Hip Hop mogul Jermaine Dupri
says his bank wined-and-dined him, then treated him like an uneducated
idiot in a plot to snatch millions of dollars from him .
We broke the story Sun Trust Bank sued the So So Def
founder first, claiming he defaulted on a $5 million loan. The bank
wanted $2 million for the balance plus interest .AND his entire EMI
music catalog.
Now, Dupri is firing back with a counter lawsuit
... and in the docs, he says he secured a $5 million loan in 2009 with
his ST personal banker - a man he'd worked with for years, who was
lenient on loan payments and hooked him up with swag: ATL Falcons
tickets, dinners, and more.
Then,
in 2010 Dupri claims his personal banker took advantage of his lack of
education (he didn't finish high school) and told him he had to quickly
sign a NEW loan agreement, assuring him it was for his benefit.
But
Dupri says in fact the new terms increased his loan payments without
his knowledge. As a result ... he defaulted, and had to sell off his
music catalog and his studio to settle with the bank.
This ain't chump change on the line - according to JD his studio was worth $2.5 million, and his catalog ... $20 million!
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