Jason Duggar has a lot to celebrate these days now that he’s officially engaged to Maddie Grace, but he may be seeing the inside of a courtroom before he makes that walk to the altar. Former 19 Kids and Counting star Jason is being sued by the owners of a home that he served as a contractor on, and not only are they claiming that he has refused to fix 22 separate issues that have come up with the house since they moved on, but they’re also accusing him of fraud.
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A few years ago, Jason and his brothers started their own construction business.
According to what he has shared on social media, Jason has been working on new construction homes in his home state of Arkansas — no big surprise there, considering the fact that the Duggars grew up helping to flip houses and doing their own DIY projects around the house.
But despite having that experience under his belt, it sounds like one of Jason’s sales has gotten him into a bit of hot water.
A civil lawsuit was filed against Jason last week.
4029 News reports that an Arkansas man named Mark Thompson filed a suit against Jason and his company, Madison Holding LLC, last Monday, claiming that the home he was sold in Bella Vista has 22 different issues. Thompson says that the company had a month to fix all of the problems — which include a damaged roof and cracked drywall — but neglected to take care of them.
Now, it sounds like Jason and his team have ghosted him altogether.
More than a year later, the problems still have not been fixed.
In legal documents obtained by In Touch Weekly, the homeowner’s last interaction with Jason was in May, at which point, “rather than continuing with the needed repairs, [Jason] suggested that he simply pay for them to be done by someone else.”
After that, Mark stated that Jason and his company have “gone silent on addressing these issues.”
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He is also accusing Jason of fraud.
Allegedly, Jason isn’t actually a licensed contractor, and Mark claimed that there is no record of his license on the Arkansas Contractors Licensing Board.
“The contractor made false representations of material fact to Plaintiff by representing he was a licensed contractor and by representing he was making several of the repairs (e.g., to the roof), or had made repairs to the home in compliance with the addendum and warranty,” the suit states.
According to the Arkansas Department of Labor and Licensing, residential builders must be licensed if their project costs more than $2,000 to complete.
Jason is now required to appear in court.
In Touch also obtained a court summons that was issued to Jason last week, informing him that within 30 days, he “must file with the clerk of this court a written answer to the complaint or a motion under Rule 12 of the Arkansas Rules of Civil Procedure.”
So far, Jason has yet to respond publicly to the allegations against him.
