America's Next Top Models ruin ritzy NYC loft
Do you enjoy the guilty pleasure of America's Next Top Model as much as we do? Then you're not surprised to hear that the 14 brainless babes who lived it up in the Tribeca apartment we see on the CW every Wednesday may get Tyra Banks sued.
The New York Post says Michael Marvisi, the landlord at 39 Lispenard St. in Manhattan, is planning to file a lawsuit after Anisa Productions promised any damage to his $6 million (!) flat would be minor. Instead, Marvisi claims the production crew "punched hundreds of holes in the ceiling to hang lighting equipment and destroyed his Brazilian wood floors, which he replaced when the modellettes moved out three weeks ago, the Post says.
"These girls not only destroyed the floors, it appears they had food fights. There's ketchup and coffee splattered all over the landlord's $20,000 white drapes. There's lipstick on the walls," a source told the Post. "They moved in furniture and made holes all along the walls."
The girls allegedly also ruined a $15,000 chandelier, ran up a $1,500 electric bill the landlord claims ANTM "skipped out on" and ruined the bathroom. They apparently splashed so much water that mold tests were ordered, and $90,000 worth of damage was done to an electrical store on the first floor.
Marvisi claims $500,000 in total damages, and even though ANTM reportedly offered $125,000, not a dime has gone out. We have to say, though, that this report just makes us want to watch those airheads trash the place.
[Photo: Getty Images]
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Rodger doesn't know anything about New York. A flat in the Tribeca area of Manhattan could easily be worth that much money. It is just an apartment but in real estate location is everything. For all the money generated from a reality tv show they should just remodel the apartment for the guy.
Posted by: Curt | March 11, 2008 at 02:21 PM
Beverly must be mad because guys are not buying her dinner.
Posted by: Ted | March 11, 2008 at 01:18 PM
Nice stereotyping Ted, very original. Your mother would be so proud! Unmarried I am assuming...I wonder why?!?
Posted by: Beverly | March 11, 2008 at 11:41 AM
These women act like every other women today. They all think that they are owed everything for doing nothing.
Posted by: Ted | March 11, 2008 at 10:58 AM
Bet their boyfriends, past and present have been court-ordered into anger management classes as not to intervene in their escapes.
Posted by: | March 10, 2008 at 03:23 PM
even if the walls are painted in 24k gold NO apartment is worth 6 mil. only an idiot with too much money would pay that. he should have had a lease and a deposit just like any other landlord. Kinda nice seeing a richie rich get it in the backside for a change.
Posted by: Rodger | March 10, 2008 at 03:08 PM