West
LA squatters take over luxury Hollywood Hills mansion, rent rooms to OnlyFans models: report
A squatter took over a luxury seven-bedroom Hollywood Hills home and created fake leases to rent out rooms to OnlyFans models, according to reports.
Real estate agents on the listing, Emily Randall Smith and her husband, told Fox 11 when they went to check in on the home in January, they noticed something strange.
“We walked up the property and the lock box was cut off. And there was a mailbox someone had ordered and put up. Like that was very weird, that was not here before,” Randall Smith told Fox 11.
The couple called the police when Randall Smith’s husband walked to the side of the house and spotted a man sleeping inside.
HANDYMAN-TURNED-SQUATTER HUNTER OUTLINES ‘NIGHTMARE SCENARIO’ WHEN MIGRANTS CATCH ON TO HOUSING LAWS
A luxurious seven-bedroom mansion in the Hollywood Hills was taken over by squatters where they even set up a business inside the home, Fox 11 reported. (FOX 11)
However, the couple said police were unable to get the man to leave, so they waited until he left on his own and called police again. That’s when they learned the squatter had allegedly written a fake lease allowing OnlyFans models to create their content in the house and rent rooms to them, according to the couple. They had also allegedly thrown wild parties.
“They knocked on the door and I guess some girl opened it, and she ended up being an OnlyFans model and I guess the guy who had broken into the house had started this whole business and was renting these rooms out to the girls,” Randall Smith said.
Police then escorted the woman, her dog and everyone’s belongings out of the house. But the Smiths were left with piles of filth to clean up.
Randall Smith claimed the squatters left human waste around the mansion, cut the cords to the security systems and even installed their own Wi-Fi.
No one was arrested that night in January, but Randall Smith hopes the person is caught.
GEORGIA REPUBLICANS TARGET ATLANTA SQUATTERS WITH HARD-HITTING BILL: ‘NO MORE FREE RIDES’
Police escorted a woman and her dog out of the property. Randall Smith tells Fox 11 that no one was arrested. (FOX 11)
A multi-million dollar home on the border of Beverly Hills was also taken over by squatters in January. Frustrated neighbors reported the group partying into all hours of the night.
California isn’t the only state seeing an increase in squatter problems.
Lawmakers in Georgia are taking aim at Atlanta’s squatting crisis with a proposed bill that would make the act a clear criminal offense as neighborhoods around the metro area continue to assess the situation with tied hands.
PENNSYLVANIA MAN PAYS RANSOM TO RECLAIM HOUSE FROM SQUATTERS: ‘THE CITY IS REWARDING CRIMINALS’
A home in Hollywood Hills was trashed by squatters, according to the LA PD. (Fox 11)
Approximately 1,200 homes have been taken over by squatters, according to the National Rental Home Council trade group, but with local law enforcement bound by tenant rights laws, homeowners have limited options to reclaim their property.
“Our country is so upside down in so many ways,” Flash Shelton previously told Fox News. “It’s not just squatters. There are a lot of issues that we need to deal with, and I don’t think we’re finding a way to deal with them.”
Shelton gained international fame last year after he posted a video showing how he turned the tables on squatters who had moved into his mother’s house in California while it was up for sale.
Fox News Digital reached out to the Los Angeles Police Department for more information on the incident at the Hollywood Hills mansion, but has not yet heard back.
Fox News’s Taylor Penley and Hannah Ray Lambert contributed to this report.
Read the full article from Here
San Francisco, CA
Relay for America runs flag from San Francisco to D.C. in message of unity
Denver, CO
Aldi expanding into Colorado, applies for permits at two Denver locations
Seattle, WA
Seattle Storm lose 77-72 to Fire behind Carla Leite’s 20 points
SEATTLE, WA – JULY 4: Dominique Malonga #14 of the Seattle Storm drives to the basket during the game against the Portland Fire on July 4, 2026 at Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, Washington. (David Ryder / NBAE / Getty Images)
SEATTLE – Carla Leite scored 20 points to lead the Portland Fire to a 77-72 victory over the Seattle Storm on Saturday night.
Leite made 4 of 8 shots and all 12 of her free throws, adding four assists for Portland (9-12). Bridget Carleton totaled 14 points and seven rebounds, while Megan Gustafson added 10 points and nine boards.
Dominique Malonga had 22 points to pace Seattle (5-17) and Natisha Hiedeman scored 15. Awa Fam had 12 points, while fellow rookie Flau’jae Johnson was held to a season-low one point.
Leite had two three-point plays to start the third quarter and Frieda Buhner came off the bench to score all nine of her points over a six-minute span as Portland turned a 32-30 halftime lead into a 54-47 advantage. Gustafson sank a 3-pointer for a 41-38 lead and the Fire never trailed again.
Emily Engstler had all nine of her points and six of her eight rebounds by halftime, helping Portland outscore Seattle 22-10 in the second period for a two-point lead at the break.
Hiedeman had nine points in the first quarter and Seattle used a 13-2 run over the final 5:27 to take a 20-10 lead before falling to 0-12 against Western Conference opponents this season.
Portland went 1-3 on a four-game trip.
Up next
Seattle: At Los Angeles Sparks on Monday.
Portland: Hosts Las Vegas Aces on Thursday.
The Source: Information in this story came from The Associated Press.
MORE STORM NEWS FROM FOX 13 SEATTLE
Kahleah Copper’s 23 points leads Mercury to 90-67 win over Seattle Storm
Flau’jae Johnson, Awa Fam lead Seattle Storm 105-90 over Dream
Flau’jae Johnson scores career-high 28 as Seattle Storm end losing streak with 99-88 win over Liberty
Seattle Storm losing streak reaches 10 with 93-73 loss to Mercury
Dominique Malonga scores career-high 28 points, but Seattle Storm lose ninth-straight 94-89 to Fire
To get the best local news, weather and sports in Seattle for free, sign up for the daily FOX Seattle Newsletter.
Download the free FOX LOCAL app for mobile in the Apple App Store or Google Play Store for live Seattle news, top stories, weather updates and more local and national news.
-
Los Angeles, Ca25 minutes agoFirefighters battle Fourth of July blazes around Los Angeles
-
Detroit, MI45 minutes agoStorm chances linger into the start of the week across Metro Detroit
-
San Francisco, CA54 minutes agoRelay for America runs flag from San Francisco to D.C. in message of unity
-
Dallas, TX60 minutes agoCowboys newcomer already looks like a waste of money in Dallas
-
Miami, FL1 hour agoPolice search for suspect after man is shot while on a boat near hotel in Fort Lauderdale on 4th of July
-
Boston, MA1 hour agoSonny Gray shines again, and the Red Sox make it two straight wins at the Angels to start grinding road trip – The Boston Globe
-
Denver, CO1 hour agoAldi expanding into Colorado, applies for permits at two Denver locations
-
Seattle, WA1 hour agoSeattle Storm lose 77-72 to Fire behind Carla Leite’s 20 points