StorageWars
New Member
- Jurisdiction
- California
I kicked my toxic ex out at the beginning of March, but he left most of his belongings at my apartment. I never told him I would store them, but I knew he was couch surfing so I figured I would give him some time to figure things out. We had limited contact through March and I made it clear that if he wanted to grab his stuff we would need to set up a time so I could arrange for someone to be at the apartment because I don't feel comfortable being around him and don't want to see him. He never arranged for a time and I didn't hear from him in April.
I ended up getting a storage unit at the end of April and moved all of his stuff to the unit. I texted him to let him know that his stuff is in storage, gave him all the information to access the storage unit, told him I paid for a month and he had 30 days to pick up his things, by May 29th. He initially thanked me, but a week later when I reminded him of the date he is now threatening to sue me if I dispose of his belongings after the 30 days.
He says we had a verbal agreement that I would hold his stuff until he got on his feet, but that never happened. We ended on bad terms and I would have never agreed to hold on to his things indefinitely. Can he sue me? Am I responsible for his belongings?
I ended up getting a storage unit at the end of April and moved all of his stuff to the unit. I texted him to let him know that his stuff is in storage, gave him all the information to access the storage unit, told him I paid for a month and he had 30 days to pick up his things, by May 29th. He initially thanked me, but a week later when I reminded him of the date he is now threatening to sue me if I dispose of his belongings after the 30 days.
He says we had a verbal agreement that I would hold his stuff until he got on his feet, but that never happened. We ended on bad terms and I would have never agreed to hold on to his things indefinitely. Can he sue me? Am I responsible for his belongings?