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AG Ken Paxton alleges $100K-$1M lease kickbacks

8/11/2026

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  • Attorney General Ken Paxton said Premier Vertical Properties paid him $100,000–$1 million every 18 months from a tower lease.
  • Paxton co-founded Premier in 2005 and sat on the Centennial Medical Center board 2003-2013.
  • Premier leased space to T-Mobile in 2006 under a lease that named Tenet Hospitals as the parent.
  • Tenet Hospitals has not responded, leaving the hospital administration without information on the prior deal.