I blame Anna Wintour.
André Leon Talley, former Wintour BFF, is in
danger of eviction from his White Plains, New York manse because maybe he
doesn’t own it, and maybe he does?
While André claims ownership of the home, his friends—well,
ex-friends—George Malkemus, former CEO of Manolo Blahnik, and his husband, Anthony
Yurgaitis, claim it’s their house and that André was merely a renter who is
behind in the rent to the tune of $500,000.
In November, George and Anthony filed documents seeking to
evict André from their home claiming “$515,872,97 representing alleged arrears”
while André filed his own lawsuit against George and Anthony claiming that, in
2004, the home he was living in developed mold and he needed to find a new
place to live. He says that George, a friend for almost 40 years, helped him
out because—and this makes literally no sense—his “work schedule was
particularly demanding, and he could not obtain traditional financing” so
he and George entered into a “gentleman’s agreement.”
According to André, George and Anthony agreed to buy the
White Plains mansion, with help from a $120K down payment provided by André,
who would then make payments to George and Anthony until the balance of the
purchase price was paid off and then the deed would be transferred to him. André
claims he paid George and Anthony back and then some; the purchase price was $1.02M
and André says he’s paid the couple $1.075M and then spent another $200,000 on
home repairs.
Wait, so he overpaid? At any rate, André says he’s overpaid in
full, and the couple did not sign over the house to him, and in March
2020, George and Anthony told André to pay it off or get out.
André believes that the couple was having money
problems related to Manolo Blahnik’s bankruptcy and so they are
trying to steal the house out from under him. That begs the question, though,
how do these high-powered, somewhat affluent people, make a “gentleman’s
agreement” and not put one word in writing? Makes no sense … unless ….
Like I said, I’d be looking at Wintour. This story has her
claws all over it.
Oops, probably should have said that last part. If I
suddenly stop blogging and you never hear from me again, someone tell the
police it was Anna!
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