1071 – Text Chain: Contract Confusion and Payment Inquiry

Tenant text asking owner to clarify contract and payment application

Text exchange where Michael Gasio asks Phat Tran to specify which lease his May payment applied to. Tran’s evasive response and later contradiction confirm dual-contract deception.

Shows landlord’s knowledge of multiple contracts in circulation.
Evidence of Cal. Penal Code § 484 (theft by false pretense) and § 532 (fraud).
Corroborates that tenant paid early yet was accused of non-payment.