Mich. man denies claims about escort

Montgomery County woman claims two had pact.

A Michigan businessman has denied claims that he paid a local woman for escort services and says he has not had contact with her for more than two years.

George Helms denied the claims made by Lisa Thomas, who as part of a lawsuit in Montgomery County Common Pleas court said she and Helms had an agreement that included him paying her $30,000 per month for her “exclusive escort services.”

In a separate lawsuit, the widow of Robert “Bobby” Caldwell, who was murdered in front of three of his children in August 2017, claims Thomas used proceeds of high-dollar escort work and a dog grooming business to bankroll a conspiracy that led to two attempts on Robert Caldwell’s life.

Thomas is the aunt of Tawnney (Thomas) Caldwell, Robert Caldwell’s ex-wife. Tawnney Caldwell and Sterling H. Roberts were indicted in March and charged with Robert Caldwell’s murder.

The lawsuit between Helms and Thomas, filed in July 2016, is unrelated to the wrongful death lawsuit.

Edward Plato, an attorney representing Helms, wrote in an email that Helms has not had contact with Lisa Thomas or anyone in her family since February 2016, a year and a half before the murder of Robert Caldwell. Helms denies paying Lisa Thomas for escort services, Plato said.

“The allegations of Lisa Thomas in her counter-complaint are ridiculous, and complete fabrications are simply an attempt by Lisa Thomas to extort money from George Helms in retaliation for his attempt to dissolve the company,” Plato wrote.

Helms filed his lawsuit claiming that Thomas failed to make mandatory capital contributions to a company, R Boulevard Properties LLC, they co-operated and that she “frustrated the economic purpose of the company.”