A New York judge has ordered social activist Libby Maghribi to pay more than $1.8 million in unpaid rent and utilities on the luxury Upper East Side apartment she once lived in.
Moroccan, 43 years old, was Cited in two lawsuits She alleged that she stopped paying her $28,000 monthly rent on her East 82nd Street apartment during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Manhattan Superior Court Judge Debra James on Wednesday awarded the property owner a judgment of $1,815,238 that includes taxes, court papers show.
In an interview with New York PostHowever, the social worker said she was unaware of the ruling and had left years ago.
Mughrabi – the ex-wife of billionaire art dealer David Mughrabi – said she had moved permanently into a house in the Hamptons and said the award awarded in court “looks insane”.
Magrabi had issued a notice to vacate the property in October before the lawsuit was filed against her.
A New York judge has ordered social activist Libby Maghribi to pay more than $1.8 million in unpaid rent and utilities in the luxury Upper East Side apartment she once lived in.
Mughrabi, 43, has been cited in two lawsuits alleging she stopped paying her $28,000 per month rent on her East 82nd Street apartment during the COVID-19 pandemic.
On Wednesday, court papers showed Manhattan Superior Court Judge Debra James awarded the property owner a $1,815,238 judgment that included taxes.
During an earlier hearing, Al-Malik’s lawyers alleged that Mograbi and her family did not leave until November.
Attorney Todd Rose said the socialite only left the day before she was evicted from the Yorkville estate.
Al-Maghrabi was not present at the session, nor was any representative.
Rose claimed in February that Mograbi’s refusal to come out nearly cost his client his Park Mansion property.
“Moroccan had not paid the rent for so long that my client was almost foreclosed on his mortgage, and he almost lost his building,” Rose said at the time.
According to the lawyer, Maghrebi – despite winning millions in her divorce settlement – filed for suffering during the pandemic.
“This is a cheat on the system,” Rose said.
Speaking with The Post, Mograbi resisted the allegations, saying she only applied for hardship assistance because her ex-husband stopped helping her financially.
She insists she moved out years ago and says she “assumed” her landlord was notified.
“My mistake was not letting the owner know I left,” Mograbi said.
During an earlier hearing, Al-Malik’s lawyers alleged that Mograbi and her family did not leave until November
This is the view from a balcony in one of the apartments in the building
The rent for the 320 East 82nd Street apartment is $28,800 per month. Pictured: another apartment inside the Park Mansion building
“Moroccan had not paid the rent for so long that my client nearly foreclosed on his mortgage and almost lost his building,” Rose said in February. Pictured: Apartment in Yorkville Building
Speaking with The Post, Mograbi resisted the allegations, saying she applied for hardship assistance because her ex-husband stopped helping her financially.
DailyMail.com covered the controversy for the first time in 2020.
Due to the COVID-19 eviction moratorium that did not end until January 2022, a Moroccan could not be evicted from the home.
A Moroccan and her billionaire ex-husband went through a messy divorce in 2020, which included a fight over $72 million Manhattan townhouse, his family’s art collection estimated to be worth $5 billion, and their home in the Hamptons.
The couple had two children and were together for 13 years before they separated.
