PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) - Operators of a Haiti orphanage are suing journalist Mitch Albom and one of his charities, claiming the best-selling author broke terms of an agreement about running the orphanage after the devastating January 2010 earthquake.
The Caring and Sharing Mission charity and its Inkster, Michigan founder, the Reverend John Hearn, filed a lawsuit in a Pontiac court this week claiming the Detroit Free Press columnist and his A Hole in the Roof Foundation didn't follow an operating agreement they entered into with the Port-au-Prince mission after the quake.
The lawsuit seeks $2.5 million in damages.
Lawyer Eric Scheible, speaking on behalf of Albom and his charity, described the lawsuit as an extortion attempt.
Albom has written several books, including the 1997 best-seller "Tuesdays with Morrie."
