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Dov Charney is trying to prevent his Silver Lake mansion from being sold in bankruptcy proceedings.
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The court has served the ousted American Apparel founder and seven other residents orders to vacate.
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Among the current tenants of the historic building are Milo Yiannopoulos and several Ye associates.
As Dov Charney slogs his way through bankruptcy proceedings, the state of California is fighting to get the ousted American Apparel founder and his friends — including Kanye West affiliates Ian Connor and Milo Yiannopoulos — to vacate Charney's historic Silver Lake mansion.
The iconic Garbutt House, built in the late 1920s as the residence of inventor Frank A. Garbutt, has no official renters or current leases, according to reporting by The Los Angeles Times. Still, seven residents, including Charney, Connor, and Yiannopoulos, as well as multiple former American Apparel employees, have been served motions to turnover their possession of the property that Charney purchased for $4.1 million in 2006, when American Apparel's popularity was booming, the outlet reported.
A sprawling, 20-room estate, the Garbutt House is located in the gated Hathaway Hills Estates community in a residential neighborhood of Los Angeles. Positioned above the surrounding cul-de-sacs, the concrete compound features bronze accents, ornate tile, and a 360-degree panoramic view of the city. It has been a famous filming location for movies since the silent era.
The structure was built with its original owner's deathly fear of fire in mind, the Times reported. Though it features decorative carvings that appear to be made from wood, the focal points are made entirely of concrete and bronze, and there are no fireplaces on the property.
An empire on fire
But now that Charney's empire has come crashing down following allegations of sexual harassment from multiple women and an unsuccessful $20 million bid to try to re-take control of his company, his debtors — including the hedge fund he borrowed the $20 million from — are trying to collect. But they aren't having an easy time of it.
An attorney for Brad Krasnoff, the government-appointed trustee assigned to oversee the liquidation of Charney's assets to pay his debtors in the bankruptcy process, said in a court filing that so far, Krasnoff has been refused access to the Garbutt House property, despite court orders for Charney and his associates to hand it over.
Charney's legal counsel has tried to fight the turnover motion, The Times reported, arguing that 17 liens in place against the property should prevent the trustee from selling it because the sale of the property wouldn't generate enough money to pay back Charney's debts.