TEEN Mom 2 star Chelsea Houska’s husband Cole DeBoer has been sued for over $2,500 for “failing to pay water bills” as they fight a $3 million lawsuit.
In court documents exclusively obtained by The Celeb Report, Culligan Water, a company that sells water filters and dispensers, claimed Cole, 32, rented two products from them – an Iron Soft and PE Carbon – for $40 a month.
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The company claimed they have not received payments from Chelsea’s husband since October 2, 2020.
The February 8, 2021 filing alleged: “On 11/18/20, we sent him a postcard asking him to call the office. On 12/10/20 and 1/5/21 we sent him letters saying he needed to pay the balance or contact us with arrangements.”
The company claimed he “did not respond.”
They attempted to reach him over the phone on January 26, 2021, but he did not respond and they were unable to leave a message because his inbox was full.
The papers continued: “We are filing for the past due balance plus cost of the rental units still in his possession.”
The company is requesting $2,557.30.
Cole has not responded to the lawsuit.
The complaint comes nearly a year after Chelsea, 29, and Cole were sued for “withholding money” made from social media promotions.
In court papers obtained by The Celeb Report, Chelsea, Cole, her company C&A Enterprises and The William Gerard Group were sued for breach of contract by consulting company Envy in April 2020.
Envy claimed in the lawsuit, which YouTube channel Without a Crystal Ball first broke, that the company entered into a contract with The William Gerard Group in 2015 to provide consulting services to Chelsea and Cole, who entered a contract in 2016, in exchange for a portion of revenue made from deals.
Chelsea and Cole’s children, Aubree, 11, Watson, 3, Layne, 2, and her father, Randy, were included in the contract, Envy claimed in the court papers.
Envy worked as a “consultant to negotiate appearance, endorsement, licensing, royalty and television agreements and related contracts” from 2015 through 2019.
The court papers claim Chelsea and Cole “failed to pay any of the contractually required fees.”
Chelsea and Cole were required to pay Envy 35 percent of all fees or royalties for domestic deals and 40 percent for foreign deals.
The court papers claimed Chelsea and Cole “breached their contracts by directing certain Brands to directly pay Houska, DeBoer, one of the other Shared Clients, and/or other persons or entities to avoid paying Envy Licensing Fees.”
The MTV stars also “both failed to perform, without any cause or reason, many of their responsibilities to the Brands.
“This included, but is not limited to Bombay Hair Wand, Carseat Canopy, Daniel Wellington, Diff, Fab Fit Fun, Highway3, Kitsch, Kitsch Hats, Loving Tan, One Memory Lane, Perfekt Beauty, Profile Sanford, Sintillia, Sparkling Organics Sipp, Sugar Bear Hair, Teami Blends, and Timeless Organics.”
Allegedly failing to meet the contractual obligations caused them to “forfeit certain fees upon which Envy was entitled to receive.”
The court papers continued to claim Chelsea and Cole made “millions of dollars” due to Envy’s efforts.
The company is suing the defendants for $3 million.
Chelsea, Cole and the other defendants hit back against the lawsuit by filing a counterclaim in May 2020, alleging Envy actually withheld $150,000 from them.
Chelsea and Cole denied the allegations and claimed they “do not owe any payments to Envy.”
The court papers claimed: “Envy wrongfully withheld payments due to Chelsea.”
As for Envy’s alleged deal with their children, Chelsea claimed: “No agreement exists with regard to Chelsea’s children.”
The reality stars claimed Envy has “actually harmed the professional careers of Defendants Chelsea and Cole by withholding considerable payments from them and acting in an unprofessional manner, including but not limited to, arguing with and acting disrespectfully toward Chelsea and Cole, potential and then-existing licensing contacts, and other professional contacts of Chelsea and Cole.”
The Defendants also claimed Envy “intentionally omitted numerous deals and/or revenues from the Account Statements for the sole purpose of depriving Chelsea, Cole, and TWGG from receiving funds rightfully due and owing to them.”
Chelsea claimed they owe her $154,074.62 from deals with Loving Tan, Profile, Diff Eyewear and more.
They are asking for the lawsuit to be dismissed and to receive “monetary damages on their Counterclaims.”
Envy denied the claims against them in their response.
The case remains ongoing.
The lawsuit came months before Chelsea left Teen Mom 2 to “focus on the next chapter in life will focus on developing our brand and taking things to the next level with new endeavors and expanding family businesses.”
