Alicia Keys and her hit-making producer hubby, Swizz Beatz, are gonna have to pay crazy money, if one company gets their way. Reports have just surfaced that they’ve been named in a $16.5 million dollar lawsuit and Keys is trying to get her name out of that mess ASAP.
Why They’re Being Sued
This whole ordeal is over their fleet of high end luxury vehicles. According to reports, in September, a car leasing company, by the name of Metro Gem Leasing, filed a lawsuit against Swizz, but they also decided to add Alicia Key’s company, AK Worldwide Productions, to it as well.
In the ‘suit, the leasing company claims that Swizz tried to pull a fast one over on them, by ‘reselling, or fraudulently using’ the cars that were leased in his name. Some of the vehicles listed were a $600,000 Ferrari F12 and a $155,000 Range Rover. According to Metro, the cars were still being put to use by Swizz, after he’d defaulted on the loans.
The lawsuit also states that the cars were apparently meticulously stashed away to avoid getting repossessed after they were already in default and major money was still owed for the cars. In a separate legal filing, Metro Leasing also claimed that both Swizz Beatz and Keys were in default for 5 car leases.
Keys & Beatz Dispute Claims
After Keys was name dropped in the lawsuit, she has now reportedly decided to fight back. According to reports, Keys is filing to get her name completely off the lawsuit, because she says she has nothing to do with those leased vehicles and that as far as she knows, all of the cars were properly returned to Metro. She also said her name is nowhere on the lease agreement and alleges that Metro is just trying to use her name for a more profitable outcome.
As far as Swizz’s side of the story, he was reported as accusing the car leasing company of trying to sue him for an outlandish amount simply because he is rich and famous. He, too, has now reportedly filed a separate motion to have his name dismissed from the lawsuit as well.
*Sigh* More money, more problems, I tell ya.’
