‘Never Heard from Him Again’: Quanell X Accused of Taking Money Then ‘Disappearing’ in Lawsuit

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In recent years, complaints have been made by those who paid him to make their cases and complaints public, by generating publicity and bringing attention to their causes. Among the complaints voiced, is that some people didn’t get what they paid for.

Nate Lewis was among them.

Lewis said he paid Quanell X $2,000 to bring attention to what he called a wrongful termination from his job.

“He said, ‘I need this amount of money to get the ball rolling.’ I pretty much never heard from him again,” Lewis said Wednesday.

Lewis said he filed a lawsuit in small claims court.

“That’s when I got his attention,” he said. “I got my money back. He had no choice — either let the judge look at the evidence I had, or give me my money, which is nothing I wanted to go through.”

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In recent years, complaints have been made by those who paid him to make their cases and complaints public, by generating publicity and bringing attention to their causes. Among the complaints voiced, is that some people didn’t get what they paid for.

Nate Lewis was among them.

Lewis said he paid Quanell X $2,000 to bring attention to what he called a wrongful termination from his job.

“He said, ‘I need this amount of money to get the ball rolling.’ I pretty much never heard from him again,” Lewis said Wednesday.

Lewis said he filed a lawsuit in small claims court.

“That’s when I got his attention,” he said. “I got my money back. He had no choice — either let the judge look at the evidence I had, or give me my money, which is nothing I wanted to go through.”

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