If I recently moved out due to physical and mental abuse, can I break my lease?
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If I recently moved out due to physical and mental abuse, can I break my lease?
I signed a lease with my ex. After moving out I found a phone where my ex was posting explicit sexual ads to men/women. My ex had multiple sexual encounters that I was unaware of during our living together – dating. My landlord will not let me break the lease because it is in both our names. I took pictures of the emails and information I found on my ex’s phone. My ex probably deleted all the information by now from his phone. Will the pictures be sufficient evidence I can not live in the apartment with my ex?
Asked on November 24, 2012 under Real Estate Law, Pennsylvania
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Answered 11 years ago | Contributor
Under the laws of all states in this country you cannot legally break your lease due to the bad behavior of your "roommate" without recourse to the landlord unless the presumed written lease that you have allows you to do so. As such, you need to carefully read the written lease to see if it allows you to end your lease under the circumstances that you have written about without recourse.
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