5/6/2009 3:00 AM PDT BY TMZ STAFF
It’s all over a $150,000 gift Griffin presented to the “Jamaica 360” program — which sends 100 African American college grads on a career building vacation to Jamaica. Sure the intentions were good — but according to a lawsuit filed by a man who went on the trip, the check bounced.
The man, Samir Sayegh, claims he was then duped into lending Griffin his credit card to cover a hotel bill while they were in Jamaica — but according to the suit, Griffin took the card and secretly made a $150,000 charge to the main developer of J-360. Two weeks later, Samir got a bill from American Express with the six-figure charge.
So now … AmEx is suing Samir for the $150,000 charge … and Samir is suing Eddie and all the event developers to make them foot the bill. Good times.
Griffin’s lawyer just told us “Eddie is denying all allegations.”
Read more: http://www.tmz.com/2009/05/06/eddie-griffin-accused-of-bouncing-giant-check/#ixzz3a1iGp0VR