It’s been a bumpy road for Norfolk’s House of Maya Bridal Salons since it abruptly closed in August 2017, but former owner Maya Holihan may have finally come to the end of lawsuits and a $4.4 million debt, including unpaid taxes, business loans, and other debt, the Virginian-Pilot reported. According to court records, Holihan and her husband, Robert Holihan, paid $16,487 to the Internal Revenue Service and $2,850 to bankruptcy trustee John McLemore. The rest of the millions of debt was discharged, including more than $760,000 owed to Old Point National Bank and roughly $255,000 owed to BB&T. The bankruptcy case was filed on April 19, 2018 and finalized the following December. Holihan’s business troubles in court began when judges in two lawsuits ordered her and her business Maya Couture LLC to pay more than $87,000 in back rent and credit card debt to a former landlord in Ghent and American Express Bank, respectively. Judges previously ordered her to pay around $200,000 in rent and more than $30,000 in credit card debt. Former employees and vendors also sued for a total of $15,000.
