Despite being a girlfriend of Africa’s richest man Aliko Dangote, American lady Autumn Spikes got ejected from her North Miami apartment in Florida, US, after piling up unpaid rent for six months in 2020, PREMIUM TIMES reported.
Spikes and Dangote reportedly dated secretly for long until recently when the business mogul broke up with her and subsequently sued her in a Florida court for $5 million for alleged extortion.
Citing court documents, Premium Times says while the affair was going on fine most of last year, Spikes was grappling with accumulated rent arrears of $13,230 for the months of March to August 2020.
The landlord of the property, The Shoreline at SoleMia, 2301 Laguna Circle, North Miami, Florida, issued Spikes with a 30-day ‘Pay or Vacate’ notice on August 5.
She neither paid the debt nor vacated her apartment number 1708.
Upon the expiration of the 30-day notice, the landlord, on September 19, 2020, filed an eviction suit against her at a Miami Dade County court, in Florida, the same court where Dangote would later sue her in January.
The landlord’s complaint in the eviction suit reads in part that: “Tenant retains possession of the premises under a written lease requiring rent of $2,215.00 per month to be paid the first of each month.
“Tenant failed to pay rent for March, April, May, June, July and August.
“Tenant owes plaintiff rent the months stated in paragraph 6 herein in the total sum of $13,230.00.”
Documents show Spikes was consistently absent from the apartment, making it difficult for court staff to serve her the notice.
As there was no response from Spikes, the landlord on October 10, filed a motion for default judgment, a request for the court to deliver its verdict based on the plaintiff’s claims alone.
On October 21, the court delivered a default judgment in favour of the plaintiff.
On October 30, 2020, the landlord’s lawyer wrote the Sheriff Department applying for the cancellation of the writ of possession on the grounds that “tenant vacated.”
Spikes did not file any response in the suit when the suit was declared closed by the court.
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