[Solved] Telerik MVC AutoComplete Microsoft JScript runtime error: 'Text' is null or not an object

[Alex]

When I select an option from the drop down with my mouse or using the enter key I receive this error: Microsoft JScript runtime error: 'Text' is null or not an object. If I type out my selection I do not get the error. I am binding the data to the drop down using jquery.
What is causing this error and how can I fix it?
View:

columns.Bound(x => x.MaintenanceId)
                            .HeaderTemplate(@<text>Maint ID<br/>
                                @(Html.Telerik().AutoComplete()
                                     .Name("acGridMaintIDSelected")
                                     .ClientEvents(events => events.OnDataBinding("workOrderList.onAutoCompleteDataBinding"))
                                     .Filterable(f => f.MinimumChars(3))
                                     .Encode(false)
                                     .AutoFill(true)
                                     .HtmlAttributes(new { @class = "wogridInputbox", style = "width:80px; height:16px" })
                                     .HighlightFirstMatch(true)
                                     .Multiple(m => m.Enabled(false))
                                )
                                </text>)
                            .ClientTemplate(Html.ActionLink("<#=MaintenanceId#>", "View", "ViewWorkOrder",
                            new { Area = "WorkOrders", id = "<#=WorkOrderId#>" }, null).ToHtmlString());

Js: (I only added the code that I thought was relevant)

(function (rite, workOrderList, $, undefined) {
    var $m = workOrderList;

$m.init = function () {

$m.onAutoCompleteDataBinding = function (e) {

 

        var autocomplete = $(this).data('tAutoComplete');

        var dataSource = [$(this).val()];

        autocomplete.dataBind(dataSource, true);

 

        var filterTypeAndValue = { 'filterType': $(this).attr('id'), 'filterValue': $(this).val() };

 

        rite.json({

            action: '_GridAutoCompleteAjaxLoading',

            controller: 'WorkOrderList',

            data: filterTypeAndValue,

            success: function (json) {

                autocomplete.dataBind(json, true);

            }

        });

    };
})(window.rite = window.rite || {}, window.workOrderList = window.workOrderList || {}, jQuery);


$(document).ready(function () {
    workOrderList.init();
});