CAMDEN — Bradly Gill
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Kristian Nelson, who is the defendant in a lawsuit alleging he defrauded a Little Rock man out of millions of dollars, used some of those funds to establish a business in Camden, according to statements Nelson made in a recent deposition.
In August of 2020 the Camden News reported that an 89 year-old Little Rock man, Richard Toll, is suing Kristian D. Nelson, a businessman associated with Hawgz Blues Cafe, which has locations in Little Rock and North Little Rock, alleging that Nelson defrauded him of $4.5 million over a period of several years.
The lawsuit alleges that over a period of three years, starting in September of 2017 and continuing through June of 2020, Nelson acquired loans from Toll, ostensibly to help his businesses. He first loaned Nelson $10,000, according to court documents, which Nelson said he needed in order to cover hot checks written to cover expenses at Hawgz Blues Cafe’s Little Rock location, which he said he owned.
Camden Mayor Julian Lott posted in June on Facebook that Hawgz Blues Cafe, as well as a car dealership business called I Sell 4 U Auto, would be locating in Camden soon; the post was accompanied by two photos showing Lott and Nelson together at the Hawgz Blues Cafe location in North Little Rock.
In a deposition recorded in September of 2020, lawyers questioned Nelson on his activities.
Nelson said in the deposition that he “didn’t remember the date” he opened up a Camden property, nor did he remember who owned the property.
“Q. You don’t remember who owns the property in Camden where you’re operating a car dealership?
A. It was a piece of paper I know”, the deposition reads.
Nelson said during the deposition he was leasing a property at 1585 California in Camden for an auto-parts retail business. Nelson said some of the money loaned to him by Toll was used to to buy the auto parts for sale there. The address 1585 is listed at the The Elements Apartments.
Nelson stated he could not remember the answer to questions asked of him and exercised his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination in response to several questions during the deposition.
Caitlan Butler contributed to this report.
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