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Flo Rida has been ordered to pay a security company US$31 258 after he failed to pay them for installing a state of the art system at his home in Miami in 2012.
The ‘‘Whistle’’ rapper, real name Tramar Lacel Dillard, was sued by ADT security after they installed a state of the art system at his Miami mansion in 2012 to protect him from potential intruders and he failed to pay his US$58 000 bill.

Court documents, obtained by gossip website TMZ.com, showed the 34-year-old star paid a little more than US$19 000 as a deposit and then refused to pay the balance when the company placed 27 security cameras around his home, claiming he never authorised the work. But a judge in Florida has now ruled that he must pay the outstanding US$31 258.

News of the lawsuit comes less than one month after it was revealed the rapper owes almost US$1,2 million in unpaid tax. Flo Rida is behind on three payments from 2009, 2010 and 2011, but claims he was swindled out of US$170 000 by a couple in a real estate scheme.

According to government files, he still owes US$1 197 655,44 to the IRS, despite paying US$1 million last year. The allegations of unpaid taxes are not the only financial worries Flo has had to deal with in recent years. He was also ordered to pay US$432 704 to the organisers of a music festival in Australia after he reportedly failed to show up in 2011. – bangshowbizz.