<human>: Hello everyone,

I want some real help on this problem. If you're going to come in here and give vague advice or point me to a link that will provide no specific advice, then don't bother commenting.

Also, this thread is not for telling me about the mistakes I made. What's done is done, so let's move on.

Story: I moved into this house in Aug 2014. I moved out without contacting the landlord in Jan 2015. I paid rent for Jan 2015 as well.

**I'm in Kansas

Rent was $300.

My mistake is coming back to bite me in the ass now. The landlord is telling me that he is going to sue me for the rent I owed plus all of the accrued late fees. In the contract he wrote that late fees were $10/day late. So he's saying he wants to sue me for somewhere around $15,000 - 20,000. The amount I had still owed him would have been about $2000. He is also saying that he will be garnishing my wages for the next 5 years.

I'm a broke college dude. I literally have nothing under my name. He sent me terms to settle the debt. He wanted about $2500 to cover his attorney fees and the utilities he was paying for me. I'm not sure why he would be covering my utilities though. I was renting a room in a four bedroom house. One of our other roommates skipped out and we were stuck paying her utilities. He also didn't pursue her.

I honestly would love to settle with the guy. I know what I did was wrong, and he deserves his money. He just won't negotiate with me. He drives a nice truck, so I honestly think he is just being a dick about this whole thing.

Questions:
Is he actually able to sue a tenant for $15,000? Can't those fees be considered unrealistic, thus negligible?

How can I know if he really is going to sue me or not?

Basically... WHAT CAN I DO TO NOT BE SUED FOR A BAJILLION DOLLARS!??

Hopefully one of you expert peeps can give me some advice!

Thanks!!!

Can you condense the text into three sentences or less?
<bot>: If you're down here reading this, then you will not be able to give any sort of advice to me. Sorry!