The drama surrounding the owners of the famed Turkey Leg Hut in Houston, Texas, has thickened as the restaurant’s office caught fire on March 9.
According to KHOU 11 News, firefighters arrived on the scene on Rosedale Street sometime after 4 a.m. No injuries were reported. Fire Chief Sam Peña told reporters that investigators were working to determine whether arson was involved in the office fire.
The Turkey Leg Hut saga began in December 2022 after the restaurant’s owners, Nakia Price and her soon-to-be ex-husband, Lyndell Price, were sued by their food supplier for more than $1.2 million. The lawsuit claimed the couple owed US Foods for unpaid invoices, which the couple denied. The couple were previously sued by co-owner Steven Rogers in 2020 during negotiations to buy him out.
Rogers claimed the duo breached fiduciary duty and accused them of fraud and conspiracy to commit fraud. The couple countersued and denied the accusations. The busy restaurant also faced scrutiny after the owners began charging $100 for reservations.
The drama intensified in February 2024 after Nakia Price announced that her husband had been terminated. The move came following rumors that Mr. Price had been cheating on his wife with female staff members of the establishment, leading Nakia to file for divorce. Her divorce petition was revealed in November, and Nakia accused her husband of being a narcissist and abuser to her and their family.
“The abuse, manipulation, the lies, the deceit, the gaslighting and narcissism have become unbearable,” she wrote on Instagram. “The world thinks he’s a man who stands on business, but y’all are sadly mistaken. The man that me and my children know is cruel, abusive emotionally and mentally and completely void of any emotion. From the time we wake up, til the time we close our eyes each night we are literally in a fight for our peace and sanity.”
Lyndell Price denied that he’d been fired from the…
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