.
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
The lawyer said it best, at the time that management threw away all his belongings, they had no clue, who's things they were..a wrongful eviction, is a wrongful eviction, I've heard of other tenants being thrown out just like this, this is outrageous..
Having dealt with eviction before, you're not even allowed to throw away tennant belongings, you have to put it in storage for 30-90 days (depending on state) or have them pick it up (anything left still have to be put in storage for 30-90 days)
Most management companies evict and use the resident itself as the storage for 30-90 days in order to avoid paying for a storage unit for this exact reason (they shutoff utilities still)
When I was 8 our landlord threw out alot of our stuff, and some of it were baby pictures.... we don't have our baby pictures or early family photos anymore....
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…..
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
They tried to return the items after it was dumped in the trash?? They cleaned a mattress that had been urinated on??
That’s disgusting.
And an admission of guilt.
Sue them immediately.
they even accsuing him of having counterfit thats slander he gonna end up with a couple million
@@user-fo5ty5ky3b dream on
@@user-fo5ty5ky3bnobody that comments “slander” knows how it works
@@user-fo5ty5ky3b HE went to the news, the counterfeit statement was only said after he put his name out there. HE drew unwanted attention to himself. That play money looks pretty convincing if you don't read the fine print. Yall internet lawyers don't know jack.
@@Dingusdongus257I don’t think you know what counterfeit money means. The money shown here you can literally buy legally even at Walmart or Amazon. It says COPY with dark bold letters and the paper feels different. You would have to be a brain dead ldlit if you think it’s convincing.
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 bee thinking harder....ontop ny none was on the list..so yeah she's slow asf.
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
My dad owns rental property in Alabama. We've dealt with eviction before. You can't just go in and throw people's stuff out. There are months of court and paper work. Once that's done you can go in with a sheriff deputy and MOVE the person's stuff to the side of the road giving them a chance to retrieve it. Not throw it away.
What we would do was remove their stuff and put it in our storage unit and they had 90 days to pick it up and they didn’t they forfeit their stuff and we can take stuff home but usually we would call trash removal and they would take it in a big truck.
My mom and stepdad had an apartment building, there was a couple that lived in one of the units that never put utilities in their name, ruined appliances, and then abandoned it for a month or so, we tried contacting with no success. Then once we were given the go ahead by their lawyers to clean it out, the wife contacted us wanting her stuff and that she has the keys and would get it. Then she didn’t have the keys but he did, we told her when we would be there so she could get her stuff. It just ended up being a huge mess and she never got her belongs and never tried to get them.
Yeah I mean we can just ignore the part about the eviction since it wasn't legitimate and focus on the part where they destroyed this man's property without so much as a by your leave.
His attorney is going to rock their world. I can assure you of that.
Not really, it’s like if someone trespasses on your property and slips and breaks their arm or leg then sues you.
They had no legal right to be there and it’s clear he was not on the lease. If he and his wife broke up, he could easily have switched the name of the lease. Not to mention how he can’t have the woman on the lease show up to say it’s her property and make it legal that way. That would have been super simple. At the very least he’s committing fraud as why can’t he have an apartment in his name (does he have a history of bankruptcy or some other criminal history)?
@@philiplubduck6107 That doesn't matter because proper eviction notices still have to go through the court system.
@@amandahugenkiss not quite. They have no legal right to be there, not even squatters rights. In black and white view of law they aren’t there. If the woman doesn’t step in who owns the lease they are sore out of luck and why wasn’t she mentioned at all? Is she fictional and doesn’t even exist. Then that’s a federal crime be committed. Typically only criminals use a fake name on paperwork. So laws exist to make life hard for the criminals doing identity fraud.
@@philiplubduck6107they were happy to take the checks every month for payment.
@@philiplubduck6107- I can tell you that by accepting his checks every month, they threw away any chance whatsoever of having this ruled in their favor...
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. 😂
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
The person who is responsible for this should be held to full account
If he were a squatter or an illegal he would have had no problems…
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!
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!!
How is this NOT criminal?!
That's the world we live in now!! All these renting places do whatever they want. I heard in France it takes almost 2 years to evict anyone, and here they can just make up some staff and kick a monthly paying customer on the street!! Delusional world!!
Big deal! An apology doesn’t cover the damage, the violation and trespassing. The apartment building should pay big time in my opinion.
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. 🤨
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 exact same thing happened to me a few years ago in a different apartment and my dad convinced me not to sue them because he thought they’d keep me wrapped up in court and bleed me dry.
If you live in an apartment, take photos as soon as you get everything moved in and every time you make furniture updates just in case.
I'd never live in apartments. Too corrupt.
This is outrageous. I would have lost my mind in a way I hope to never experience. I hope he’s suing and that he wins at minimum 10x the value of his belongings.
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.
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.
Johnny. You seem like a very responsible young black man and loving dad. I'm so proud of you. I'm deeply sorry about your circumstances. You could have been my son and your daughter my grand daughter. I'm on a fixed income. How can someone like me help you?
I admire that this man seems pretty calm about the situation. If it was my stuff thrown out they would be a massive scene. 😊
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 🙈
Are you sure it was really a mistake? They claimed it was a mistake but they may have wanted him to raise the rent. How much was he paying for rent and was it locked in?
