Posted on 06/22/2019 6:26:49 PM PDT by EdnaMode
Halle Berry damn near returned to her home to find the locks changed and a strange man living inside.
Law enforcement sources tell TMZ ... 59-year-old Ronald Eugene Griffin first showed up at an L.A. property owned by the actress in January and allegedly fiddled with the locks, but took off when he was approached by Halle's gardener.
A couple months later, in March ... cops received a trespassing call from workers at Berry's pad, who said Griffin was there with a locksmith trying to get in, claiming he was the new owner of the home and had the deed to prove it.
We're told he'd already managed to have one of the locks changed, and actually made a call to the police when he was confronted by the employees at the house. Yes, he was audacious enough to call the cops claiming ownership and pointing the finger at Halle's employees as trespassers!!!
According to law enforcement ... when police arrived Griffin maintained he was the owner of the house, but LAPD detectives quickly determined Griffin had fraudulently changed the title of the residence.
Halle told the detectives she had no idea who he was ... and definitely didn't give him permission to be at her home.
Griffin was later arrested and hit with a felony count of procuring and offering a false warranty deed and an additional count of petty theft. His bond's set at $36k.
Strangely enough ... we're told the guy didn't even know it was Halle's place. Just luck of the draw for her.
This isn't the first time Halle's had major issues with intruders. Back in 2011, she came home, walked in the kitchen and told cops, "As I opened my glass kitchen door and closed it behind me, all of a sudden I sensed someone behind me and turned to see the intruder standing less than a foot behind me, staring through my glass kitchen door." The guy was arrested.
Pics, damnit pics. Woman is still a fine-@ss redbone in her 50s.
I’d like to steal something from her.
Colonel Klink voice: “Laz.....!”
I’m thinking the dogs from John Wick 3!
Redbone?
Bi-racial woman.
Halle Berry is a Trump hater, she should just let the guy move in, and let some of those migrants she loves so much let them move in too looks like she has enough room
Cool houseboat.
Good picture ... reminds me of the Warner Brothers and their sister Dot buying a garage at a garage sale.
As for the idea of aggressive possession is part of our common law whereby a squatter can under certain circumstances actually gain possession of a property ... but it takes years to accomplish, in some jurisdictions it takes decades.
And among the various requirements is that the occupancy must be notorious, reasonably known to the owner, actually aggressive (trespassing) meaning simply putting out a “welcome” sign could technically invalidate any attempted claim, and also (though the list here is far from complete) that the owner or their agent not visit the property during the time (doing so resets it).
So, yes, this is a thing ... but, no, the guy had no claim for it ... /captain obvious
Theft? I’d prefer an enthusiastic gift.
Theoretically speaking, because I have other ties.
this is true.
The Animaniacs were rather good.
If she wasn’t who she is, the court would let the guy have the house.
Nice house boat.
My first thought about stealing her home meant the kind Jeff Foxworthy talked about:
You might be a redneck if your richest relative buys a new home and right away assumes you’re going to help him take the wheels off it.
I pictured her home 50 miles down the highway before she noticed it was gone.
Don’t care if she’s blue, bring her to my room.
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