Tyrese is being sued by the owner of a rental home, who has alleged the singer and actor made “excessive alterations” to the property without permission.
According to court documents obtained by The Blast on Wednesday (November 15), Tiffanique Webb — who filed the claim in the Superior Court of California — alleges that the alterations Tyrese made resulted in damages that exceeded his security deposit for the rental property.
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Additionally, Webb claims that Tyrese’s alterations made her property un-rentable, so she’s also suing for loss of earnings as a result.
In the state of California, any repairs that are done in excess of $500 must be done with the landlord’s approval, per the State Department of Consumer Affairs.
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Additionally, the proposed renovations must be presented in writing, and signed off by both parties, in a language that is “legible, easy to understand, and inform the consumer of his/her rights to cancel or rescind the contract,” which Tyrese allegedly did not do in this case.
Webb is seeking damages in excess of $25,000 in her suit.
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This isn’t the only civil lawsuit Tyrese is currently involved in. Back in August, the Fast & Furious star and two of his associates filed suit against Home Depot claiming they “experienced outrageous discriminatory mistreatment and consumer racial profiling” during a visit to the chain’s West Hills, California store in February.
The trio are seeking over $1million in damages, which Tyrese argues equates to the amount of money he’s spent at Home Depot over the years. They’re also demanding punitive damages along with a “declaratory judgment” saying that Home Depot’s actions violated California’s Unruh Civil Rights Act.
The alleged incident is said to have taken place in February. Tyrese initially waited in the car while Eric Mora and Manuel Hernandez went inside to do some shopping, but the latter two couldn’t complete the transaction since it was on the former’s credit card.
Once Tyrese entered the store to confirm the purchase, it didn’t take long before fellow shoppers started to notice the actor and singer.
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“The cashier gave no reasonable explanation other than repeating ‘store policy’ and demanded to see a form of identification,” the lawsuit alleges. “The manager refused to speak with Gibson in person. It was only after a significant heated discussion with the cashier that Gibson was finally able to complete the transaction.”
The lawsuit added that Home Depot’s employees “purposely interfered with and refused to process the transaction based on their groundless suspicion of Gibson, Mora and Hernandez arising from their skin color, and in the case of Mora and Hernandez, their national origin.”
