Legal Question in Credit and Debt Law in Florida

I signed a lease with one owner, lgave a sec deposit. He gave the prop to a mgnt co. I refused to sign a new lease as they would not make repiars to the home. My original lease was from 6 years ago. I moved out 8 months ago. I was never contacted by any of the prop owners. I just recieved a letter from a collection agency seeking $1669.00 in late fees. I asked for a copy of a valid lease. They sent me notes I sent to a lady thanking her for working with us on the rent. they aren't dated, nor do they have the property companies name on them. They also do not acknowledge any late fees. The lady I dealt with said she wanted us to stay and would work with us on paying our rent. She never mentioned anything about late fees. She said she didn't want us to move as we were good tenants. Instead of sending me a copy of a lease.They sent me a list of late fees with a note saying no lease on file.They did copy the notes I sent thanking the lady for working with us. In the list of late fees, they have 0 dollars listed for security deposit.They said we never paid them one. The old owner never sent us our check back. Now they are stciking me with $1669.00 in late fees! They had 4 thank you notes where I did pay late.Again, there was no mention of lates fees. Now it's 8 months after I moved out, an i am in collections.Is this legal? Does the former landlord just get to keep that money? He didn't transfer it, and never sent it to us.Also, they sent my roommate a notice saying his name was removed from the case. I guess they are coming after me because of the thank yo unotes??

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