A Los Angeles couple who personal the property the place famed starlet Marilyn Monroe spent her closing days is suing the town, alleging they’re being blocked from demolishing the home so the town can flip it right into a historic landmark.
On Monday, Brinah Milstein and her husband Roy Financial institution, filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court docket accusing the town of “unlawful and unconstitutional conduct” after being advised that they may not demolish the Brentwood, California, residence as soon as owned by Monroe, as it’s within the strategy of being declared a historic landmark.
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In line with the lawsuit, the house owners got a demolition allow shortly after buying the property in July 2023. The couple bought the property for an estimated $8.5 million and deliberate to knock down the house to broaden the residence subsequent door, which additionally they personal.
“All of those backroom machinations have been within the identify of preserving a home which under no circumstances meets any of the standards for a ‘Historic-Cultural Monument,'” the lawsuit reads. “For 60 years by 14 house owners and quite a few remodels and constructing permits issued by the town, the town has taken no motion relating to the now-alleged ‘historic’ or ‘cultural’ standing of the home.”
The Helena Drive property was the location of Monroe’s loss of life at age 36 in 1962. She had been residing within the residence for six months earlier than her loss of life.
“There’s not a single piece of the home that features any bodily proof that Ms. Monroe ever spent a day on the home, not a chunk of furnishings, not a paint chip, not a carpet, nothing,” the lawsuit says.
In September 2023, the Los Angeles Metropolis Council halted the demolition and started the method of declaring the property a historic landmark, a lot to the joy of historical past buffs and Monroe followers.
The applying to make the property a landmark acquired approval earlier this 12 months from the town council’s Cultural Heritage Fee and the Planning and Land Use Administration Committee.
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The lawsuit claims that the town council has induced “irreparable injury” to the couple, together with $30,000 in demolition-related bills and stripping them of their “vested rights as house owners of actual property.”
The ultimate resolution on the property receiving the Historic Monument certification will occur by mid-June after the applying goes earlier than the total metropolis council.
