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    Post Violent Roommate on Lease Not Paying Rent

    My question involves a roommate in the State of: South Carolina

    My roommate and I have a 3rd roommate who has not had a job for 2 months. Her boyfriend has been paying her rent, but this month he did not so us remaining roommates came up with the money and paid it and asked her to move out. She said she would be out by saturday the 8th of november. It is now the 10th and she is refusing to move out and is saying that we can pay her rent every month and she is staying. She also threatened to kill herself in front of us and threatened her boyfriend with a knife outside waking neighbors up. The landlord is saying that we cannot kick her out legally since she is on the lease. The court said we have no rights to evict her. Please Help!! What can we do?

    Thank you in advance for any help you can provide!

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    Default Re: Violent Roommate on Lease Not Paying Rent

    If she's threatening to kill herself, then you call police and see if they will take her for a 72 hour non-voluntary mental health evaluation. If she's committing aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, police reports need to be filed (which might lead to arrest for the assault) and a restraining order requested. If she's on the lease, the landlord will be the one to do any evicting, and since any individual on the lease can be held accountable for the whole bill, and you and the other roomie want to continue to live there, you'll either have to convince her to pay or pony up her share. You can always take her to small claims court for the amounts that you have or will pay on her behalf. Check your lease to see what it says about criminal activity - the landlord might be willing to evict her and re-negotiate a new lease with the two remaining tenants (landlords don't want violent folks living in their properties any more than you do).

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