The home’s current owners, heiress Brinah Milstein and reality show producer Roy Bank, had wanted the home demolished and said they would not sell the home, instead is to continue its legal battle against the city of Los Angeles.
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The Los Angeles home where Marilyn Monroe died in 1962 will not be sold due to a ruling that names the property a cultural monument. TMZ reported.
The Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously Wednesday to add the property to its list of historic and cultural monuments after its current owner attempted to demolish the building and public outcry prompted the city to take action.
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After obtaining a demolition permit for the property last autumn at the request of the owner, the city council tabled an emergency motion to designate the house as a historical and cultural monument to halt demolition work.
Wednesday’s 12-0 vote solidified home ground.
Current owners, real estate heiress Brinah Milstein and reality TV producer Roy Bank tell us TMZ Sources said they will continue to oppose the city council’s ruling.
The couple purchased the home in 2023 for approximately $8.35 million and claimed the city used “unconstitutional” methods to prevent the home from being demolished. TMZ Sources say the couple feel “violated” by the Los Angeles City Council’s ruling, and despite spending millions on the home last year, they say the home is in a state of “complete disrepair” including causing… Major leaking roof problem.
The new historic-cultural monument designation makes it difficult to carry out needed repairs to the house. So, for now, the couple will continue to work to fight the designation rather than attempt to work within the designation or sell the home.
Milstein and Bank reportedly planned to demolish the house to expand their family home on an adjacent lot.
Councilmember Traci Park said at the time that the couple’s demolition permit was initially approved by the city, but in September, when the home’s cultural significance came to light, “potentially thousands of The permit was suddenly halted after Marilyn Monroe fans called city offices to beg the demonstration to stop. .
Milstein and Bank filed a lawsuit against the city in May, accusing the city of using a “backdoor conspiracy” to save the 1920s bungalow and previously said the home’s connection to Monroe was exaggerated because of the dream. Rue lived there “only six months.”
Monroe died of a barbiturate overdose at the age of 36.
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