{"id":13015,"date":"2024-07-03T10:48:01","date_gmt":"2024-07-03T10:48:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/used82.com\/?p=13015"},"modified":"2024-07-03T10:48:01","modified_gmt":"2024-07-03T10:48:01","slug":"squatter-who-took-over-1-million-home-and-demands-18000-to-leave-claims-he-did-nothing-wrong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/used82.com\/?p=13015","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Squatter\u2019 who took over $1 million home and demands $18,000 to leave claims he \u2018did nothing wrong\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brian ‘Jay’ Rodriguez claims that he did nothing wrong in a row over his ‘squatting’ in a home in New York<\/h2>\n

A man embroiled in a court case over his alleged squatting in a $1 million property has claimed that he did ‘nothing wrong’.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Landlord Adele Andaloro had inherited the property in Queens,\u00a0New York<\/a>, and noticed that the locks and the front door had been changed while she was trying to sell it earlier this year.<\/p>\n

Andaloro entered the house, carrying her property deed, and found two people inside.<\/p>\n

She went on to suggest one of the men called the\u00a0police<\/a>, saying: “They’ve called the police on me and I’ve called the locksmith. We didn’t come in illegally, the door was open.”<\/p>\n

Police then escorted the two people out of the property. However, another man later arrived, claiming to be the person who had leased the house.<\/p>\n

Since Andaloro had changed the locks, she was ultimately arrested for unlawful eviction.<\/p>\n

The man was later identified as\u00a0Brian Rodriguez<\/a>, who claimed to have signed a lease with a realtor, as well as having paid for work to be done to the house.<\/p>\n

He said he would leave ‘if she pays me my\u00a0money<\/a>\u00a0that I put in the house’ adding: “Pay me the money and I’ll leave or send me to court it’s that simple.”<\/p>\n

Rodriguez has since been charged with burglary and grand larceny after it was found that he was not in the property legally.<\/p>\n

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Brian Rodriguez is now under house arrest. (ABC7)<\/cite><\/div>\n

But he has now claimed that he has not done anything wrong.<\/p>\n

Explaining why, he claimed that he had a lease but was not aware that the lease was not a valid.<\/p>\n

Rodriguez\u00a0told<\/a>\u00a0the Daily Mail: “It was a lease somebody got me. It’s a fake lease, pretty much, now. I didn’t know that at the time.”<\/p>\n

He added: “I wasn’t hiding in the house,” as well as asserting that he ‘didn’t do a thing wrong’.<\/p>\n

According to the outlet, Rodriguez is wearing an ankle monitor and is only permitted to leave home for his\u00a0court<\/a>\u00a0appearances.<\/p>\n

Rodriguez continues to assert that he ‘never disrespected Ms. Andalaro’.<\/p>\n

He said: “It wasn’t that I was screaming at her. That video make me look like an animal and it wasn’t like that.<\/p>\n

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Andaloro was arrested after the initial confrontation. (ABC7)<\/cite><\/div>\n

“I didn’t realize she was behind the door. There were other guys in the house it’s just how the media portrayed me.”<\/p>\n

For her part, Andaloro was left furious after she was arrested during the initial confrontation.<\/p>\n

She said: “It’s not fair that I, as the homeowner, have to be going through this.”<\/p>\n

When the charges were first announced in April, District Attorney Melinda Katz said: “Criminal charges will be pursued when you unlawfully occupy someone else’s home. You cannot just enter a home without permission, then stay without permission and later claim vested rights simply because the legitimate owner is unaware and has been unable to remove you for 30 days.<\/p>\n

“The defendant in this case is alleged to have entered and stayed in the house unlawfully. He has now been charged with burglary and grand larceny.”<\/p>\n

As per the Daily Mail, the ‘case is still pending’.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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