Salahis Face So Many Suits that Court Clerks Recognized their Name
Before Tareq and Michaele Salahi gained fame for making their way into a White House party, they were well known in courthouses in Virginia and Maryland.
In those states, more than 30 suits have been filed since 2004 against the couple or a company they ran, the Washington Post reports. “Every courthouse clerk in the vicinity recognizes the Salahi name,” process server Mark Simons told the newspaper.
Plaintiffs included a hairstylist seeking $4,000 for hair extensions, a couple charged an extra $25,000 for their wedding at the Salahis’ vineyard, and a music promoter who says he was never paid for flying a band from France for a Salahi charity event, the story says.
According to the Post, court cases and interviews suggest the Salahis “convinced one person and company after another to chauffeur them, pamper them, provide designer dresses, food or entertainment—then left them holding the bill.”
They also were accused of failing to pay legal bills, including $59,000 allegedly owed to a Warrenton law firm, $19,000 to a Manassas attorney, $18,000 to a Herndon law firm, $7,400 to an Arlington firm and $5,500 to a law group in Alexandria, the story says.
Prior coverage:
ABAJournal.com: “Justice Kennedy Spoke at Obama Gate Crashers’ Wedding”