Legal Question in Consumer Law in Utah

Lease on a storage unit

I signed a month-to-month contract

with a storage unit and paid 3 months

in advance. I put a friend's car and my

mattress in the unit before going

active duty in the military.

After 2 and a half months, I returned

to the storage unit to retrieve my

mattress. At that time, I requested

that my storage unit lease be

suspended when the month was over

(leaving enough time for my friend to

retrieve his car).

2 months later, my friend contacted

me to say that the storage unit

contacted him, insisting that I owed

them money. I called the storage unit

and they said that the car hadn't been

removed yet. They assured me that if

I paid the $350 bill, the car would be

removed and auctioned off if my friend

didn't retrieve it, the storage unit

would no longer be in my name, and

my contract would end. I paid the bill.

It is now 2 months later, and I just

received a bill for $250 for the past

two months. They said that I owe the

storage fee for the past two months

considering that my friend just picked

the car up a month ago.

Are they allowed to charge me for

these past 2 months after I was

promised that my lease would be

terminated? What can I do?

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