Squatter has been exploiting California Laws for decades that target homeowners in Malibu

Malibu Real Estate Agent warned the owners of California Houses on the need to protect themselves after serial squats for years, allegedly targeting the beach community, a problem she said he could get worse after Los Angeles wildlife.

“I do not know how she has been pulled out with this in Malibly with the amount of people she did,” explained Liz Benicki, a real estate agent in Malibu and a lifelong resident of the area, explained Fox News Digital about charges against Ellie Mae McNulty. “It’s a very small, narrow community. See the same people. You get this knowledge. You think everyone is like you because we all do the same thing, so you somehow gain that trust. You live in this bubble in Malibu. “

McNulty, actor and screenwriter, according to her biography, allegedly swallowed dozens of homeowners in Malibu in the last decade, charming her way into their life before becoming a nightmare roommate, Vanity Fair first reported.

“First of all, as she could do it for so many years without catching up, I think it just has to do with her overall charm. I think she’s a predator and finds people who are weak that she can catch further,” Benikou said.

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According to Vanity Fair, McNulty met 65-year-old Alden Marina on the beach in Point Dume in 2021, where the two shared a pleasant exchange, before Marin opened her home because she claimed that “she was waiting for her new place to prepare. ”

But the days turned quickly for weeks, then for a month, then two, and Marin’s sister reported on a change in McNulty, and she continued to justify why she couldn’t provide a rent.

“People really feel like it’s a very narrow, safe community. Why would anyone want to use it? But again, people do it. And it’s almost easy to get away if you consistently show your face, like this predator,” told Benicka.

“People in La want to see people who look special. And she portrayed that special thing. She’s like,” Ok, I’m an actor. I know these people. I have these relationships. “So, somehow blind yourself.

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Marin’s family claimed that McNulty “liberated the campaign of psychological terror” on him that landed him to the medical facility. While in care, the family reported that McNulty had changed all the locks in the house and revealed that Marin was not her first victim, the Vanity Fair report said.

The family took the issue to court, and the judge eventually ordered McNulty to leave the property, Vanity Fair reported. Fox News Digital addressed McNulty for comment.

Benicka said it was not the only example of someone who pulled a scheme like this to Golden State. She said there could be more fraud in this way in response to fires.

“I feel like it is something that, unfortunately, we see a lot, especially here in California, because people have really big hearts and they want to help, and they want to see the best in people,” Benickou said.

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“It’s such a mental illness that they don’t really see what they do. It’s so pathological,” Benickou told people who run these types of squat schemes. “They don’t see what they did at all.

California, known for being one of the most appropriate countries in the country, protects residents from certain erection of rent, and may be protected from certain types of emigration.

“If you are in place for more than 14 days, I think you can claim it as your own within six months,” Benicko explained, calling yourself California Lease Laws.

State law also requires that guests who occupy a room in the home, even if they do not pay and have no contract, can be considered “tenants at will”.

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The laws of the state were created to prevent the landlords unjustly emigrated to renters.

A spokesman for the California Ministry of Justice told Vanity Fair not to be paid rent, “disorder” and “engaging in criminal activities on the premises”, all considered “a righteous cause” according to the State Law.

As Benicka pointed out, evictions can take months, even for years, and the police are not allowed to forcibly remove the resident, but may “persuade” the person to leave the home.

“California is a country that is known to be very soft for crime and squatting is a crime. It seems to me that so much will change, especially after the fire, after all these people lost their homes. You can’t just throw people on the streets, “Benicka told.

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Benicka added that since California is a state of shrines, she believes she will need a lot of work to change the apartment’s rental laws.

“It will take a lot of work to change these laws to be more in favor of the homeowner. This is just something I see again. So, unless homeowners really gather and do not really try to make these changes, it will be more in favor of the residents of California because it is a shrine, “Benicko said.

“And that is not stopped only in immigration or anything. This continues to accommodate. And that’s why we had a housing crisis, and now it’s worse. Unfortunately, fires.”

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The game was not the first crisis to exhibit a housing crisis in California, because Benikhou told Benico that she really saw corruption and schemes how they appear during the Covid-19 pandemia.

“I think a lot of people took advantage of the coids that they can stay in their places because of this moratorium. And I think a lot of people will use this (fires) as an excuse,” she explained.

“But on the other hand, there are tenants I represented which owners try to make more money than them than they had previously paid before the fire. So, there are two sides of this coin immediately after the fire. And now, there are new laws that are placed in a place where you can’t just move someone. But I see the owners who are now trying to somehow make the tenants leave at their will, “Benicka told.

Benickiou referred to an emergency order orders California government Gavin News established in response to fires that will prevent price increase and prohibit price increases more than 10% in Los Angeles County by March 8. Restrictions are applied to existing tenants and new rentals during an emergency, according to the order.

“In the face a natural disaster, We should gather to help our neighbors, not trying to profit from their pain, “said California General Rob Bont in the previous statement to the public.

Cal Fire reported that more than 12,000 homes, companies and schools were lost due to fires, and more than 100,000 people had to leave their homes.

The Bonta Office said that he would protect Californians affected by wild fires in southern California, the Ministry of Justice investigates and persecuted prices and sent more than 650 warning letters, with more arrival, hotels and renters accused of collecting prices.

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“There is so much side in that,” Benicka told. “And it’s hard because there are great tenants and there are great apartments, and then there are those who exploit any individual situation. And unfortunately, due to the fact that we live in California and certain cities within Los Angeles, Like Santa Monica, for example, it has a rental control, so it is harder to draw a tenant in Santa Monica than in, say, Burbank, who does not have a rental control.

“So, so much is entering this whole tenant tenant provider. And unless there are laws that change in California, you still have to deal with all city laws.”