Did Major GOP Group Skip Out On $200K Hotel Bill?

The organizers of the Southern Republican Leadership Conference are being sued by a South Carolina hotel for allegedly skipping out on a $200,000 tab. An attorney for the conference says the charges are “spurious, and not very well thought out.”

The Charleston Place hotel in SC filed suit in the Charleston County Court of Common Pleas last week, claiming that the SRLC has an outstanding balance of $227,872 for the conference they held this year from January 19-22.

According to the suit, filed against the SRLC and Robert C. Cahaly, who signed the contract on the group’s behalf, in an initial contract from March 2011, “under the terms of this contract, the [Charleston Place Hotel] agreed to reserve virtually the entirely of the [hotel]” for the conference, and the hotel would provide the rooms, food and drink, and other amenities.” The terms of the contract stipulated that after an initial deposit, any outstanding fees would be calculated at the end of the conference. There was a second contract signed December 20 that amended some of the terms of the first.

The suit claims that the SRLC breached this contract “by failing to pay the plaintiff as required by the contract.”

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