I live in Virginia and used to live in a house with 4 people and our lease ended so I moved out...the rest stayed and found a new roommate...when I came by the house to get my deposit back from the new tenant I received a letter with my deposit saying that the new roommate wrote the check to one of my old roommates (instead of to me) who deducted $200 from the original amount.
The letter stated that during a party one of my friends had clogged the toilet and he (the roommate) had paid to fix it so he was charging me for it. Well, there were a lot of people at that party we so we don't know who clogged it, no one ever contacted the landlord before my roommate called the plummer, and he paid for it w/o telling me he was going to charge me later. It wasnt even my bathroom!
Anyway, I was wondering if anyone knows if my old roommate is legally allowed to keep part of my deposit, essp since he did not tell me he was going to charge me for something? Is it legal for the new roommate to write MY deposit check to another roommate instead of to me? Should I take him to court?
I could relaly use come help...this was so unexpected

