Ten more individuals and companies have joined a lawsuit against The Trump Organization and Donald Trump, saying they were duped into investing millions of dollars in the failed Trump Tower Tampa Project. There are now 41 plaintiffs, and they say they purchased because they thought Trump himself was building the property.
The real developer was SimDag/Robel LLC. Trump leased his name to be used on the project to induce buyers to purchase, according to the lawsuit, which was originally filed in November in Hillsborough County Circuit Court. Because of jurisdictional reasons, the suit has been moved to federal court in Tampa.
The 52-story tower was supposed to be built along the Hillsborough River on Ashley Street in downtown Tampa. The developer ended up filing for bankruptcy. Trump sued SimDag in 2007 for unpaid fees and for not completing the tower. A settlement agreement was reached in that case, but Trump filed another suit against four of the company's principals in December. According to that suit, the defendants stopped making payments.
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