Carnival doesn’t end at midnight on Mardi Gras. Even in the dead of summer, parades are being planned, throws are being shipped, dance troupes are rehearsing, and in one case, a lawsuit has been filed.
For months, the Krewe of Oshun and float builder Jack Rizzuto have been at odds. Rizzuto claims he was never fully paid for Oshun’s 2025 parade. On Friday, Rizzuto sued the 30-year-old Oshun organization for breach of contract, asking a St. Charles Parish court to award him $130,000, plus past interest and expenses.
Rizzuto explained that he sued Oshun in St. Charles Parish because that’s the site of his float building operation and is where he entered into a contract with the krewe in 2022.
In June, Rizzuto claimed to be owed $50,000 for producing Oshun’s 2025 parade. According to the lawsuit filed Friday, he was also contracted to build the krewe’s next two parades and seeks compensation for the lost business…