Steve Harvey Being Sued By Nashville Jet Company

Family Feud host and media do-it-all Steve Harvey is being sued by a Nashville company that says Harvey owes about $200,000 for custom alterations to a private jet.

Business Aircraft Leasing Inc. says in court papers that Harvey agreed to pay it $400,000 for customization of a Gulfstream jet that he “orally promised” to lease for $97,000 a month. The Nashville company hired a Florida company, Private Sky Aviation, to do the work. That included altering the plane from 16 to 14 seats and customizing the seat and interior design.

Harvey paid about half of that money before saying he did not want to lease the aircraft, according to the federal lawsuit. Business Aircraft Leasing is suing Harvey and One World Aviation — a company Harvey owns or operates, according to court paperwork — for the remaining $205,040 or more. The company asks that sum to be determined at trial.

The aircraft renovated for Harvey is listed on the company's website as available for lease.

The contract dispute case was filed in U.S. District Court in Nashville on Wednesday. It names Harvey and One World Aviation as defendants. Business Aircraft Leasing is a Nashville-based broker that leases and sells private jets.

Harvey and One World have not responded to the complaint. Harvey and his publicist, Trisha Miller, did not return email or phone requests from The Tennessean. Business Aircraft Leasing President Chuck Mulle and his attorney, Brian Meldrum of Stites & Harbison in Louisville, Ky., also did not return requests for comment.

-USAToday