Somebody needs to wake up Mr. West so he can give Mercedes their car back. According to a lawsuit filed Friday in Los Angeles Superior Court, The multi-platinum selling rapper hasn’t been making payments on his lease for a 2003 Mercedes-Benz G500. And now the company that owns the title to the car he’s holding hostage is looking for damages and trying repossess the Benz.
In the suit, DaimlerChrysler Financial Services, a Delaware-based trust company, is suing West and his KonMan Entertainment for more than $53,000 in accruing lease payments in addition to late charges, interest and punitive damages. DCFS alleges they failed to make monthly payments on a G500 that was leased from New Jersey’s Prestige Motors in September 2002.
According to the suit, when the lease expired in January of this year, West and KonMan have yet to return the vehicle, valued at more than $75,000 in 2002.
“The vehicle is in the control of [West and KonMan]. … Before the commencement of this action, [DCFS] demanded each of them to return the vehicle. Nevertheless, they refused to return said vehicle and still unjustly detain it,” the suit read. “[DCFS] is entitled to immediate possession of the vehicle.”