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Michael Mota, VirtualCons’ attempts to silence critics may violate R.I. free speech laws

“Facts are not slander, libel, or defamation of character,” one critic noted in her response to a lawyer for the Rhode Island businessman, who threatened to sue her after she was quoted in the Globe.

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Providence continues to push to evict Skyline from Waterplace Park

Judge Walter Gorman denied a motion from the city to sever the eviction case and the Skyline company’s counterclaim, and told the lawyers to work out an accelerated discovery schedule.

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‘It’s devastating’: Florida questioning Michael Mota after resort’s protected mangrove trees chopped down

A state investigation found nearly 17,800 square feet of mangroves were destroyed. Mota, who is listed as the “contractor/agent” in the state’s report, denies involvement.

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Skyline at Waterplace fighting eviction by city of Providence

Skyline’s owners have until Thursday to provide documentation of repairs made to the property or else pay back 32 months of rent that had been abated.

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City of Pawtucket supports Attorney General’s intervention on Memorial Hospital

“We welcome the Attorney General’s participation in this foreclosure procedure that we presented to the court,” said Michael Mota, the founder of Memorial Real Estate Group LLC. “We all have to be on the same team if this building is going to work for everyone in the state.”

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R.I. housing department: We are ‘not working to get Amos House back into Memorial as a shelter’

Memorial Real Estate Group, a company founded by R.I. businessman Michael Mota, announced this week that it has renovated part of the former hospital building in Pawtucket for use by Amos House. But the state’s housing department and the homeless services provider both say they are not working with Mota on the project.

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Lawyer for Michael Mota’s Skyline claims Providence owes them ‘overpaid rent’

In a statement, lawyer Michael Lepizzera called the city’s move to evict Skyline at Waterplace “dishonest” and insisted the city gave Skyline a fourth rent abatement -- though records obtained by the Globe show it was not granted.

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Providence moves to evict Michael Mota’s Skyline at Waterplace

The city filed a complaint in District Court, giving Mota’s company until May 4 to show evidence that they did the work they’d promised. Otherwise, the city will seek to have them pay back 32 months of rent, totaling more than $270,000.