RALEIGH, N.C. (WPTF) – There’s new developments involving a wedding photographer who has failed to deliver for a number of newlywed couples.
North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson has filed a motion for default judgment in his case against Holly Christina Photography and its two owners. The defendants failed to comply fully with the court’s order to turn over all undelivered photos and videos within 30 days to the couples who paid for them.
“These couples paid for memories from one of the most important days of their lives. The company failed to deliver them, then failed to obey a court order requiring them to turn them over,” said Attorney General Jeff Jackson. “They’ve had their chance. Now we’re asking the judge to get these couples what they’re owed and impose serious consequences.”
Attorney General Jackson sued the compnay and its owners, Holly Christina Scott Ayscue and Christopher Owen Ayscue, in February. The lawsuit alleged that the defendants misled and deceived couples and their families by failing to provide the photography and videography services they promised. The North Carolina Department of Justice received 228 consumer complaints about the company since January, with losses totaling nearly $600,000.
In May, Attorney General Jackson won a preliminary injunction against the owners of Holly Christina Photography. Superior Court Judge Bryan Collins Jr. ordered the defendants to deliver all edited and unedited photos and videos to the couples who had paid for them but hadn’t received them within 30 days. Additionally, the judge froze the company’s assets and ordered the defendants to stop doing business in North Carolina while the case continued.
Jackson’s motion for default judgment says that the defendants did not comply with the preliminary injunction and did not deliver all raw and edited photos and videos within 30 days. They also failed to give Attorney General Jackson’s office a verified list of the names and addresses of the consumers to whom they had delivered the photos and videos along with a description of the footage that was delivered. Additionally, the motion says the defendants owe nearly $600,000 in restitution to consumers and more than $1.1 million in civil penalties.
Jackson is asking the court for a judgment in the form of delivery of the photos and videos, consumer restitution, civil penalties, and permanent injunctive relief