Nipsey Hussle business partner confirms LAPD was trying to evict The Marathon Clothing Store from the plaza.
On Sunday, David Gross posted the letter he got from Deputy City Attorney Nancy C. Hogan on Instagram. They receive the letter on February 13, 2019, a month before Nipsey Hussle was murder.
In the Instagram caption Gross said “The Los Angeles City Attorney’s office was trying to end us. Literally. They wanted to expel The Marathon Store from Slauson Plaza. No doubt, if Nipsey was alive they’d still be stalking it, after doggedly pursuing him, his brother, his team and his businesses for damn near a decade. To no avail. Again, their story to tell when appropriate.”
Gross also claims the city documents and emails were leaked to the NY Times an effort to smear them which cause some problems with their business deals.
“So the City Attorney then came at me. And then sent the cops at me. And ultimately tried to leverage the press against me by leaking docs and emails to the NYtimes to smear us, and make our ownership of the lot seem like the problem in the Crenshaw District. That caused real problems for me that I still can’t fully address it because it’s ongoing. It hurt live deals and brought some to a compete halt.”
During eulogy of Nipsey Hussle, his brother Blacc Sam told the story how they bought the plaza after getting a thirty-day eviction notice from the owner. The district attorney was pressuring the owner to kick Nipsey Hussle business off the lot.
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