Confusion is brewing over whether eviction notices were ever issued to tenants of Breakfast Shed who packed up and left over the last few months with one point eight million dollars in rent arrears hanging over their heads.
Attorneys for the tenants insist they were given legal notices that the CEO of UDECOTT Tameka Charles misled the board- but the Chariman of UDECOTT has also indicated that far as he was aware no eviction notices were formally served on the tenants.
00:00Were the vendors of Breakfast Shed issued formal eviction notices?
00:04This seems to be the contention at the moment, as the lawyers of the tenants of Breakfast Shed wrote to the Udicot board yesterday,
00:11stating that Udicot's CEO, Tameka Charles, quote,
00:15blatantly misled both your board and the national community by feeding misinformation to the chairman and the press by denying having issued eviction notices, close quote.
00:25The attorneys further claimed in the letter, open quote,
00:27Truth of the matter is that Ms. Charles is in many ways responsible for all that has been streamed and the public dressing down of your corporation.
00:36In this regard, our chambers calls out Ms. Charles has been guilty of having bullied, intimidated and hounded our clients out of their business operation to the extent that under pressure of duress and harassment, their businesses have folded, close quote.
00:51The attorneys also indicated that they had written to Ms. Charles on September 9th with a constructive proposal rather than closing down Breakfast Shed,
00:59as the closure would suggest that the vendors surrendered their right, which was sought under a long-term lease request.
01:06However, Udicot's chairman, Shankar Bidesi, debunked the myth of any eviction notices being formally served.
01:11Bidesi told the media yesterday that the vendors left of their own accord as they were in arrears of $1.8 million.
01:19He denied then that they were forcibly removed and that vendors left without telling anyone.
01:24When TV6 News asked the vendors' attorneys to produce evidence of any eviction notice, they sent this letter, which had been issued by Udicot's CEO, Tameka Charles, on September 15th.
01:34Effectually, the letter sent by the CEO demanding the outstanding arrears of $1.8 million for the period August 2013 to August 2025.
01:45Charles, in a letter, stated, quote,
01:47Should you fail to pay the outstanding arrears, further legal action and eviction proceedings will be commenced against you in furtherance of recovering the debt
01:55and you may suffer adverse consequences, including additional costs as a result, close quote.
02:02Legal sources say threat of eviction proceedings and formally issuing an eviction notice are two different things.
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