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Do Not Rent a Storage Unit to Corbin Bernsen

Corbin BernsenSomebody get McKenzie, Brackman, Chaney and Kuzak on the phone -- Corbin Bernsen is being sued.

According to a lawsuit filed in L.A. Superior Court, Bernsen signed a lease on a storage unit in Van Nuys, Calif. back in April 2000 for $900/month. The storage company claims he vacated the unit on January 31, 2009, but hadn't paid rent since January 2004. Sum of unpaid rent -- $55,800.

Now get this -- the storage unit company claims Bernsen rented another storage unit in February 1999 for $860/month, which he vacated in February 2009. According to the company, Bernsen hadn't paid rent on that unit since January 2003. Sum of unpaid rent -- $66,600.

Corbin's people tell TMZ they have been in a long-standing dispute with the storage company. His camp feels they haven't held up certain aspects of the lease agreement.

They are seeking the unpaid rent, plus interest and late charges, on both units.

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1. What's he storing? His career?

Posted at 1:26AM on Apr 22nd 2009 by weekendGayBOy

2. Doesnt make sense. Sounds like the storage company is trying to scam him...
WHY WAIT SO LONG AND LET IT KEEP ADDING UP?!?!

Posted at 1:27AM on Apr 22nd 2009 by ★☆RoXaNnE☆★

3. He could have turned water into wine for that kind of moolah.

Posted at 1:27AM on Apr 22nd 2009 by Jesus

4. Roxanne... wouldn't you let it pile up... isn't 100 grand more fun than 800 dollars?
I'm ashamed of your illogic, Roxanne.

Posted at 1:29AM on Apr 22nd 2009 by S. Martin

5. S.Martin# 4

I am not one to take advantage so I guess in a losers eyes like you, I dont get the logic
Its pretty bad to do that to someone, no matter how much cash they got


4. Roxanne... wouldn't you let it pile up... isn't 100 grand more fun than 800 dollars?
I'm ashamed of your illogic, Roxanne.

Posted at 1:29AM on Apr 22nd 2009 by S. Martin

Posted at 1:41AM on Apr 22nd 2009 by ★☆RoXaNnE☆★

6. Roxanne... you say you're not one to take advantage... yet you throw the word loser around like a horseshoe at a fourth of July picnic. You seem to be operating at cross purposes here... don't take advantage but assume the worst in people.

Think about it... the storage company runs hundreds... maybe thousands of units... it's easy to have one pile up... especially with a VIP (celebrity) holding it... perhaps you trust that a guy with money will pay you and not use it for ten years and stiff you.

This loser sees both sides... and Bernson's smells.
I'll err on the side of caution and assume you're not a loser... but you need to work on your communication skills.

Posted at 1:51AM on Apr 22nd 2009 by S.Martin

7. Hey S.Martin.....
F☆ck Off

Is that better for communcation skills?

I think thats that and all I need to say
I wasnt commenting in the first place for some jerk to talk sh!t about a comment I made that was not offensive....

So Please S.Martin..
F☆CK OFF and have a lovely day :)

Posted at 1:58AM on Apr 22nd 2009 by ★☆RoXaNnE☆★

8. I knew that would work... it's so easy tricking a simpleton... you just proved how easy it is to spot a true LOSER.
Pathetic... the uneducated bore me... now go away.

Posted at 2:08AM on Apr 22nd 2009 by S. Martin

9. I am happy you get off by talking sh!t to a poor lil simpleton like me :)
Have a nice day!
I wont be wasting more time responding and helping you get off
Idiot!
I am so sorry I said something to upset you in the first place.
A loser and simpleton like me really upset you didnt I?
Now, go figure out how YOU can rip someone off like the storage company is trying to do with him since you think its ok.
NITE NITE

Posted at 2:25AM on Apr 22nd 2009 by ★☆RoXaNnE☆★

10. If he were just your average guy off the street the units would have been opened and the contents auctioned off.............pay up!

Posted at 2:40AM on Apr 22nd 2009 by Lekili

11. Pay up Corbin, you know you can afford it.

If it were anyone one but a celebrity, they would throw our a$$es out after a few months of unpaid rent, not years.

Posted at 6:53AM on Apr 22nd 2009 by Karen Ann

12. If poor little simpleton S. Martin had half a brain, he would know that what he was saying is not sound business sense at all. I'm sure that $800/month was not breaking them but it's better for any business to have the money in the bank than sit around and get it in one lump sum years later. Someone with adequate financial bearings would have gotten the money in a timely fashion and let it sit in their account and draw interest (what little it can bring today). Only a very inexperienced person, a teenager perhaps, (I think even some of them would know better that what S.M. was saying) would follow S.M.'s logic

Posted at 7:31PM on Apr 22nd 2009 by t27

13. that's a whole lotta stuff to store, and $$$ going out the window. There's more to the story than we know. Arny needs to divorce himself of this case.

Posted at 12:56PM on Apr 22nd 2009 by di

14. I couldn't agree more with the comments about if he were a non-celebrity they would have allowed him to go a few months and then they would have padlocked his units, notified him, given him another grace period to pay, than they would have taken possession of his property and done what they wanted with it -- sell it, auction it, whatever. If it goes to court, I'm sure they'll take that into consideration and if the storage people don't have paperwork showing why they let him go for so long without paying........I dunno, yet another damn case of discrimination (discriminate against the regular Jill and Joe yet because it's a celebrity will let it build and build for years and than sue his ass and get big bucks??? Ugh, what sense does that even make, not like they're going to get anything more than they owe, besides perhaps lawyer fees. Certainly can't sue for any type of emotional distress (LMAO), or are they going to pull a fast one and try lost wages because he would not remove his stuff they lost wages from not being able to rent his 2 units? Umm, they could have fixed that problem on their own in the first year of his contract, not years later).

Posted at 10:43AM on Apr 22nd 2009 by Terri

15. Posted at 10:43AM on Apr 22nd 2009 by Terri

You took the words right out of my mouth. Great post.

I blame the company. I have never heard of a storage compant (big or small) allowing a customer to go no more than 3 months without paying. 3 months versus 9 years. Something is not right. And no offense to Corbin Bernsen. I have seen him in several movies and he is a decent actor. But he is no Brad Pitt or George Cloney. He's no A list celeb. More like a D trending on F. So, giving him celeb status is questionable on the storage company. It just doesn't add up. If I where the judge. I would invoke statute of limitations and on top of that them (the company) not honoring their end and not closing the account and being sent to collections. My question is, why now? Smells like a frivolous lawsuit.

Posted at 10:59AM on Apr 22nd 2009 by UptownRazorback

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