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
Hold this apt office staff accountable!!!! Why do they get away with it?! If anyone else had broken into his home and stolen his things, they would be charged with a home invasion! So how's it any different for this office staff???
Their apology is their admission of guilt.
After being in apartment management for 16+ years this is not how an eviction works. They can not remove anything without the sheriff or police being there. This is one big cheap shot against this man and his daughter.
@@karlwithak.
Exactly, the lease had not expired no matter who occupied the property. What if the legal tennant was on vacation and this clerical error occurred? They entered without a court order, end of story. This is a slam dunk and will certainly settle out of court to avoid any legal stain on the corporate body!
Exactly! Lawful Evictions go through the court. It seems someone in property management had a personal issue with this resident.
@@karlwithak.You have a problem with simple comprehension.
@@Allangulon
This was a case of the wrong apartment getting cleared out. The neighbor was evicted.
@@ANPC-pi9vu
It matters not if a tenant across the state is being evicted.
Without a court order the property manager had no legal reason to enter the apartment.
Clerical error or not they are fully liable for losses incurred.
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 CZcams. Stfu.
Someone should."wrongfully evict the building owner"
That's wrong on some many levels, the apartment management is complete pos!
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.
This story is so upsetting
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Halmilton needs to held liable for millions of dollars. Talk about traumatic event.
The building is CLEARLY in the wrong.
What was done to this man is simply disgusting. Someone needs to step in and help this man immediately!
its because hes black :(
Probably a go fund me or something. From the looks of it, this might be a hard battle to win due to legalities and contract. Hope he does win or a resolution is given.
they dont let him win because his black @@joelroldan3276 😟
Wat they mean he shouldnt been living there anyway
He'd have to sue them.
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!
The complex should replace all of his items, that is horrible 😕. Sue the complex.
If he was there illegally, they should give him all his rent money back.
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.
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.
Lawsuit. Unlawful entry and disposal of his belongings.
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
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.
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?
Absolutely disgusting! Sue tf outta them!
Put them in prison for breaking and entering !
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
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
I hope you and your daughter get fairly re-compensated for your troubles and don't worry you'll be fine - I can tell that you are a good man!!
They should be charged with theft
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.
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
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.
Clear case of break and enter/burglary.
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
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?
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.
Terrible. They need to cut him a big check.
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.
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
If he was subletting without their knowledge, I think management would still have to follow the law providing him with the legal notifications. They cannot just appear and remove his belongings. Renters and squatters have rights. Plus, they are admitting guilt by trying to retrieve his belongings.
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.
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
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.
Thats crazy...I hope he sues them and wins...prayers for him and his family .
That building looks fancy, I hope he gets a few million for distress for him and his daughter. This is insane.
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!
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.
I hope that man gets what he needs smh that's crazy these apartments need to be held accountable
How bad is their finances department to not know who owns what
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.
This is a lawsuit that I can absolutely stand behind. The management company is the lowest of the low. They did WRONG and are trying to turn it around on this young man and his daughter. They were fine taking his money before and now it's a problem? I hope he wins millions of dollars and a scholarship for his daughter.
With a good lawyer, he will win.
@@govinda102000Sad part about our justice system is we really need good lawyers to win a case
@@andrewyang1994 that's the same for every justice system in the world...
@@HoLeeFuk69 No not every system in the world at all but the current justice system like many in the world are out dated and subject to corruption and other nonsense. We free career criminals and convict citizens for being poor or simple mistakes every day. You know most pedophiles don't do time? because the state doesn't want to pay for protection of the pedophile and by law prisoners need to be kept safe, so most pedophiles get like 6 months to 5 years probation for raping and hurt children on average.
Get real. He's not going to win millions of dollars. Any settlement would have to be equal to the damages incurred. And since his belongings weren't worth a million dollars and he wasn't supposed to be living there, he'll be fortunate to win a few thousand dollars. Which if I was the judge, is all I'd give him. Enough money to replace his belongings since that's all he lost. Not his life or that of his child. People need to stop breaking the law and then expecting to benefit from it when a problem arises.
Oh and trying to evict the man after after turning his life upside down. WOW. Evil.
They didn’t say no to that money every month! Paid the rent every month, but no the lease is violated?
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.
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.
This is one of the craziest stories I've ever heard...😮😮
How are they not able to charge these oeople with burglary or several other folony crines? Just becaise a business is involved shouldn't mean complete immunity to criminal law.
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 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.
I pray he and his daughter get justice.
What??? That apt building and the management needs to be sued and fired! Also who cares he had play money in his apt they broke into??? I use fake money for budgeting so I don’t have to withdraw the actual cash from the bank. I like to see it physically still so I bought fake bills to use.
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.
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?
This guy has to sue these people. These people HAVE to be held fully accountable and punished with a hit to their pocketbooks.
Just horrible. Wish I could give more than just thoughts and prayers. Stay strong brother!
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...
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.
I hope the news keeps this story fresh and does updates
Insanity and the employees helping that entire process to cover up THEIR MISTAKE should be ashamed of themselves and SHOULD BE EXPOSED.