ST. LOUIS — A judge on Wednesday ordered former downtown nightspot Reign to pay its landlord nearly $340,000 in rent and attorney's fees after nobody from the restaurant showed up for a scheduled trial.
Reign, which was evicted from its building at 1122 Washington Avenue in October after the city deemed it a "threat to public safety," will now be required to pay about $257,000 in rent and $82,700 in attorney's fees to Copia Acquisitions LLC.
Copia argued in court filings the restaurant was first notified in September 2020 that it was behind on rent, but Reign continued to operate out of the building for about a year without paying the full amount.
Reign's owner, Dana Kelly, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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Another suit between Copia Acquisitions and Reign is still pending. That proceeding argues Reign owes at least $387,000 in interest and damages after it left the building with torn-out or destroyed cabinets, freezers, coolers, toilets, ovens, doors and gas fireplaces, among other items.