Jeweler sued for rent

Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2001 | 11:12 a.m.

Barone Art Jewelry Gallery at the Desert Passage Mall at the Aladdin hotel-casino was accused in a lawsuit of breaching a three-year license agreement by abandoning the premises and allegedly failing to pay rents.

In a Clark County District Court lawsuit, Aladdin Bazaar LLC sued Venice Beach Partners doing business as Barone Art and its three Californian partners, Arne Freeman and Tony and Karen Barone, alleging they removed their merchandise from the store on Dec. 15 and told other mall tenants that the it was permanently closed.

Aladdin, which said it served the defendants with a notice of abandonment on Dec. 20, said they had agreed to pay an annual base rent of $65,000 for the first year, $68,250 for the second year and $71,663 for the third year. They also allegedly agreed to pay additional rent based on a percentage of their sales, the suit said.

The defendants could not be reached for comment.

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