Metro Property Group, one of the city’s most ambitious real estate developers, this week sued a pair of former investors for TORTIOUS INTERFERENCE WITH CONTRACTS, BUSINESS RELATIONSHIPS AND BUSINESS EXPECTANCIES, saying they along with the controversial radio talk show host they hired as their attorney filed a baseless lawsuit about the company’s work as a means to further a hateful agenda.

The civil suit, filed 7/30/13 in U.S. District Court seeks to stop libelous postings by Kathryn Llewellyn-Jones and Mark Llewellyn-Jones – largely in Internet blogs online – about the company’s work. The pair is represented by Debbie Schlessel, who once posted on her website that she would like to see the death of 1.8 billion followers of Islam. You can review the Counter-Claim here: http://cdn.mymetroproperty.com/sites/mymetroproperty.com/files/MPG-Counter-Complaint.pdf

While the lawsuit claims that not a single Metro Property Group house has been rehabilitated, the company actually has spent more than $5 million to rehabilitate and renovate Detroit homes in 2012 alone!

Most of these houses have undergone very significant renovation, including the installation of new hot water heaters and furnaces.  The Counter-Claim even includes before and after photos showing major renovation of certain houses that the lawsuit claims were never rehabbed.