{"id":295223,"date":"2021-07-09T21:48:58","date_gmt":"2021-07-09T18:48:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/hamptons-squatter-alleges-harassment-by-homeowner\/"},"modified":"2021-07-09T21:48:58","modified_gmt":"2021-07-09T18:48:58","slug":"hamptons-squatter-alleges-harassment-by-homeowner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/hamptons-squatter-alleges-harassment-by-homeowner\/","title":{"rendered":"#Hamptons squatter alleges harassment by homeowner"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Hamptons squatter alleges harassment by homeowner<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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The Cantor Fitzgerald exec accused of exploiting pandemic-related protections to avoid eviction from a $5 million Hamptons mansion claims he and his wife have been harassed and humiliated in a bid to force them out \u2014 including through the use of \u201cdefamatory memes\u201d sent to his bosses.<\/p>\n

In court papers filed Wednesday, Paul Pion alleged that property owner Damian Krause and prospective purchaser Aaron App<\/a>el schemed to portray his family as \u201csquatters\u201d and \u201choarders\u201d in a suit filed last month in Suffolk County Supreme Court that seeks their \u201cimmedia<\/a>te removal\u201d from the four-bedroom house in Water Mill.<\/p>\n

In an affidavit filed by Pion, the financial services firm\u2019s chief administrative officer and senior managing director also accused Krause and Appel of being \u201cbehind a series<\/a> of defamatory memes that were sent to media outlets and the executive management of Cantor Fitzgerald, questioning my ethics, in a blatant effort to cause reputational harm.\u201d<\/p>\n

The memes aren\u2019t attached as exhibits or even described in the affidavit.<\/p>\n

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Paul Pion is a Cantor Fitzgerald exec accused of exploiting pandemic-related protections.<\/figcaption>
Brian Zak\/NY Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

But an image sent to The Post \u2014 following its exclusive report on the suit filed against Pion and his wife, Stephanie, last month \u2014 mercilessly mocks him in a takeoff on Dos Equis beer\u2019s \u201cThe Most Interesting Man in the World\u201d TV commercial.<\/p>\n

The meme features Pion\u2019s face imposed over the commercial\u2019s star, actor Jonathan Goldsmith, and the setup line \u201cHURRICANE PAUL PION SEZ.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI DON\u2019T ALWAYS MAKE LANDFALL IN THE HAMPTONS \u2014 BUT WHEN I DO, I REMAIN FOR YEARS UNTIL SUFFOLK COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT CHASES ME OUT!\u201d the punchline adds.<\/p>\n

Pion also claimed in the affidavit that his family has had its privacy invaded through a harassment campaign allegedly \u201corchestrated by Appel, possibly through a private investigations firm he owns.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIn addition to a secret video of the home where my wife and children live being leaked on the internet, within days of this filing, my wife\u2019s personal cell phone number and email address was subscribed to dozens, if not hundreds, of \u2018spam\u2019 advertisement lists and news<\/a>letters (causing her to receive hundreds of unsolicited texts and emails), and numerous doctor\u2019s appointments were made in her name, forcing us to change her cell phone number,\u201d he stated in the court filing.<\/p>\n

\u201cPerhaps most loathsome: my wife\u2019s ex-husband and ex-father-in-law were recently contacted by someone asking for \u2018dirt\u2019 on my wife; we believe this was Krause, Appel, or one of their agents, ostensibly so they could try to cause us more embarrassment.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Paul Pion alleged that property owner Damian Krause and prospective purchaser Aaron Appel harassed his family through different methods, including the use of \u201cdefamatory memes.\u201d <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Pion added: \u201cThis is not idle harassment, and we fully intend to seek legal redress of these and other issues in due time.\u201d<\/p>\n

The suit filed against the Pions by Krause Estates LLC accuses them of exploiting anti-eviction measures tied to the COVID-19 pandemic to remain in the gated, \u201cBauhaus-inspired\u201d mansion after their $10,000-a-month lease expired on May 31, even though they allegedly have an apartment in Manhattan.<\/p>\n

A source familiar with the matter has told The Post that the home resembled \u201can episode of \u2018Hoarders\u2019\u201d \u2014 the reality TV show about people who obsessively fill their homes with possessions \u2014 and a video showed its interior cluttered with mounds of clothing and a hallway partially blocked by a rolling clothes rack.<\/p>\n

In his affidavit, Paul Pion said the video \u201cwas taken when my wife was literally in the middle of packing bags for herself, and our two young children, for a trip<\/a> to visit me when I was working abroad during the holidays; indeed, our luggage can be seen in the video.\u201d<\/p>\n

He also said his family doesn\u2019t \u201cmaintain a residence in Manhattan or anywhere else,\u201d and that they\u2019d been planning to buy the house from Krause before negotiations broke down.<\/p>\n

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The interior of the Hamptons rental home Cantor Fitzgerald executive Paul Pion is accused of squatting in.<\/figcaption>
Brian Zak\/NY Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In separate court papers, Pion and his wife are seeking to have the suit dismissed on grounds that they were never formally served with notice that their lease wasn\u2019t being renewed.<\/p>\n

Following the suit\u2019s filing, Stephanie Pion broke down in tears when approached by a reporter, saying, \u201cI\u2019m not squatting, I\u2019m just trying to keep my kids with a roof over their heads.\u201d<\/p>\n

Neither Krause nor his lawyers immediately returned requests for comment Friday.<\/p>\n

Appel, a commercial real estate banker, said only, \u201cI have no comment. I have nothing to do with this other than I am closing on a house.\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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