LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — A Spring Arbor couple stays behind bars in a Mexican jail, accused of breaching a timeshare contract—however their lawyer says the resort that filed the legal criticism towards them breached the contract first.
The Akeos have reportedly been charged with defrauding Palace Elite, a subsidiary of the Palace Firm, out of greater than $110,000. They signed a timeshare contract with the resort in Nov. 2021 to buy a membership with the lodge however are accused of breaching its phrases by cancelling the fees, resulting in their arrest at a Cancún airport on March 4.
The Akeos. (Lindsey Hull)
The Akeos. (Lindsey Hull)
Their kids Lindsey Hull and Michael Lemke have repeatedly denied these accusations, telling 6 Information that American Categorical sided with them within the dispute.
John Manly, the household’s lawyer, offered some authorized perception into the Akeo household scenario.
“What happened was they got lured into this timeshare, and initially it was some reasonable amount a month, and then they, according to what we’ve been told, they took away their benefits and essentially made them increase their monthly contribution to $6,200 a month,” says Manly.
In response to Manly, it was really the corporate that breached the contract.
“But in exchange for that, they were supposed to be able to sell weeks of their timeshare so people could use them, and that interests Palace because they get to sell to more people,” says Manly. “What began to occur is Palace just began to cancel the reservations. So essentially, they’re paying $6,200 a month for which anybody who’s middle class or retired is a lot of money, not allowing them to sell their weeks that they have promised and essentially defaulted or breached, rather, the contract.”
Concern grows over Spring Arbor mother and father imprisoned in Mexico
The Palace Firm launched a press release on the scenario Wednesday, which will be learn beneath:
The Palace Firm subsidiary, Palace Elite, filed a legal criticism with Mexican authorities after Paul and Christy Akeo fraudulently disputed official bank card expenses and publicly inspired others to do the identical. Mexican prosecutors reviewed the proof and, following failed makes an attempt to serve discover, obtained a court-approved arrest warrant. INTERPOL validated the case and issued a pink discover, resulting in the Akeos’ detention at Cancún Airport on March 4, 2025. A choose has since dominated there may be ample trigger for the case to proceed to trial and ordered the preventive detention of the Akeos.
The Palace Firm, March 26, 2025
