The happy ending of one Detroit man who used to walk eight hours to work every day is being tainted by the greed of his ex-girlfriend . James Robertson was recently able to move out of his Detroit neighborhood to a suburb with the more than $ 360,000 in donations he received in a crowdfunding campaign that started out as a means to purchase the 56-year-old a car . But apparently his ex-girlfriend and former landlady wants a cut of his new wealth . Scroll down for video . James Robertson used to walk eight hours to work every day , but now has a car , new home , and some money for retirement thanks to a kind crowd-funding campaign . Pictured above on March 4 , cleaning his car . Robertson 's ex-girlfriend and former landlady reportedly has been harassing Robertson for a cut of his money . Robertson pictured above cleaning at his new home in Troy , Michigan on March 3 . In this Tuesday March 3 , 2015 photo , James Robertson , left , shows Charlie Purtan Levenson , 13 , how to properly swing a baseball bat while he was visiting Robertson with his mother and others at Robertson 's new apartmen . The Detroit Free-Press reports that Robertson has had to take out a restraining order against ex Tanya Fox , 60 , who claims he owes her money . 'He said he was going to give me $ 50,000 to fix up the house , ' Fox told the Free-Press , adding : 'James was not a neat person ; he got grease all over the wall ' in the apartment he rented from her for 15 years . Fox is just one of many in Robertson 's old neighborhood who he has completely cut ties with . ' I may have been born there , but God knows I do n't belong there anymore , ' Robertson said about his old neighborhood near Detroit 's New Center area . The plastic-molding operator also said he did n't tell people in his old neighborhood where he was moving . The 56-year-old gained celebrity after the newspaper reported earlier this year that he began walking to a job at an auto parts factory when his car stopped working in 2005 and bus service was cut back . Robertson pictured above hitting the pavement on his old 21-mile walk to work . A local college student launched a modest crowdfunding campaign to a buy a new car . It led to $ 360,000 eventually being raised and Robertson receiving a new , $ 35,000 Ford Taurus from an auto dealership . He still works at the same factory in Rochester Hills which pays him $ 10.55 an hour , but the hours-long walking trip now is done in a 20-minute drive . ' I 'm going to keep working — that 's for sure , ' he told the newspaper . Financial experts are donating their service to help Robertson manage his money . The 1-bedroom apartment in Troy costs him $ 800 a month in rent . He had been paying $ 880 per month for less space in his ex-girlfriend 's home in Detroit . Most of his money now is in a trust that has a principal amount of $ 351,000 . The earnings from the trust should be enough to keep Robertson 's nest egg untouched until he retires , said Rebecca Sorensen , a UBS Financial Services senior vice president for wealth management . She is part of the financial team helping him . People have stepped up because Robertson is unselfish and deserving , Sorensen said . 'He wants the majority of the funds he received to be invested in a way that will someday provide an income stream when he retires , ' she added .
James Robertson , 56 , used to walk eight hours to get to his $ 360,000/hour job . The hard worker was given a new car , and $ 10.55 in a crowd-funding campaign . He has since had to take out a restraining order against his ex-girlfriend and former landlady Tanya Fox , 60 . Fox allegedly has been harassing Robertson for a cut of his new money .