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Some interesting things I pulled. Her attorneys needed to file a better pleading than it did they seem but the court didn't fully dismiss the claims so hopefully she can come out successful. He sounds like a piece of shit and I'm glad she got out of that. Sucks it took so long. 

 

"Plaintiffs reasonably relied on these representations, considering Hill’s personal relationship with Shank and his abuse/manipulation. (Compl., ¶ 57.) Plaintiffs were not able to fully understand the abuses until June 2019, when Hill broke up with Shank"

 

“Shank defrauded and embezzled monies and personal property from Plaintiffs’ in an amount that, upon information and belief, totals a specific and identifiable sum of nearly $1 million, if not more.” (Compl. ¶ 63.) Plaintiffs cite specific examples of Shank’s embezzlement. From 2017 through the first half of 2019, Shank racked up more than $700,000 in charges on Plaintiffs’ credit cards, “much” of which were justified by Shank as being professional expenses for Plaintiffs."

 

"The Complaint alleges the parties were in an abusive relationship. Defendant was in a position of power over Hill due to their age difference and his position as her manager. (Compl., ¶¶ 3, 20-21.) With her livelihood dependent on physical appearance, Shank repeatedly criticized Hill’s looks to prey on her vulnerability. (Compl. ¶¶ 4, 22.) He “regularly screamed at her, belittled her, insulted her, and called her horrible names.” (Compl. ¶ 22.) He obstructed Hill’s relationship with her family to isolate her. (Compl. ¶ 23.) He exploited her finances for his personal benefit. (See Compl., ¶¶ 26-34.) Following their breakup, Shank would repeatedly call Hill, show up at her house unannounced, send harassing communications to family and friends, and stalk her at public events. (Compl., ¶¶ 35-38.)"

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24 minutes ago, TheDude2k said:

Can anyone summarize the backstory in laymen's terms?  TiA!

So there's a list of Taylor's causes of action - 1) declaratory relief; 2) fraud; 3) conversion; 4) unjust enrichment; 5) intentional infliction of emotional distress; and 6) negligent infliction of emotional distress

 

law student here will try to break things down for you and anyone, feel free to ask more questions if something isn't clear! I will be referring to Taylor and Michael but obviously mean them and their attorneys in some situations. 

 

Firstly, the court is saying Michael and Taylor and their attorneys needed to "meet and confer" before Michael could file this and they didn't do that. They're saying they will still look at it but that if Michael f's up again they're not going to. 

 

This came from Michael filing demurrers for sufficiency which is asking whether Taylor's complaints were sufficient enough to meet the claims she is claiming.

 

So she is suing for a few different things and the other plaintiff is Pinkelephant Inc. which is a Tennessee corporation so I'm assuming it's a company that she has for management of her work but I couldn't completely find more information on that online. 

 

She's suing Michael for money she is saying that he took from her fraudulently by acting as a consultant to her and as a manager. Additionally she's claiming that he intentionally inflicted emotional distress and negligently inflicted it so he purposefully caused her emotional distress and just sort of by accident/through his other actions caused her more emotional distress.

 

Her attorneys didn't seem to state these all clearly and well in the complaint. There's a rule for the justice system when you are filing a complaint that you have to do it with particularity so you can't just say "This person caused me emotional distress" you have to say "This person caused me emotional distress on October 5, 2017 when he did _____. I have proof my emotional distress because i dealt with anxiety causing me to be physically sick and need to go to therapy or doctors for this long." This decision there in those statements is saying that the complaint didn't state things with enough particularity when it came to the fraud claim, conversion claim, unjust enrichment claim, and IIED claim. They didn't totally dismiss the claim because they see some standing to what she is saying and she he messed up and harmed her financially and perhaps monetarily but they're saying the attorneys need to bring more particular claims before these can be heard properly. 

 

As for the claims, Michael somehow defrauded her from what Taylor is saying is almost $1 million dollars. She is saying he used his position as older than her and as her manager to prey on her vulnerabilities of her looks and body when that is so important to her job. She is also saying they had an abusive relationship generally (see the lack of particularity here). 

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1 hour ago, Isitfree said:

The suit seems to filed a year after they broke up (filed in June 2020, and the case claims they broke up on June 2019). Wonder what made it take so long to file considering it's almost a million on the line here.

They dated for a long time and the thing says Taylor wasn't fully aware of the abusive nature until they broke up. I imagine turning on someone who you "loved" for so long took some convincing from friends/family. Also making sure that you can file a proper complaint and stuff can take some time. 

 

40 minutes ago, TheDude2k said:

Were they dating or something?  Or was it purely a professional relationship?  If the former, always dicey to mix business with pleasure.  Pardon my lack of knowledge.

Yes they've known each other since before she was 18. Dated pretty much since she was 18 (probably before then but not public) until 2019 it seems. 

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3 minutes ago, tatehill said:

They dated for a long time and the thing says Taylor wasn't fully aware of the abusive nature until they broke up. I imagine turning on someone who you "loved" for so long took some convincing from friends/family. Also making sure that you can file a proper complaint and stuff can take some time. 

 

Yes they've known each other since before she was 18. Dated pretty much since she was 18 (probably before then but not public) until 2019 it seems. 

 

Dang... that's wild.  You hope breakups end amicably, but when $$$ gets involved, it can bring out the worst nature in people while showing their true colors.  But yeah, 18 is young to know those life lessons ahead of time.

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48 minutes ago, TheDude2k said:

Were they dating or something?  Or was it purely a professional relationship?  If the former, always dicey to mix business with pleasure.  Pardon my lack of knowledge.

If you go back in her thread, you'll see them together a lot. The age difference was a frequent comment, as was his general demeanor, recognizing that we really know very little. His nickname here, and you'll see this for obvious reasons, was "Hair Gel."

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5 minutes ago, BAGGOT said:

If you go back in her thread, you'll see them together a lot. The age difference was a frequent comment, as was his general demeanor, recognizing that we really know very little. His nickname here, and you'll see this for obvious reasons, was "Hair Gel."

 

I had to Google him.  You gotta admit... he does wear the douche-bag look well as "Hair Gel". 😂

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She needs/needed better lawyers. The fact that his demurrer was sustained (with leave to amend) was surprising, given that she made a broad amount of claims - although some seemed dubious. It is unclear whether she did choose to amend or indeed dropped the case. Does anyone have an answer?

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