Hawthorne Mayor Chris Brown is facing evection for not paying his rent … again.
Brown was ordered to pay $10,000 in back rent and was evicted from his home last year. According to documents obtained by the Daily Breeze, Brown has not paid rent since November at the luxury cond where he lives with his family.
“Brown has refused an order to leave his unit at ThreeSixty at South Bay at El Segundo and Aviation boulevards, where his landlord is seeking $17,500 in back rent and other damages.
“Additionally, according to the court documents, California Republic Bank is pursuing Brown in court in an attempt to recover $19,635.06 for an unpaid loan. That case was filed in February in Los Angeles Superior Court,” the paper reports.
“Brown and his wife stopped paying rent in December at their unit, which costs $116.67 per day. They were ordered to leave the home six weeks ago but haven’t budged, instead filing a court document contesting the eviction proceedings. As a result, Isbilen said, it could be months before police can legally remove him from the condo.
“I still have to come up with the mortgage payment and he’s putting me in a financial hole in such a bad way,” his landlord said in an interview.
Brown’s previous landlord troubles were with another former mayor of Hawthorne.
"After a couple months, I finally wrote him a letter that said, 'Dear Mayor, how about bringing in the rent?'" said Guy Hocker, who served as mayor of Hawthorne himself from 1976 to 1985, in an interview with NBC news.