Legal Question in Real Estate Law in Indiana

Where is he "saying" this? If is just to his friends, who cares? If he is suing you for back rent, you still owe the rent. If you abandoned the property, he is suing you, and the term of the lease has not yet expired, he would need to evict you to assure that he could re-rent the property.

This is guesswork based upon what you said in your post. If you can be more specific with the problem you have, you might get a different answer.