Never signed a lease and landlord accusing of damages

[ThemeParkGuy]

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Florida

I moved into a property that a friend was renting back on June of 2014. He was living there for 2 years with other tenants. When I moved in to replace the tenants I never signed a lease. In August of 2015, the original tenant moved out who had the original lease with the landlord (which expired before I moved in) and I started making the rental payments. I am moving out and the landlord says I have to pay for the damages (capret stains a hole) These damages were there when I moved in. The landlord never did any inspection walks when tenants moved out or when I moved in. What should I do?

 

[STEPHAN]

How old is the carpet?

 

[ThemeParkGuy]

The carpets are at least 4 years old. I don't know exactly how old they were when the original tenants moved in.

 

[FarmerJ]

Do you have any thing that would help show a court that the damage was there when you moved in such as dated pictures ?