BY ROGER SMITH
MOUNTAIN CITIZEN
INEZ — A Pikeville company managed by property developer Greg May is seeking to evict Addiction Recovery Care from White Oak Hill (the former Inez Middle School property), alleging ARC owes nearly $300,000 in back rent and late fees.
Ruach Holding LLC filed a forcible detainer complaint Friday in Martin District Court over the property at 388 Cardinal Lane in Inez.
According to the complaint, ARC entered into a written lease May 1, 2021, for White Oak Hill, including the former school building and grounds. The lease calls for monthly rent of $33,244.
Ruach alleges ARC has failed to pay rent since November 2025 and owes $299,936 in back rent and late fees as of Friday.
Ruach said in the documents that it gave ARC written notice May 6 to vacate White Oak Hill, but the company had not left when the complaint was filed.
An eviction notice issued Monday sets a trial for Oct. 13 in Martin District Court.
ARC did not respond to a request for comment before press time.
May and ARC founder Tim Robinson, who has stepped down as the company’s CEO, partnered to develop White Oak Hill before the drug addiction treatment center opened in early 2022.
May’s group had previously worked with ARC to develop addiction treatment centers in Pike and Knott counties.
The court filing also references Odyssey Inc. in connection with both the landlord and tenant.
Odyssey is a Louisa nonprofit with longstanding ties to ARC. It was incorporated in 2007 by Robinson and his wife, Lelia Robinson, who later stepped down from its board in 2023.
The complaint does not explain Odyssey’s role in the White Oak Hill dispute.
The eviction action comes amid significant legal and financial pressure for ARC.
In July, ARC and two affiliated health care companies agreed to a $16.2 million civil judgment resolving federal allegations that they improperly billed Kentucky Medicaid for behavioral health and medical services over nearly seven years.
Federal officials said the judgment, which will be paid over several years, was negotiated and reduced based on the defendants’ financial condition and prospects for continued operations.
ARC and the other companies did not admit liability as part of the resolution.
Robinson also faces a separate federal criminal case. A federal grand jury indicted him in June on one count of wire fraud and two counts of money laundering. He has pleaded not guilty.
His trial, originally scheduled for August, has been continued to Feb. 1, 2027.
The White Oak Hill eviction case is in Martin District Court.
The filing is an allegation by the landlord. It does not constitute a judgment or eviction order against Addiction Recovery Care.