NFL Player Sauce Gardner Sues Contractor for $1.4 Million Over Failed Renovation of Abandoned Detroit Building

Indianapolis Colts star Sauce Gardner has filed a lawsuit against a Michigan construction company—claiming that the business failed to carry out renovations to a $935,000 abandoned apartment building in Detroit, despite receiving a $500,000 deposit to secure its services.The NFL athlete—whose real name is Ahmad Gardner—claims that he was lured into buying the property under false pretenses, and is asking that the Michigan-based Sanborn Construction company be forced to return his deposit and pay him additional damages.In the lawsuit, which was first reported by TMZ, the 24-year-old cornerback states that he first met the company's CEO, Nicholas Sanborn, on social media, where they struck up a conversation about real estate, which led to a discussion about a disused apartment building in the New Center neighborhood of Motor City. Gardner, who was born in Detroit, says he became particularly interested in the property after Sanborn told him that an adjacent building was also on the market—a detail that the NFL star claims he later discovered was untrue. He adds that he agreed to invest in the multifamily property under the assumption that Sanborn Construction would handle the renovat...