A real estate investor is allegedly having a hard time getting disgraced actor Kevin Spacey to leave his Baltimore mansion.
According to The Baltimore Banner, investor Sam Asgari purchased the waterfront residence for $3.24 million at auction last month, but claims he's currently negotiating with Spacey's lawyers for the 65-year-old to leave the mansion. Considered the city's "most extraordinary home," Spacey bought the 9,000-square foot mansion for $5.65 million when he began filming former Netflix drama House of Cards.
"Right now, he’s refusing to leave," Asgari told the Banner. "He’s asking for six months to leave the property without paying anything."
While the purchase required Asgari to pay a $100,000 deposit, the Simo Homes LLC CEO alleges that he's since been unable to take possession of the mansion, although Spacey's home was foreclosed upon.
While the foreclosure auction process can normally take weeks, the buyer can take legal action to evict the former homeowner if they refuse to leave voluntarily. But Edward U. Lee III, an attorney for Spacey, stated in an email that Asgari's accusation is "false."
In a June episode of Piers Morgan Uncensored, Spacey tearfully spoke about his home foreclosure. "My house is being sold at auction," the 64-year-old said around the 1:31:00 mark of the video below. "So I have to go back to Baltimore and put all my things in storage."
He continued, "So the answer to that question is, I'm not quite sure where I'm going to live now, but I've been in Baltimore since we started shooting House of Cards there."