Gigi Hadid, Mohamed Hadid and Bella Hadid in 2016.Photo: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty
Mohamed Hadid, who is the father of supermodel sistersGigiandBella Hadid, has filed for bankruptcy on behalf of his company after being accused of illegally building a mega-mansion that was larger than city rules allowed.
Hadid’s attorney, Bruce Rudman, declined to comment to PEOPLE but did refuteDaily Mail’s reporting that he declared Hadid was “broke” in Los Angeles Superior Court.
In the bankruptcy filing, Hadid, who made cameos on Bravo’sReal Housewives of Beverly HillsandVanderpump Rules, reportedly said the company is over $386,000 in debt to a design and management company. In addition, he claimed his company is over $200,000 in debt to a building materials company and owes over $93,000 to a demolition company as well as over $35,000 to plumbers.
The developer, who was married toRHOBHalumYolanda Hadid, also reportedly said his mansion requires immediate attention with the need to be physically secured or protected from the weather, according to TMZ, which also reported that local taxpayers would have to pay the mansion’s expenses if Hadid fails to pay the estimated $5 million to demolish it.
The filing for Chapter 11 protection comes after Hadid’s neighbors filed a lawsuit last year and called the construction of his Bel-Air mansion “the most illegal structure ever constructed” in Los Angeles and a “seven-year saga,” according to theNew York Daily News, which also obtained the latest court documents. The lawsuit is set to go to trial in March 2020.
“If this house came down the hill, it would take a portion of the neighborhood with it,” Judge Craig Karlan said at a hearing last week, TMZ reported.
Hadid reportedly refuted the allegations his home is “unsafe,” tellingTMZ on Nov. 22,“[The house] has not moved a millimeter! It has never been an imminent danger to the neighbors.”
source: people.com
