Real Housewives of Atlanta star Kenya Moore’s ex-husband, Marc Daly, is facing serious legal issues, including eviction from his New York apartment, In Touch can exclusively report.
According to court documents obtained by In Touch, Marc was sued by the landlord of his Brooklyn apartment building on October 25, 2024.
The landlord claimed Marc signed a lease extension in February 2024, and his lease was scheduled to end in June 2025. Apartments in the building run from $3,424 for a studio to $6,485 for a two-bedroom.
Marc was paying $4,920.82 per month in rent. The landlord said he failed to pay rent for August and September 2024. They claimed he owed a total of $9,341 at the time the lawsuit was filed.
A judgment of possession was entered in the case on February 19, 2025.
On top of the eviction lawsuit, Marc is fighting a lawsuit brought by a separate landlord over alleged unpaid rent on another property.
Back in July 2024, a landlord named 507 Myrtle LLC sued Marc, along with Maahes LLC and Ogun LLC, and Marc was listed as the owner-guarantor of the two LLCs.
The landlord said the lawsuit was being brought to recover payment under two retail leases signed by the defendants.
The landlord said the defendants had defaulted on the leases for two retail space in a Brooklyn building. The suit said the defendants signed a lease in 2017, along with an expansion lease in 2019.
The 2017 lease had a ten-year term that expired in 2027. The 2019 lease had a ten-year term that expired in 2029.
Per their deal, Marc agreed to be liable for any money owed by the LLCs.
The suit said the defendants “have remained in mounting default of the leases … since 2022 before terminating operations and abandoning the premieres by the beginning of 2024 and cutting off all performance under the contracts.”
“Accordingly, at present, Defendants owe hundreds of thousands of dollars in unpaid rents and default obligations which continue to accrue,” the suit read.
The landlord sued Marc and the LLCs for his alleged breach of the deal. The lease agreement said the space was to be used as a restaurant.
Marc owned a Brooklyn restaurant named SoCo, which announced it was closing down in December 2024.
The social media page announced the news writing, “It is with a full heart that I announce the closure of Soco. After 15 years of serving our wonderful community, it’s time for me to explore a new adventure in media, so I move onward and upward.” The message was signed by “M.D.”
The restaurant was located on the same street as the property listed in the lease agreement.
In October 2024, the landlord said it served Marc with the legal papers at SoCo. The landlord’s lawyer said he personally served Marc at the restaurant.
He said he asked an employee for Marc, who went to get him from the kitchen. “He was approximately five feet five inches, approximately fifty years of age,” the attorney wrote.
In a separate filing, the landlord demanded $210,115 on the 2017 lease and $238,197 on the 2019 lease for a grand total of $448,313.55.
Their lawyer explained, “In and after 2022, Defendants fell into mounting arrears of their rent obligations to Plaintiff, then abruptly abandoned the leased premises in early 2024 and cut off communications with [the landlord].”
Around the same time, Marc and the LLCs filed a response and denied all allegations of wrongdoing.
The defendants argued the claims were barred by the statutes of limitations.
In addition, they said, “[The landlord’s lawsuit] should be dismissed in whole or in part, for failure to state a claim upon which relief may be granted.”
Marc and the defendants claimed the landlord was able to re-let one of the premieres after they vacated. Marc claimed he had informed the landlord’s agent in late 2023 of his plans to vacate. A hearing has been set for June in the matter. Kenya wed Marc in June 2017, and share a daughter named Brooklyn.
The duo split in September 2019 and a bitter divorce battle erupted.
As In Touch first reported, per the divorce settlement, Kenya was awarded primary custody of their daughter, and each was awarded joint legal custody.
Marc agreed to pay Kenya $2,000 per month in child support, despite her being a higher earner.
