by Jeroslyn JoVonn
August 12, 2024
Disabled man sues Rick Ross for lack of accessbility choices at his annual automobile present.
Rick Ross is being sued by one disgruntled man who risked all of it to attend his annual automobile present however was prevented because of the occasion’s lack of wheelchair accessibility.
Darris Straughter is suing the hip-hop mogul for breach of contract, unjust enrichment, and violation of the People With Disabilities Act after he waited hours to realize entry to Ross’s third annual Automotive & Bike Present, to no avail, TMZ studies. Straughter claims to have bought his automobile to afford the journey, lodging, and ticket he bought to attend the occasion held at Ross’s large Georgia property.
Nevertheless, he by no means made it inside after a wheelchair-accessible shuttle bus he was promised by no means arrived to get him to the occasion. Straughter mentioned he reached out to the venue two weeks prematurely to tell them about his accessibility wants and request affordable lodging for his wheelchair.
He claims automobile present organizers assured him a shuttle would take him from the car parking zone to the occasion. However after ready contained in the car parking zone for a number of hours, Straughter bought fed up, gave away his ticket, and returned to his resort as soon as the bus failed to indicate up.
He wasn’t the one one who didn’t make it inside. Feedback below an Instagram submit concerning the occasion spotlight how many individuals had been upset with the shortage of shuttle lodging and occasion planning.
“8 tickets and we are able to’t even get in bc of y’all lack of poor planning been using for two hours up down the SAME Road,” one girl wrote. “Whoever you employed to direct visitors, simply preserve sending us in circles! I’m very upset now we have parking passes and nonetheless can’t park! Only a full waste!”
In line with Straughter’s lawyer, John Hoover Esq, attendees who didn’t make it inside had been promised a refund. However the swimsuit claims no person ever adopted up with him.
Now, he’s suing Ross for damages and an order that can power the automobile present to offer disabled entry at future occasions.
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