An East Bay property investor is being sued by multiple tenants who allege they have been subjected to illegal harassment to get them to leave their rent-controlled apartments.
They say text messages were meant to intimidate some residents to leave by questioning their immigration status.
The lawsuit was filed in Oakland on Wednesday against Darrick Chavis. On his website, he is listed as a real estate agent, and he described his business on an episode of the television courtroom show, “Hot Bench,” involving another legal dispute…