Squatter Turns Park Avenue $7 Мillion Townhouse Into a Private Members Club

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Last updated: January 22, 2022

An expensive Park Avenue triplex house with a rent of $16 000/month has allegedly been used for illegal activities and is now a subject of a lawsuit.

Murray Hill Town House, valued at approximately 7 million, is now reportedly a place where people play poker, host late-night parties, and in the past, according to a recent lawsuit, was a place of prostitution. 

The resident, Patricia Taub, a Brazilian interior designer, has determined to give over the five-bedroom limestone Ashley Jurman to Manhattan’s East 36th Street from November 2020.

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However, according to the court documents, Jurman does not look like a typical inhabitant.

Shortly after moving there, objections about bluster and anti-social conduct began to accumulate with buzzes to the city’s 311 helplines. The New York court has registered blasting music throughout the four months from November 2020 to March 2021.

Citizens close to Park Avenue complained of loud music, marijuana, and many people arriving and moving into the building.

One of the people who submit complaints stated how individuals lined up to join the town hall before heading to the terrace to party and smoke.

“‘It appears that they are using an apartment as a club. Loud music, marijuana smell, not following social distancing rules. Not wearing mask. Two men that act as bouncers standing outside. This happens on the weekend,” – was written in one of the complaints.

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Another strange allegation came from another building tenant, Shan Haider, who showed a video of a naked straggler from Jurman’s apartment breaking and entering in his own apartment. There was also a woman next to him.

Despite that, as previously mentioned, the apartment belonged to Spaiser since 2012, the complaints began once Jurman came.

When they tried to expel Jurman, he asked for a large sum of money in order to leave. In the hope of ending the issue, both designers Jurman and Taub are now on trial.

Another individual called in the case is Kenyatti Adams, who has been living with Jurman since last year.

According to court papers, Adams used the building for illegal poker games, sex trafficking, prostitution, and late-night parties.

On the other hand, Adams confessed to playing poker but refused to do anything illegal. A social media post in the reports demonstrated that for that poker tournament was requested a bare minimum of $ 1,000 to play with sips and an occasion that contained skillfulness.

Adam’s lawyer, Lowell Sydney, noted that his client had paid rent in the past and did not build slums or host any illegal activity.

Jurman’s lawyer Michael Muller also denied allegations of drug use or prostitution.

The lawyer of Spaiser, Victor Feraru, stated that this is the case of one of the worst abuse of the state of New York’s tenant protection laws as it has been misused by criminals in order to take advantage of the legal system and as well as of the property owners.