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Eddie Griffin Accused of Bouncing Giant Check

Eddie Griffin is in the middle of a seriously nasty lawsuit -- one littered with allegations of deception, fraud and worst of all ... bouncing one of those comically oversized donation checks.

Eddie Griffin

It's all over a $150,000 gift Griffin presented to the "Jamaica 360" program -- which sends 100 African American college grads on a career building vacation to Jamaica. Sure the intentions were good -- but according to a lawsuit filed by a man who went on the trip, the check bounced.

The man, Samir Sayegh, claims he was then duped into lending Griffin his credit card to cover a hotel bill while they were in Jamaica -- but according to the suit, Griffin took the card and secretly made a $150,000 charge to the main developer of J-360. Two weeks later, Samir got a bill from American Express with the six-figure charge.

So now ... AmEx is suing Samir for the $150,000 charge ... and Samir is suing Eddie and all the event developers to make them foot the bill. Good times.

Griffin's lawyer just told us "Eddie is denying all allegations."

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16. Ya, something isn't right here. If Samir has a $150k credit limit, he doesn't need a "career building vacation" in Jamaica, or at least doesn't need to be sponsored for one.

Posted at 11:19AM on May 6th 2009 by Mary

17. WHO THE HELL IS HE? MUST BE A MINOR BLIP FROM THE 90'S...

Posted at 11:18AM on May 6th 2009 by 3 hot chics & 1 pimpin gangsta

18. I heard Eddie Griffin also skipped out on his bill for repair to his Cadillac Escalade and skipped out on paying for meals at local Los Angeles restaurants, so this sounds like typical Eddie Griffin behavior......

Posted at 11:58AM on May 6th 2009 by Simon and Simon Detective Agency

19. WOW. What a Man-whore! Guess Eddie is really using his man-gina to the max.

Posted at 12:14PM on May 6th 2009 by Deuce Bigalow

20. from what i read.. samir is NOT a student. samir was a friend/associate of eddie's. he's an older guy.

the event was for 100 top black students graduating college and moving on to their careers.

Posted at 12:55PM on May 6th 2009 by heynow

21. I'm blocked on this one....LOL, not sure what to think

Posted at 12:47PM on May 6th 2009 by Terri

22. I think some of the posts are confused about this story. This "Samir Sayegh" is not one of the college grads who were sent on this vacation. He is a 40 year old sumarian guy from pasadena. Does anyone have the case number for the lawsauit? If the lawyers who represent Mr. Griffin pay attention to who is representing Mr. Sayegh, they may be able to make the case go way since there is a CHANCE it is a shakedown or otherwise a potentially CONFLICTED COUNSEL in the case.

Posted at 12:54PM on May 6th 2009 by IKNOW

23. WINSOM DAVIS THAT SH*T AIN'T FUNNY!
JEN WTF? YOU MEAN BY WHAT CAREER OPPORTUNITES COULD A THIRD WORLD COUNTRY HAVE TO OFFER! DON'T MAKE JUDGEMENT ABOUT SOMETHING YOU KNOW NOTHING ABOUT!

Posted at 12:55PM on May 6th 2009 by nicerack

24. I agree with #13 post. This whole incident makes no friggin sense whatsoever!!

What kind of career building skills do you get out of Jamaica, mun? Learn to farm a cash crop of ganja?

Posted at 1:04PM on May 6th 2009 by Rah-Rah

25. F*CK U RAH RAH DON'T TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW! AND YES WE DO PLANT GANJA HERE AND PROUD OF IT!

Posted at 1:13PM on May 6th 2009 by nicerack

26. Bwahahahah!!! DON'T I KNOW IT!!--and it's the best in the world!! Better than Mexico's.

Shaba!

Posted at 1:28PM on May 6th 2009 by Rah-Rah

27. ok.. after doing a little research.. ive learned more about samir and the jamaica 360 thing.

the idea behind jamaica 360 was to gather a group of top black college students graduating (many who come from a poverished background) and present them with a trip to jamaica to celebrate their success and i think they involved some key speakers, etc.. in preparation for their upcoming careers.

samir sayegh is an old business acquaintance of eddie's. samir is an older guy in his 40's.

sounds like the way things were worded have made this story much more confusing that it should be.

samir is not a student.

Posted at 2:23PM on May 6th 2009 by heynow

28. #7 made the best comment. I wouldn't loan him $10.00.

Posted at 3:46PM on May 6th 2009 by Sapphyre

29. SHAME ON YOU !!!!!

EDDIE WHY DO YOU ALWAYS PUT PEOPLE IN THE POOR HOUSE IS THIS YOUR M.O .........
YOU CANT HANDLE IT.....
YOU ALWAYS TAKE KINDNESS FOR WEAKNESS,,,GROW UP......

YOUR TRUE FRIEND......(NOT ANYMORE)

Posted at 11:41PM on May 6th 2009 by BITEME

30. Daddy, why did you do this??!!! Those poor kids don't need to be mixed up in your shenanigans. You won't be able to hide like undercover brother....

Posted at 1:59AM on May 7th 2009 by Eddie Griffin Jr.

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