Current:Home > MarketsAttorneys for West Virginia governor’s family want to block planned land auction to repay loans-Angel Dreamer Wealth Society D1 Reviews & Insights
Attorneys for West Virginia governor’s family want to block planned land auction to repay loans
View Date:2024-12-23 22:00:43
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Attorneys for the family of West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice are seeking to block a Virginia bank from plans to auction off land at the governor’s posh resort to recover more than $300 million on defaulted business loans.
A complaint seeking an injunction was filed Wednesday on behalf of the Greenbrier Sporting Club in White Sulphur Springs. The filing in Greenbrier County Circuit Court said the auction would jeopardize thousands of jobs and “severely damage” both the club and the Greenbrier Resort, which has hosted U.S. presidents and royalty and is the county’s largest employer.
The complaint asks the court to halt the planned auction until it addresses claims by the Justice family against Carter Bank & Trust of Martinsville, Virginia. It seeks a jury trial. A federal lawsuit filed by the Justice companies against the bank in November is pending.
On at least four occasions between 2021 and 2023, the Justice companies tried to steer their banking business from Carter Bank to other lenders, who were prepared to pay off all or part of their Carter Bank loans. But Carter Bank “blocked or sabotaged” the transfer efforts, the complaint in state court said.
Carter Bank has said it would “aggressively” pursue $302 million it was owed in principal debt, plus interest and fees, from companies owned by the governor’s family.
“Banks have an obligation to their shareholders and the financial system to collect in full all amounts that are due and owing to them,” the bank said in a filing last month with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. “Carter Bank is no different from any other bank in this regard.”
A message left with the bank seeking comment on the latest court filing wasn’t immediately returned Thursday.
Carter Bank published a legal notice in the Charleston Gazette-Mail on Tuesday announcing a March 5 auction involving land at the Greenbrier Sporting Club would be held outside the Greenbrier County Courthouse in Lewisburg.
The sporting club is a private equity club and residential community that opened in 2000. Justice bought the resort out of bankruptcy in 2009. The PGA Tour held a tournament at the resort from 2010 until 2019.
During a media availability Wednesday, Justice called Carter Bank “beyond belief terrible. And we’re not going to put up with it anymore. We’re going to push back.”
Justice, who owns dozens of companies, also has been the subject of numerous court claims that he has been late in paying millions of dollars he owes in fines, such as for unsafe working conditions at his coal mines.
Justice, a Republican, is finishing his second term as governor this year and is running for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Democrat Joe Manchin. Manchin has said he is not seeking reelection.
Last year dozens of properties owned by Justice in three counties were put up for auction as payment for delinquent real estate taxes.
veryGood! (53339)
Related
- Indiana in the top five of the College Football Playoff rankings? You've got to be kidding
- Martin Luther King Jr.’s Son Dexter Scott King Dead at 62 After Cancer Battle
- Charles Osgood, veteran CBS newsman and longtime host of Sunday Morning, dies at 91
- Sheryl Lee Ralph shares Robert De Niro revelation in Oprah interview: Exclusive clip
- MLS Star Marco Angulo Dead at 22 One Month After Car Crash
- Oscar nominations 2024: Justine Triet becomes 8th woman ever nominated for best director
- Rights center says Belarusian authorities have arrested scores of people in latest crackdown
- Michigan player wins $4.37 million, becomes first Lotto 47 jackpot winner of 2024
- A crowd of strangers brought 613 cakes and then set out to eat them
- Charles Osgood, veteran CBS newsman and longtime host of Sunday Morning, dies at 91
Ranking
- Sister Wives’ Madison Brush Details Why She Went “No Contact” With Dad Kody Brown
- Will Ferrell's best friend came out as trans. He decided to make a movie about it.
- Driver who struck LA sheriff’s recruits in deadly crash pleads not guilty to vehicular manslaughter
- Germany’s top court rules a far-right party is ineligible for funding because of its ideology
- Bradley Cooper and Gigi Hadid Enjoy a Broadway Date Night and All that Jazz
- Judge says Canada’s use of Emergencies Act to quell truckers’ protests over COVID was unreasonable
- To parents of kids with anxiety: Here's what we wish you knew
- IRS will start simplifying its notices to taxpayers as agency continues modernization push
Recommendation
-
Disruptions to Amtrak service continue after fire near tracks in New York City
-
Queer Eye's Jonathan Van Ness Claps Back at Troll Asking If They're Pregnant
-
Mexico’s Yucatan tourist train sinks pilings into relic-filled limestone caves, activists show
-
US strikes three facilities in Iraq following attacks on American forces by Iran-backed militias
-
2025 Medicare Part B premium increase outpaces both Social Security COLA and inflation
-
Ex-NBA guard Kevin Porter Jr. reaches plea deal, avoids jail time in NYC domestic assault case
-
Eagles purging coordinators as Brian Johnson, DCs leaving. What it means for Nick Siranni
-
Dakota Johnson Clarifies Her Viral 14-Hour Sleep Schedule