The Real Housewives of Atlanta’s fresh face, Kelli Ferrell, is making headlines for all the wrong reasons as two major lawsuits threaten to derail her peach-holding journey.
The reality TV rookie is being sued by Navy Federal Credit Union over an alleged credit card debt totaling a whopping $26,434.
According to court documents obtained by Us Weekly, the bank is accusing Kelli of failing to make payments and now seeks the full amount, plus attorney fees. And y’all, this isn’t even her first legal headache of the year.
Kelli’s camp, however, is clapping back. Her team insists that the account in question was jointly held with her ex-husband, Chuvalo Mark Ferrell, and that he’s currently involved in bankruptcy proceedings.
In a statement to Us Weekly, her rep said:
“Kelli has not been served with any paperwork from Navy Federal Credit Union, which is an account that was shared with her now ex-husband. Due to her ex-husband currently being in the middle of bankruptcy proceedings, we cannot comment on this matter.”
Mark’s side is not letting Kelli paint him as the financial scapegoat. His team says he’s been removed from all shared and business accounts since the couple’s 2022 divorce, and whatever is going on with Navy Federal is strictly Kelli’s issue.
“The current legal dispute between Navy Federal Credit Union and Ms. Kelli A. Ferrell is strictly between those two parties,” Mark’s rep explained. “This pattern of blame-shifting, three years post-separation and divorce, appears designed to divert public scrutiny from Ms. Ferrell’s financial difficulties.”
But it doesn’t stop there. Just a few months ago, Kelli was sued for over $ 100,000 by the landlord of her restaurant, Nana’s Chicken-N-Waffles. The Sandy Springs-based landlord claimed Kelli’s business failed to pay rent and secure proper permits after signing a five-year lease in January 2024.
While Kelli has yet to personally comment on either case, fans are already wondering if these legal troubles will spill into her storyline next season, or if she’ll try to keep it wrapped up tighter than an NDA.
