A furious Beverly Hills homeowner has revealed she was slapped with a secret bill for over $100 million after buying her mansion.
Marjorie Josaphat said consulting firm Ortiz Consulting LLC tried to claim the staggering sum over the property on Benedict Canyon Drive for various work undertaken over the last 10 years.
But Josaphat claimed she had not heard of them, never met its founder Rita Ortiz and had only bought the house last year when it was in need of urgent repair.
Others on the street have also been stung by the company, with her neighbors Mary Tosky and Andrea Knowles both being asked for $24 million each.
Josaphat said she bought the three-bedroom, 1,400-square-foot home in a poor state and did a full renovation before she planned to sell it three weeks ago.
But she discovered she had two mechanics liens – a legal hold against a property by unpaid laborers – totaling $48 million for supposed “cleaning services” and “business consulting.”
Another one was later filed for $98 million claiming payment for “10 contracts” and “80 agreements,” legal filings show.
Josaphat toldABC7: “I don’t know who Rita Ortiz is. This place was abandoned. There’s nothing to clean. If she did a job of $24 million, then she owes me money because this place was really a mess.”
Tosky, who lives next door, was also hit with two liens from Ortiz totaling over $24 million for alleged “cleaning services, labor and materials.”
She denies ever working with Ortiz and said she only ever met her once when she was sued by her in a small claims court, branding the latest claims “a joke.”
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