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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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31. Daddy, why did you do this???!!! Those poor kids don't need to be mixed up in your shenanigans. Please stop being the undercover brother.

Posted at 2:04AM on May 7th 2009 by Eddie Griffin Jr.

32. Ok...nicerack (I can tell your intelligence level by the nickname you chose by the way), go ahead and enlighten us about the infinite career possibilities Jamaica holds for new college grads. I'm waiting....

Posted at 10:52AM on May 7th 2009 by Jen

33. The guy in the picture to the far left with his little hand on the check is the cause of all the trouble. His name is Xavier Artist and he's a CON ARTIST. Samir was friends with eddie prior to all of this drama. the $150,000 was basically the cost of all of the students and crews airfare + room and board. We all stayed in an all inclusive resort (all u can eat n drink....lamb chops 3:00am). Xavier Artist is his name his middle name should be CON. The day before we left Xavier had to come up with the money, and mysteriously wasnt able to pay. Samir is a good guy who was suckered by Xavier. I unfortunately did business with him. He's a very good liar. For a minute i was fooled, but because of him and that particular situation that went down I am much better off and Xavier (con) Artist will finally be PUBLICLY EXPOSED!!!

Posted at 12:19AM on May 8th 2009 by xavier hater

34. WHAT BROTHER!.... WHO IS UNDER COVER AT LEAST YOU THINK... EDDIE GRIFFIN STOP RIPPING OFF HIS OWN RACE !!!
STEP UP TO THE PLATE GUY...
EDDIE GRIFFIN YOU MAKE THE N WORD A REALITY FOR OUR PEOPLE WE WORK HARD TO WIN THE RACE AND YOU ONLY STEP ON US AS A RACE. STEP UP TO YOUR RACE AND FACE THE BLACK RACE.. YOU MUST BE CHARGED WITH: A MAN WITHOUT A FACE...

Posted at 2:00AM on May 9th 2009 by BITEME

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