Kenya Moore is shutting down a report claiming she defaulted on rent payments to her hair spa’s landlord. She teased a YouTube livestream in which she appears to plan to delve into the issue further. For now, she says the landlord failed to pay $80,000 in tenant improvement allowance, and they’re in a legal dispute. Initial reports said Moore is who owes more than that.
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Report Says Kenya Moore Owes Landlord $87,000
Kenya Moore’s business expenses came under public judgment last week after TMZ reported that she owed $87,976 to her landlord. For context, Kenya Moore Hair Spa has been in business in Atlanta since 2024. Last October, the landlord, Northland Chamblee LLC sued Kenya Moore for the unpaid rent, claiming she spotted paying in December 2024. Kenya Moore Hair Spa denied the allegations and said the landlord failed to make improvements.
Citing court documents, a Georgia judge gave Kenya two payment dates to repay the money. She allegedly was supposed to pay $43,988 by the end of February and the same amount, plus $0.467. The judge also reportedly ordered the spa owner to pay $5,500 in monthly rent if she planned to keep her business at the property. A few weeks after the judge’s ruling, the landlord accused Moore of missing the deadline for the first payment and is seeking possession of the property, per TMZ.
Moore Says She Doesn’t Owe Rent
Though a few days later, Kenya Moore is strongly denying that she owes her landlord money. It appears her Instagram post on Friday is the first time she’s speaking out directly, rather than via a statement from her business. She plans to go live on Sunday to presumably tell it all. For now, she’s standing on previous word. Moore said money is owed to her, not the other way around! And apparently, she’s trying to handle it in court. Kenya shared that she dropped six figures to build out her hair salon and the landlord failed to reimburse her.
“The reports about me being behind on rent are false. As I have stated before, my company is in an active lawsuit against my salon landlord for failing to pay nearly $80,000 in tenant improvement allowance OWED TO ME. I invested over $300,000 of my own money to build out my salon in a commercial space from a white box. When the landlord failed to reimburse contractual expenses, I withheld rent in an effort to reach a fair settlement, and subsequently filed a countersuit for the amount they failed to reimburse.”
