I lived in a house in Beverly Hills shooting for a year and when the lease was up they refused to give the $18,000.00 deposit back because we were shooting porn there. We had a lawyer serve them but they still wouldn't pay up. The lawyer told us that all we could do at that point is sue them in small claims court for a maximum of $6500.00. The company that put up the deposit just gave up on it. When my lease is up on the house I am in now Im going to squat for a couple of months without paying rent so I can get my deposits back. The lawyer charged us another $1000 to serve them papers $18,000.00 was basically stolen from us and the $1000 lawyer fee was pointless. I have had 3 leases in Los Angeles and every landlord tried has fuck me over so far and refused to pay back deposits because of they know what I do for a living. They know they can get away with it but its not going to happen again Ill be a squatter and just have my wife but the next place in her name
