Landlord is multiple cheater/violator of tenants

[Suffering Sue]

California

I moved in over a year ago. The landlord was horny and coming on to other women who inquired of the room. But I went on a date with him, and we clicked --so I moved in.

During this time, he's had numerous women, and with me, he flirted, teased and engaged in sex-play with me. But I paid my rent in full every month --and when he asked me to pay in advance, to make up for one guy who was always late, I'd give him an advance, even as early as 2 or 3 months in advance!
I believed that ( early payment, trustworthiness ) would keep me in good standing --that if I ever got into trouble, he'd help me out, like he was lenient with that other guy.

However --
He has cheated and lied insofar as other tenants were concerned. I duly kept mental and written record of such.

This season, I became the scapegoat, when I fell on hard times and couldn't pay my rent. But because of our "special relationship" he oozed wilingness to cut me a break. He told me that he needed me to move out of my garage and into the living room, so he could collect rent from a new tenant in the garage. His PROMISE to me was that I would not have to pay the full $200 rent he'd set for the living room, if I did not have it. He told me, "If you have it, then pay it. If you don't, then pay me what you can and owe me the rest." ( He understood that I had no job and little prospect of getting one in the near future, and that I had to pay my storage unit bill of $251.10 per month, and that would take first priority. He even mentioned it as reason for making me move out of this garage --that he needed rent and knew I hadn't the money --so I could move onto the living-room couch. He had offered this same arrangement to that other guy who was always late, but he ended up not doing it, because he moved in with a girlfriend, who paid-up his late rent --but otherwise, he would've been on the couch for free, until he got a job and could pay his room rent! That's what I was offered! )

When he was making his offer to me to move onto the couch,
my DEAR LANDLORD also told me that he was going to do something for me that he would not do for anyone else --that he would use my $250 deposit as part of the rent for my garage.

OK, all well and dandy. So it seems.

BTW, it is an UNCONVERTED garage, which I've been told is illegal. I lived next to power-tools, a car battery which ruined my camcorder batteries, and other things --with him complaining that with my clothes in the way, he could not reach his power tools. However, he did not keep his promises to make it more habitable. He promised to get me a closet or clothes-bar to hang my dresses on; I asked for a chest of drawers for my belongings and shelving. He thought of giving me a privacy screen. None of these improvements happened. My belongings were in disarray --but before you think that I am unreasonable, the backyard to the house looked like a junkyard, with all his stuff all around the yard.

When I moved out of my garage-bedroom, his sister was mean to me, treating me like trash. It hurt my feelings, and since then, she has said things to me that proves I was not paranoid --she WAS being viscious!

They moved my meager furniture into the living room, stacking one highboy bureau precariously atop a comode table. I told him that was dangerous, it could topple. He assured me that this arrangement was only temporary that the furniture and my things would be arranged in a better way later when they had time. ( Later on, he claimed that it was not HIS job to rearrange my furniture, thus making it impossible for me to arrange my belongings and clothes in a useful way. The plan was to arrange my things so that I could have my computer and chair. That has not happened --the table he planned to put it on was near the swamp cooler, and in a dark corner! )

Sadly, at the same time I moved into the living room, one of his girlfriends ( also a former tenant, who became his lover when she lived there, originally ) returned, to bum a stay with him, because she had been evicted from her own residence. She came to stay on the couch, so I am obliged to sleep on the floor --which is hard on my back and ribcage. This arrangement is not what he promised --this living/bed-room is NOT worth $200 at all!
She occasionally "pays" her way by cooking and doing some cleaning. She also keeps herself welcome by having sex with him.

Why couldn't I do likewise, instead of him now claiming I am a complete bum? That hurts my feelings. Worse, his evil sister jumped down my throat --within days of my moving into the living room, he informed me that he was evicting me --with a 60-day notice, because "someone" complained about having seen me in a state of undress. The incident in question only occurred once, because it was only the second morning in the living room, and I was depressed at not being in my own private space, so that morning I slept-instead of awakening early. They are adults, not teenagers. It was not deliberate.

