Real Housewives of Atlanta star NeNe Leakes is being sued by her “celebrity wedding planner” for a million dollars in expenses that she says were promised but never paid.
Tiffany Cook claims that Leakes brought in her Dream Design Weddings company to plan the party for her wedding day on June 22, 2013. She also claims that Leakes promised her 15% of the wedding budget as well as fees for design and execution of the wedding and travel expenses.
The budget for Leakes’ wedding was $1.8 million of which Cook says she was entitled to $270k plus another $889,900 for design fees and $1750 for plane tickets from Florida to Georgia. According to Cook, she was initially paid a down payment of $18,750 but hasn’t received anything since then. She is suing for the balance of $1,142,900 plus damages. In total Cook Is asking for more than $2.5 million for her troubles.
A Leakes representative told TMZ.com that the planner used for the wedding was a man named Tony Conway and not Cook. The rep adds, “This lawsuit has no merit and it appears to be a baseless attempt to grab 15 min of fame.”
In three separate tweets on Friday (July 26), Neakes posted:
“My wedding planner was Tony Conway & I don’t owe him a dime! My wedding was paid 4 n cash! Tune n Sept 17th @ 9pm on Bravo & see 4 yourself”
“I don’t roll like that! I’m good 2 everyone that is good 2 me & I pay my bills! Wrong person hunni”
“U thirsty? Ain’t no water over here 4 ya! LOL”
The wedding and its build up was filmed for ‘I Dream of NeNe’, which will air in the US in September. Presumably all will become clear then.
