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The Actual Housewives of Miami star Lisa Hochstein‘s divorce from Lenny Hochstein has been finalized for a number of months now. Nevertheless, it appears the previous couple’s points are ongoing, as she just lately filed a authorized grievance in opposition to him relating to the house he’s constructing for her.
Lisa and Lenny introduced that they have been going their separate methods in Could 2022. Their divorce was then finalized in November 2024, with one of many stipulations being that he construct a house for her and their kids.
Now, based on US Weekly, Lisa and her authorized workforce filed court docket paperwork in opposition to Lenny on August 28. In them, she accused her former husband of being in contempt of court docket attributable to not adhering to their divorce settlement. She states that that is the case for 2 causes.
First, Lenny was required to pay $17,000 per 30 days towards her hire till her residence was constructed. In accordance with the settlement, the quantity was supposed to extend if her hire elevated. Moreover, he was supposed to purchase a land on South Shore Drive or someplace close to Star Island in Miami. The paperwork state, “The house should be constructed in an architectural fashion and method just like” their earlier residence.
Concerning the house, Lenny was not solely accountable for the development but additionally of all of the required permits, and it was alleged to be entered right into a belief for the children, with Lisa having unique use of it till their youngest turned 18.
The issue is that the house that Lenny has begun constructing isn’t comparable sufficient to their earlier residence, based on Lisa. Moreover, her hire has elevated from $32,000 per 30 days to $33,000 per 30 days, and he or she says he’s refused to pay the distinction.
She claims, “[Lenny] has refused to pay the hire enhance, regardless of his capacity to conform.” It’s additionally value noting that the house was alleged to be accomplished on or earlier than June 23, 2025.
Concerning the longer term residence, it was supposed to incorporate six bedrooms, a waterfront view, and a visitor home. As a substitute, the one he’s buidling solely has two tales “relatively than a two-story residence with an extra understory, has no visitor residence, has 5 bedrooms relatively than six bedrooms, has a driveway which accommodates roughly one-third of the vehicles it’s alleged to, has a smaller pool, just isn’t waterfront and occurs to be throughout from a really noisy highschool the place band observe is held.”
Lisa says she has voiced her complaints, and he replied, “The home shall be prepared in 2-3 months, at which level I can’t pay your hire.” She calls his actions a “deliberate try and deprive” her and their youngsters of their unique settlement. Lisa says he’s doing this “to spite” her and to “create instability in her residence surroundings.”
The RHOM star additionally highlighted his reported internet value of $175,000,000 and says she does “not know the place she goes to reside and what to anticipate, which is strictly what the [settlement] was attempting to keep away from.”
Her lawyer additionally mentioned, “Moreover, having a secure house is a requirement for her job as a TV persona, which is the way in which she earns her livelihood. For the reason that divorce was finalized, [Lenny] has engaged in a deliberate sample of non-compliance.”
In response, Lenny said, “None of that is true. Lisa is the one who has breached the settlement, which is why we now have a listening to later this month. I’ve complied with each facet of the settlement.”
He continued, “The house she is referring to is 5,215 sq. ft compared to the house I’m constructing, which is 5,074 sq. ft with an extra 480 sq. ft hooked up storage, so in case you embody that, the home I’m constructing is bigger in dimension.”
In accordance with Lenny, the longer term residence shall be value between $7 million and $9 million. He added, “The truth that Lisa finds this to be ‘not sufficient’ for her ought to let you know every little thing you should know concerning the type of particular person she is.”
Lenny additionally states that Lisa’s present boyfriend, Jody Glidden, “offered his residence and moved in with Lisa, so for the previous two years, I’ve been paying his hire as effectively. Lisa continues to accuse me of issues which might be false.”
He then mentioned, “It’s my intention to proceed to pay hire so Lisa and Jody can reside in consolation till the almost $10 million residence is prepared, at which level Lisa will be capable to reside in luxurious with Jody.”
Lisa’s lawyer, Parastoo Majd, then responded to Lenny. Saying, “Lenny’s self-serving statements are nothing greater than distractions designed to deflect from one easy fact: he’s not complying with the Marital Settlement Settlement. He has did not uphold his finish of the deal, depriving Lisa of her advantage of the discount and forcing her to waste time and assets in court docket to implement what he already agreed to.”
The lawyer continued, “To be clear, this isn’t about the home not being ‘sufficient.’ That is about upholding a contract. The Marital Settlement Settlement required a house constructed to particular architectural requirements and accepted plans.”
Parastoo went on, “Maybe probably the most telling half is that, regardless of his self-proclaimed internet value of ‘175 million {dollars},’ Lenny has stopped paying hire for the house the place his two kids reside, regardless of his contractual obligation to take action, forcing Lisa to file yet one more movement and return to court docket.”
Lastly, “It’s obvious that Lenny hates nothing greater than a girl who refuses to be managed. Lisa is standing up for equity, accountability, her kids’s future, and the rule of regulation in opposition to a person who believes the principles merely don’t apply to him.”
