Rihanna Lawsuit: Singer Claims Beverly Hills Homeowner Duped Her

Associated Press

LOS ANGELES -- Rihanna is suing over a hillside home that she claims has serious structural defects that rendered in uninhabitable.

The pop singer on Wednesday sued Prudential California Realty and several companies that designed and inspected the home.

The "S&M" singer's lawsuit claims she would not have paid $6.9 million for the home in 2009 if she had known about the problems. She claims water leaked into several rooms of the house from a balcony that lacks the proper slope and drainage after a rainstorm in early 2010. The suit states the damage left the home "uninhabitable."

She claims Landmark Design Group, which remodeled the home, has failed to make necessary repairs.

Landmark could not be reached for comment. Prudential spokeswoman Wendy Durand says the company does not comment on pending lawsuits.

Comments

[lacasarosada]

10:58 AM on 09/10/2011

Rihanna has to be the worlds dumbest celebrity

[Fnordpocalypse]

11:06 AM on 09/08/2011

file this one under First World Problems.

[Sanndy Myer]

08:03 PM on 09/07/2011

Caveat emptor.

[petey64]

04:27 PM on 09/07/2011

For 7m she should have brought in her own inspector, that would have been what 3-4k at the very most, her mistake....time to make another album.

[blukazoo]

04:02 PM on 09/07/2011

She sounds like she's spending money as fast as every other kid that gets too much money all at once.

[SteveDenver]

07:00 PM on 09/06/2011

Due diligence and home inspectors can help with these situations. If she doesn't prevail in court, she will know better next time.

[wonderfullone]

02:46 PM on 09/03/2011

Seven million dollars is a very expensive trick!

[SteveDenver]

07:00 PM on 09/06/2011

And quite a careless purchase

[ApprxAm]

12:30 AM on 09/03/2011

If you're willing to spend that much on a house why not hire your own inspectors? After the 2008 housing bubble and all the fraud and deceit involved on all levels of the system, why would this wealthy woman not have attorneys? Where the heck are her advisers?

[userjoe1020]

07:58 PM on 09/02/2011

OMG!! IT'S WILL SMITH IN A WIG!!!

[MrPragmatic]

12:19 AM on 09/06/2011

She does look like Will in drag. Good call!

[daniele7ster]

05:07 PM on 09/02/2011

Get your money back, girl! I totally believe this. Doesn't matter who you are, the real estate industry is capable of tremendous deceit.

[azinv]

04:15 PM on 09/02/2011

You obviously didn't understand my post.

[aquah04]

03:01 PM on 09/02/2011

why does she have to spend 6.9 million dollars on a home?

[daniele7ster]

05:11 PM on 09/02/2011

Because she can. LOL. I'm sure that's peanuts to her.

[jllowery]

01:51 PM on 09/02/2011

She should have had a home inspection. Too bad for her. The seller is not required to "offer" information on problems, except when asked. Shes an idiot.

[daniele7ster]

05:11 PM on 09/02/2011

She probably did have one, but it depends who did it and how thorough it was.

[pthesmith]

10:52 PM on 09/05/2011

Exactly. When that much money is at stake, inspectors and agents can work in cahoots.

[corwin]

12:13 AM on 09/02/2011

They told her California was solvent?

[azinv]

03:52 PM on 09/01/2011

Apoll...It's sometimes fun to debate on these message boards but only when your opponent uses logic. I've looked at your other posts and you are a "bomb thrower", you are bored and just want to debate for the sake of debating. I've had several people respond to me that they too have been duped by other artists/labels in the same manner....misrepresentation. The labels are hurting for sales and don't mind misrepresenting their products.. If you think this is OK,,, great , you win!

[tenstar1]

04:04 PM on 09/02/2011

OH PLEASE. Hurting for money. How about teacher!! Actors and singer make enough. Way to much. Teachers should be living in Mansions.

[corwin]

10:28 AM on 09/03/2011

Because they're doing a good job of educating the kids! ANd,not just anyone can teach 8th grade geography