by Jeroslyn JoVonn
December 12, 2023
Former “Basketball Wives” star Gloria Govan and her cannabis company RLNTLSS Brands are facing a lawsuit over unpaid bills.
Former “Basketball Wives” star Gloria Govan and her cannabis company RLNTLSS Brands are facing a lawsuit over unpaid bills.
Newly unveiled court documents reveal the lawsuit Silver Leaf Events filed against Govan and her company for unpaid production costs, Radar Online reports. Silver Leaf’s owner Amanda Tingler claims Govan failed to uphold her end of a contract worth $15,000.
Tingler met Govan in January 2023 and agreed to work together to produce episodes of a video project for Govan’s cannabis business. Silver Leaf put together a proposal with estimates for the videography and postproduction editing services totaling $15k.
After both parties agreed to move forward with the proposal, Govan asked for an official contract which Silver Leaf sent over in April 2023.
“[Silver Leaf] worked on the project through the end of April while regularly collaborating with GLORIA GOVAN and getting things ready with the brands and production team for filming,” the suit said.
“[Silver Leaf] filmed the content for the project, as directed by GLORIA GOVAN, on April 19, 2023. That morning, prior to filming, [Silver Leaf] sent GLORIA GOVAN a text message reminding her to sign the contract and to please send payment immediately.”
However, Silver Leaf claims Govan never brought the signed contract or check and proceeded to give them the run around for weeks. After confronting Govan about payment, the former reality star allegedly claimed to send a wire that never happened as well making promises for payment that never surfaced.
“GLORIA GOVAN messaged [Silver Leaf] back saying that she was going to send money on Zelle for $7500.00 of the amount that was owed for production of the first episode,” the suit reads.
“Again, Defendants sent no payment for this amount to [Silver Leaf]. GLORIA GOVAN then stated that she could only send $1,000.00, but she would send more in “installments” as they moved forward with the project.”
However, Silver Leaf claims the company has “not received any further payments from the Defendants.” As a result, the company stopped work on the project in May 2023.
“[Silver Leaf] reasonably believes that Defendants manipulated Ms. Tingler and forced them to take on costs related to their business with no intention of paying for the work performed or the production costs,” the suit read.
Silver Leaf is suing Govan for breach of contract, fraud, intentional misrepresentation, and conspiracy to engage in unfair business practices and demanding $30,000 in damages. This is the second lawsuit Govan was recently hit with for unpaid bills.
She’s also on the hook for $200k in a lawsuit filed by her former lawyers who represented her in her divorce from NBA champion Matt Barnes.
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