But his evil sister went insane, saying that I was trying to seduce her boyfriend. Um, no --he is NOT attractive at all, and I am no fool.
I am only attracted to my landlord. Besides, he has expressed jealousy if I see other men. But the evil sister brainwashed my fellow tenant, another female ( whom I'll call "B" ) into believing that I was having sex with him in exchange for rent ( not true ). "B" was convinced by the evil sister and also his girlfriend, so went ballistic --one night, less than two weeks after I moved into the living room, she went crazy and started moving her things out. She'd netted a new place, and without notice, began moving. She began to move at 9pm and was still going back and forth at 5 am -moving bits and pieces with her car, instead of sensibly waiting to rent a U-Haul van or truck in the morning. Dear Landlord blamed ME for this! He said it was all my fault and was abusive to me and said that he wanted me to move out ASAP! Which wasn't fair. Though "B" was nuttily blaming me in part ( using spanish swear words, though she is white and always insulted Mexicans ), she said there were other reasons. In fact, she'd complained for months, saying she would move out as soon as she found a new place, and that she would deliberately not give him more than a couple days notice! Just because she was always mad at him!

But he liked blaming me. I am his new scapegoat. So how did that make me feel? It was hurtful and heartbreaking, because I loved him. But he is mean to women who love him, I am seeing that clearly.

So "B" moved out and he claimed that he could not get anybody else, because the living room was a mess with my things a-clutter. But he broke HIS PROMISE! When he evicted me with 60-day notice, he would not help me re-arrange the furniture.
BUT "B" later regretted moving out, because she decided she hated her new landlady and tried to move back --and five days in a row he ASKED FOR A VOTE: between ME and his GIRLFRIEND. When his evil sister tried to chime in, he told her it didn't count --so THAT ought to have been a good sign? That he cared about my feelings of security and comfort, and I was resentful of the things she said about me!

Things seemed sanguine. His girlfriend and I got along well and enjoyed each others company. But the evil sister poured poison into her ear and into the ear of her brother. His girlfriend "K" is chatty about some embarrassing personal stuff about him, and I chimed in, albeit less so than she. The evil sister is the one who tattled on us --which turned "K" against ME. On Thanksgiving morning, I was subject to abuse by HIM: he berated me for the chatting. I left for lunch, came back to drop my leftovers ( with plans to see a movie with a free ticket I had ), only to be accosted by his evil sister, who threatened my with bodily harm and berated me for sexually teasing her ugly boyfriend ( I did NOT! ). She harangued me, saying that I was brought up with no morals and said that I had been staying for 16 months without paying rent ( implying that I slept with her brother the Landlord ). She would not stop abusing me. I pounded on his door to complain, but he was absent. Later evil sister told him about it. I was so much in pain I was nearly crying --I went to a friend's house to spend the rest of the day.
When I returned, he told me he'd told her to stay out of my way. ( Oh! My HERO! Not so fast... )

Two days later was my birthday, which I spent away from there, with friends. The next day, ( Sunday Nov. 30 ) the evil sister and the girlfriend were cruelly gossiping about me and hurting my feelings. I spent the rest of the day at a library to access the internet and came home at 9pm --to be served by Landlord with the 3-day-pay-or-quit. He then said, "I can't have you pounding my door like that..." when he had earlier seemed to be on my side.

BULL.

He'd finally found a new renter who moved in last night. But that is when he served me with a three-day pay or quit. You see, his girlfriend, "K" must have told him that his 60-day eviction was flawed, because he served me prior to a 3-day notice. She wrote this one out.

But I was afraid that night. He claimed that I had to get out in 3 days, or he would put my things onto the front lawn and some of the other things in the trash. I thought I knew better ( as I've seen in this thread ) but I felt terrified and could not lie down to sleep --I dozed with my clothes on, thus was sleepy today and could not get my things together for my resume as I'd planned to do.
Throughout the night, "K" kept emerging from his bedroom into the living room and around the house, spying on me. It was unnerving and scary. I felt afraid that she would attack me.

