'Deadbeat Son' expects to get $400K from Best Buy lawsuit | New York Post
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Published 2018-06-20
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An upstate couple got so fed up with their unemployed 30-year-old son’s refusal to leave the nest that they finally sued to evict him — and won.
Mark and Christina Rotondo were forced to the extreme-parenting measure after giving their layabout millennial boy Michael cash for moving expenses, pleading with him to get on with his life and finally sending written legal notices demanding he grow up and move out.
They later offered him $1,100 to “find a place to stay” and gave him parental advice including, “organize the things you need for work and to manage an apartment” and “sell the other things you have that have any significant value.”
They even implored him to start making money. “There are jobs available even for those with a poor work history like you. Get one — you have to work!” the Rotondos wrote.
But nothing moved Michael from his epic failure to launch — that is until an equally fed-up judge’s ruling Tuesday forced him to accept adulthood.
Asked if he thought mom and dad were merely trying some tough love, Michael sounded like a child who’d just been punished.
The bizarre family feud boiled over May 7, when mom, Christina, filed suit in Onondaga County Supreme Court seeking to evict Michael from their modest residence in Camillus.
The stubborn son — who turns 31 in July and has lived at home for the past eight years — had declined to go even after a series of eviction letters they sent him between Feb. 2 and March 30.
When they offered their son cash in a letter sent later in February, he actually took it, but used it to pay bills instead of move, Michael admitted.
A few weeks later the Rotondos again warned of impending legal action.
In the final letter, dated March 30 the parents say they will even pay to fix his broken Volkswagen Passat.
Michael Rotondo sits during an eviction proceeding brought by his parents, Mark and Christina, of Camillus.
Parents sue deadbeat son to get out of their house
But Michael only dug his heels in further after his mom sued.
Acting as his own attorney, he filed a motion to get his parents’ case tossed by claiming they were legally required to give him six months to get out.
On Tuesday, Judge Donald Greenwood ordered the parents’ lawyer Anthony Adorante to draft an order outlining terms of the eviction but allowed Michael to remain at the home until an official eviction date is set, the son said.
Greenwood applauded Michael for his legal research in the case — but blasted his demands for six more months as “outrageous,” according to Syracuse.com.
Michael said he resides in a bedroom located near his mom’s master bedroom in the Weatheridge Drive home, while his dad mostly stays in the basement.
In court papers, he said he runs a “successful” business but declined to say what it is.
He also claimed that his parents are forcing him out as “retaliation” for not allowing them to see his child before he lost custody himself last September.
However, he said he’d comply with Adorante’s order so long as it doesn’t force him out within the next 30 days.
In 2017, Michael sued Best Buy for $338,500 for firing him two years earlier for not working Saturdays.
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All Comments (21)
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This dude is a master at manipulating the media to get free publicity. He knows what he is doing, no doubt about it.
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What amazes me the most is knowing that this guy actually got laid at some point.
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UPDATE: 3 YEARS LATER . . . He lost to Best Buy. They showed documents of Michael being late, not showing up for work, giving customers the wrong discounts, and failing to meet sales quotas. He also had his child support increased from $26 per week to $56 per week and called the increase "outrageous".
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This guy is prime example of why older generations hate us
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“my parents stopped feeding me” - a grown man actually said that, without wincing.
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So in other words he's sleeping with his new landlord for a place to stay
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Worst thing for that lady now is not realizing he’ll never leave
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"He's filling holes, so I give him a place to stay for a while" - Oh I bet he's filling holes.
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Funny how he’ll work for nothing in exchange for living there doing odd jobs for her but didn’t do anything around his own house.......
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"My parents stopped feeding me in December!" smh........
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Him saying 'My parents stopped feeding me in January so ive been cooking for a long time" and not knowing how to do simple life tasks make me so grateful he doesnt have custody of his child. He clearly can not even take care of himself.
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Wow he turned down a job from Alex Jones....
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Alex Jones offered him a job, and he said no?!?!? Omg that's the funniest thing I've heard all week! 🤣
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He was never a single father. His child always lived with his mother. Best Buy probably fired him for not coming to work.
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This guy is the textbook definition of a bum and he blames his problems on Best Buy. he was given three thousand dollars and a job offer but he turned it down cause he’s gonna get “paid” by suing Best Buy. Dude needs to grow up
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My problem with this guy is not his obvious laziness and going through life with his hand out, but the fact that a 30 year old grown ass man said, what is Browning meat???
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That lady is going to have to kick him out just like his parents did 😂
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This guy is constantly playing the blame game and playing the victim card. So let me get this straight.....1) Your 30 years old, still living at home, with no intention of getting a job and helping your parents and supporting your son? 2) You turn down a really good job offer as a reporter for a show that could potentially open up doors for your career? 3) Your assuming and banking your future on a lawsuit that has a good chance of getting dismissed? Yet, somehow, it's everybody's else fault? There's more to life than waiting on a frivolous lawsuit, living at an Airbnb, and with no real job to support yourself and your son. It's ok to call him a deadbeat son, as long as you call him a deadbeat father as well. 👍
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I was a single father for ten years as I worked a full time job it was hard but that’s what I needed to do ! This guy is making every excuse for why he is in this situation instead of looking in the mirror and manning up
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Dude is a professional victim 😂
