The Virginia attorney general’s office has filed a civil suit against SportsQuest

The Virginia attorney general’s office has filed a civil suit against SportsQuest CHESTERFIELD, Va. —

The Virginia attorney general’s office has filed a civil suit against SportsQuest in Chesterfield County, alleging violations of the Virginia health spa and consumer protection acts.

The suit revolves around memberships sold to a not-yet-built health and fitness facility. The state alleges that contracts were sold through last April that did not say when the facility would open. And since then, the suit says, contracts were sold with an opening date that did not prove to be true.

“From at least May 11, 2011, SportsQuest sold health spa contracts that disclosed a projected opening date that has passed without seeing the opening of the Genito Road facility,” the suit said.

The suit also said that in November, the attorney general’s office reached a written agreement with SportsQuest to take care of the problem. But Sportsquest “has failed to live up to the prepayment contract refund and reporting obligations of the agreement,” the suit said.

The state, among other points, is asking the court to require SportsQuest to refund money that people paid for the memberships. The range of fees at issue range from $800 to $2,600 for a pre-paid 36-month contract, the suit said.

(This has been a breaking news update. Check back for more details as they become available. Read more in tomorrow’s Richmond Times-Dispatch.)