CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Peter Thomas, ex-husband of Real Housewives of Atlanta star Cynthia Bailey, is in hot water once again for not paying trust fund taxes earned from his Charlotte businesses.
Thomas, owner of CLUB ONE Charlotte and PT Media, LLC was federally charged after his Charlotte businesses failed to pay $640,000 in trust fund taxes from employee wages to the IRS, court records show. Another $1.1 million in trust fund taxes from businesses in Miami and Baltimore owned by Thomas went unpaid between 2021 and 2023.
Court records say the money was spent on numerous retail purchases, real estate and travel expenses.
In total, Thomas failed to pay more than $2.5 million in employment taxes between 2017 and 2023, according to federal court records.
Back in 2019, Thomas' business, Sports ONE CLT LLC owes $236,952.51 in unpaid taxes, according to a Notice of Federal Tax Lien.
Documents showed Thomas as the owner of Sports ONE at 521 N College St. in Uptown Charlotte when the taxes were left unpaid. Sports ONE closed in Fall of 2022.
Thomas and Bailey came on WCNC Charlotte to talk about Sports ONE back in 2014 after the grand opening.
"We came up with Sports ONE, and the first market that we wanted to introduce it was here in Charlotte," Thomas said in 2014. "And we had our grand opening last night, and it was phenomenal. It was beautiful."