Limo Driver Says Salahis Owe Him Money

MARSHALL, Va. - The cases and accusations just continue to stack up against the Tareq and Michaele Salahi, the Virginia couple said to have crashed the recent White House state dinner.

FOX 5 first told you they were in court last week and had to hand over an expensive watch to pay for a year-old debt. Now more people and small businesses are stepping forward to say they too haven't been paid.

The real life of Tareq and Michaele Salahi is proving to have more twists and turns than any reality show could possibly dream up. On Friday in a Warren County courtroom, FOX 5 was the only local station to show the couple after they had to turn a watch that could be worth as much as $300,000 to settle a $925 lawn bill.  FOX 5 learned on Monday that the watch appears to be real, but according to the Warren County Report it is being shipped overnight to a company that specializes in verification to determine if it is real or what its actual value is.

On Monday, a former limo driver was the latest to speak up and ask for his money, too. He says he's owed $465 plus $40 for gas. He wasn't too surprised when he saw them crash the White House dinner.

"I hear White House party crashers and U look up and say, 'Look who it is-- it's the scammers," says Brian Mitchell.

He answered an ad on craigslist in October to drive the couple's limo for their Wine Country Tours and to personally drive them to and from shoots for the reality show Real Housewives of D.C. He says things didn't add up from day one.

"Can you imagine going down that hill in a stretch limo with no front brakes?" Mitchell told FOX 5's Claudia Coffey.

"They have no front brakes on the car?" Coffey asked Mitchell.

Oh my God, the first time I drove it, it was like, 'Rrrrrr, rrrr, rrrrrr.' I got down to the bottom of the hill and I really thought, Claudia, I am turning around and going back up and telling them to shove it."

He says Tareq told him to email him an account of the hours he worked, but he was given no explanation of when or how he would get paid. At times, he says he had to pay for gas out of his own pocket. He sent one final email requesting payment in November. He says he never heard back and finally quit.

Mitchell plans on filing suit against the Salahis.