This morning, I was trying to scan items into my PC, so I could tote the files via flashdrive to a library printer ( since mine didn't work ). She emerged from the Mighty-Master Landlord's bedroom to use her laptop. For some reason she went outdoors to shut off all the electricity in the house. WHY? She claimed "I was told to do that." At the time, I thought this was HIM that told her --more landlord mind-games to torment a tenant out of her residence. It COULD have been that she was having troubles with her PC again --but that was rude and dangerous to shut off the power while I was using my PC --I could have lost unsaved material.

She came back into the house, saying "You have the radio on, too?" seemingly derisive ( the TV was on ). I'd accidently turned on the radio while trying to re-set the time and said it was because she turned off the electricity. She threatened to kick my ass. I was really afraid she'd do it, after my night of fear and terror.
I was shaking with fear and from sleep-deprivation. I said "Don't you touch me or I'll call the police." She said, "Get a phone, then." THAT terrified me, because I'd lost my cell phone via disconnection for not being able to pay! I realized how vulnerable I was to abuse and terrorization and maybe grave bodily harm. I cried out, "Leave me alone! Leave me alone! Leave me alone! I never did anything to you! Leave me alone!" To that, one of the young male tenants emerged, asking what was going on. "K" gave him a BS story, blaming me. Then she pretended to phone the police on ME, giving my name, and saying "I think you'll need the paddy-wagon." ( I had a feeling she was insulting me further, meaning "rubber-padded-wagon." She is cruel and viscious and mean. ) I wasn't certain that it was pretense, so searched for my original 60-day notice. I could not find it, so feel she stole it. Maybe not -maybe I put it where it would be safe, but I can't find it. However, I made a photocopy and have it on my flashdrive and now I put it on my email for safe-keeping. The police never arrived, so I guessed it was phony. But I expect the Landlord will give me grief later tonight and once again I will be unable to sleep out of fear.
I would move my things into storage, but I have no money to pay my bill, so might lose everything in there. I need a job ASAP to save my storage unit.
My friends do not appear to have an extra room, so I am stuck.

But what can I do, and what are my rights? These are terrorizing tactics and I am vulnerable, but have no money to leave, nor money to pay my storage bill.

Can I sue him for something else? Breach of Promise? And his evil sister for Defamation of Character and infliction of mental and emotional distress?

Don't say I don't have a chance. Because of his cruelty to former tenants --all of which are eager to testify against him --I feel I do. I am not willing to let him nor his sister and girlfriend get away with this. I have been screwed-over too many times in life. It isn't fair.

I should point out, I had nowhere else to move, when I moved in with him. All the places I looked at were full and time was growing short.
But I grew comfortable, there. It felt like home to me. Despite all the weird stuff, at least I didn't feel like I was a little child, as I did with a husband-wife landlord-lady.


"K" called me a tramp this morning, after scaring me so much --I should not be subject to abusive cruel remarks like this. Being harangued by the evil sister, who said, "You were brought up with no morals!" over and over is abusive.
And where do these hypocrites get off? The evil sister has been in jail --for some MORAL crime?
"K" has had much more sex in her lifetime than I --and she CHOSE to fall in love with a multiple cheater, so she should stop blaming the other women. He's had many more than I -and I haven't been with him lately.

This post is a joke, right? You are sleeping with the LL/BF and complaining of him cheating on you. You lived in a garage (not a sleeping room) and actually paid rent to him for the privledge of sleeping next to power tools. (You could have just rented a sleeping room from a reputable LL.) You then moved into his LR and again agreed to pay rent for a room that wasn't even yours. You didn't get the whole room or a place of your own. You basically agreed to pay for sleeping rights on the couch and later a floor! Get your act together. Call social services and ask for emergency aid, call a women's advocacy group, call legal aide, store your stuff one item at a time with friends (they may not have an empty room, but could they each take one piece of furniture?). Then MOVE OUT PRONTO! Too much drama. Quit being a doormat and allowing this guy and his psycho freinds to walk all over you. Get out.