Pinky Cole Seeks Court Intervention After Home Seizure

Pinky Cole, the entrepreneur behind the vegan restaurant chain Slutty Vegan and a new cast member on "The Real Housewives of Atlanta," is seeking court intervention after a creditor seized her home in Loganville, Georgia, following her recent bankruptcy filing. The property, a six-bedroom, four-bathroom residence spanning more than 2,800 square feet located about an hour east of Atlanta, was taken over by Guardian Asset Management, which changed the locks and posted a notice on the home, according to court documents filed in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Atlanta.

Cole, whose legal name is Aisha Cole, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in early February to reorganize her debts, which total more than 1.3 million dollars. Among her largest obligations are approximately 1.2 million dollars owed to the U.S. Small Business Administration from a COVID-era Economic Injury Disaster Loan and nearly 192,000 dollars to the Georgia Department of Revenue. In an emergency motion submitted this week, Cole argues that the seizure violates the automatic stay provision of federal bankruptcy law, which halts creditor actions like repossessions upon filing. Her attorney, Jamie Christy, described...