If you have any interest in the Oregon market WW have published an interesting piece on OR cannabis power couple Rosa Cazares, 34, and her longtime partner Aaron Mitchell 45.
Here’s a taste of something that looks like it is ready to unravel.
Many guests at the party that night said they believed the home was owned by Cazares and Mitchell. But the couple were, in fact, renting the house from Eric Breon, the founder of Vacasa, who since that event has sued them twice in Multnomah County Circuit Court, alleging seven months of unpaid rent and extensive damage to the home. The most recent lawsuit alleges Mitchell and Cazares left cat urine and feces strewn across the floors.
More troubling, the Oregon Department of Revenue has issued tax liens of more than $1.6 million against Mitchell, Cazares and La Mota companies since 2018, including at least $621,000 in cannabis taxes dating back to 2016.
And, on the federal level, the IRS placed liens on Cazares and Mitchell in March and November last year, totaling $1.4 million for nonpayment of personal income and employment taxes.
Determining the scale of Cazares’, Mitchell’s and La Mota’s troubles is complicated by its maze of LLCs.
Altogether, Cazares, Mitchell and several La Mota entities have faced 30 lawsuits filed in Oregon circuit courts since 2017 that collectively allege more than $1.7 million in unpaid bills from cannabis vendors, handymen, testing labs, and even the accounting firm hired to complete 2021 tax returns for all of the LLCs.
Read full piece…..
https://www.wweek.com/news/2023/03/29/the-power-couple-of-oregon-cannabis-bankrolled-top-democrats-even-as-their-companies-taxes-and-bills-went-unpaid/
