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Tom and Rita's Money Pit Sequel?
Charlie Wilson's War got Tom Hanks a Golden Globe nomination, but it's Rita Wilson's legal war that has gotten the couple sued.
The general contractor who built the couple's posh Sun Valley, Idaho, getaway between 2000 and 2002 and was promptly accused of doing "substandard and defective work" sued Hanks and Wilson on Friday, accusing them of seeking revenge against the company because they were forced through arbitration to pay for the work.
When Idaho-based Storey Construction Inc. entered arbitration in 2003, Wilson and Hanks filed a counterclaim asking for $800,000 in damages to compensate for the supposedly shoddy craftsmanship. The actors' claim was denied, and she and Hanks have since refiled for arbitration and are now asking for $2.5 million.
It was Wilson who served as "the owner and the owner's representative during the entire construction project," the suit says.
According to Storey's complaint, when Wilson testified during the first arbitration hearing, she exhibited "bizarre conduct" after 10 minutes on the stand and at one point "leaped from the witness stand and started screaming hysterically…then stormed out of the hearing room."
Her "outbursts, unexcused departure, and refusal to return to the hearing caused the Panel to cancel the balance of the day's proceedings," the complaint filed in Idaho's Blaine County District Court says.
There was no immediate comment from the Hanks camp.
Storey ended up being awarded more than $1.2 million for the unpaid contract balance and the cost of other work ordered by Wilson in addition to the plans that existed when Storey was hired, "pre-award interest" of $184,990.64 and around $448,000 in attorneys' fees and expenses.
Its celebrity clients paid in full back in 2004, and the two parties had no further written or verbal contact, but, per the complaint, Storey received a demand for new arbitration, "motivated by revenge," on Nov. 14.
In response to Wilson's continuing accusation that there were "design deficiencies, errors and omissions" in the finished Sun Valley product, Story says that it was the firm that produced the plans for the house, Lake/Flato Architects, that was responsible for the design services.
Storey is officially claiming abuse of process and requesting unspecified damages, stating that it "relies on successful relationships with subcontractors, many of whose work has been implicated as a result of the improper demand for arbitration."
The contractor could end up having to file claims against their subcontractors, the specialists who take over smaller jobs during the building process, if this arbitration goes forward, Storey said.
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