{"id":799107,"date":"2026-07-30T00:24:31","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T00:24:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/799107\/"},"modified":"2026-07-30T00:24:31","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T00:24:31","slug":"why-was-lamelo-ball-sued-by-cam-newtons-family-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/799107\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Was LaMelo Ball Sued By Cam Newton\u2019s Family Business?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"609\" width=\"1083\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Charlotte-Hornets-guard-LaMelo-Ball.jpg\" alt=\"Charlotte-Hornets-guard-LaMelo-Ball\" class=\"wp-image-24097022\"  \/>Jim Dedmon-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">LaMelo Ball is back in the news for allegedly making some questionable decisions. Now, a business owned by the father of former NFL star Cam Newton is suing the new Minnesota Timberwolves player.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Agape Property Management brought the complaint, filed Monday in Mecklenburg Superior Court in North Carolina, as an extension of allegations against Jermaine Jackson, <a href=\"https:\/\/brobible.com\/tag\/lamelo-ball\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"66946477\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">LaMelo Ball\u2019s<\/a> manager since high school, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.charlotteobserver.com\/sports\/charlotte-hornets\/article316698961.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Charlotte Observer<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ball had been living in a luxury apartment above Chima Steakhouse in uptown for the previous five years. Before his family\u2019s business took ownership, former Panthers quarterback <a href=\"https:\/\/brobible.com\/tag\/cam-newton\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"8465627\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cam Newton<\/a> owned both units.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/brobible.com\/tag\/lawsuits\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"28914485\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">lawsuit<\/a>, LaMelo Ball subleased one of the units to Jackson. Ball continued to lease the unit for Jackson after purchasing the one he lived in outright for $2.47 million. However, the lawsuit claims that for almost a year, Jackson failed to pay his rent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jackson\u2019s lawyer has claimed in his defense that his client refused to pay an extra $13,500 per month for the apartment when an aquarium in the unit started leaking. Instead, he paid the initial rate of  $7,500. In May, Newton\u2019s father, Cecil Newton, appeared in a small Mecklenburg district courtroom with photographs of the leak, which did not demonstrate that the unit was uninhabitable, according to the judge.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A judge previously evicted Jackson after Agape Property Management claimed that Jackson owed over $280,000 in overdue rent and HOA compliance costs. The firm is now holding Ball, who has earned over $108 million playing in the NBA, accountable for that money as well.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So, while many residents of Charlotte may be <a href=\"https:\/\/brobible.com\/sports\/article\/lamelo-ball-car-registered-montana-trade-charlotte-driving\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">celebrating safer streets<\/a> with LaMelo Ball leaving town, his previous presence in the city is still causing consternation for others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jim Dedmon-Imagn Images LaMelo Ball is back in the news for allegedly making some questionable decisions. 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