BEVERLY HILLS, February 03, (THEWILL) – Perhaps the fear of getting evicted from her swanky apartment after reneging on paying rent, must have been responsible for Autumn Spikes’ alleged plan to extort $5m from Aliko Dangote.
Spikes, who says she secretly dated the wealthy businessman for almost 10 years until the latter part of 2020, grappled with accumulated rent arrears of $13,230 for her swanky Miami Florida apartment for the months of March to August 2020.
According to court documents, the landlord of the property, The Shoreline at SoleMia, 2301 Laguna Circle, North Miami, Florida, issued Spikes a 30-day ‘Pay or Vacate’ notice on August 5.
However, she remained in the apartment and at the expiration of the ultimatum, the landlord, on September 19, 2020, dragged her to court.
However, all attempts to have her personally served with the documents issued at every stage of the suit failed. With Spikes being unreachable, 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. The court, on October 24, issued a ‘Writ of Possession’ commanding the Sheriffs of the court to remove all persons, however, attempt to serve Spikes with the writ of possession failed.
But 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.”
This comes just a few days after the Miami Dade County court gave Spikes 20 days to respond to the court papers her ex boyfriend filed against her and after Dangote also filed a suit to issue a gag order against her.
Spikes is currently in a legal battle with Dangote following a breach in the monetary terms of a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) demanded by the richest man in Africa.
Ivory Ukonu is a versatile journalist with many years of experience, with entertainment and society reporting as her area of core competence.
