Tyler Perry has decided enough is enough! Perry has decided to fight back against Atlanta lawyer who has contested ownership of the Paces Ferry Road property on which the entertainment mogul is building a 30,000-square-foot mansion.After two years defending against various lawsuits and legal moves, Perry's lawyers are on the offensive. They have filed suit in Fulton County Superior Court seeking more than $250,000 in damages, at least $25,000 in legal fees and unspecified other damages from Moreton Rolleston Jr.
The property in question consists of about 17 acres in Buckhead along the Chattahoochee River on which Rolleston's family home sat for more than 40 years. Perry paid $9 million for the land two years ago. He bought it from an estate of a former client of Rolleston which had seized the property to help settle the judgments on two verdicts against Rolleston totaling nearly $8 million.
Atlanta Lawyer Richard Gordon representing Perry has stated his client is tired of Rolleston's actions. Rolleston a 50 year practicing attorney has been disbarred due to his abuse of the legal system in continuing these lawsuits. Rolleston is a well known segregationist who fought the Supreme Court in the 50's after the Civil Rights Act passed and barred him from not allowing African American guest into his motel. Perry's suit notes that Rolleston showed up at the property and was observed two days later spying on the property from across the street. Gordon said he hoped a restraining order and contempt citation would force Rolleston to stop.
Source:AJC.com
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