Cyndi Lauper’s son faces eviction from his luxury Manhattan apartment after neighbors complained about loud music, late-night screams and the smell of marijuana.
Declyn ‘Dex’ Lauper-Thornton’s landlord has filed an eviction petition seeking to have the 26-year-old removed from his $7,200-a-month apartment.
Lauper-Thornton has been accused of violating leasing rules at the apartment building in the financial district since he moved in last October.
According to the documents, neighbors have to deal with “loud music every night” and loud screaming, shouting and screaming coming from the apartment.
In February, a resident below the apartment told the landlord that she feared for her safety due to the constant screaming and noise.
Declyn ‘Dex’ Lauper-Thornton’s landlord has filed an eviction petition to remove the 26-year-old from his $7,200-a-month apartment.
Lauper-Thornton has been accused of violating leasing rules at the apartment building in the financial district, seen here, since he moved in last October.
The resident, whose name does not appear in the newspapers, complained that loud noises from the apartment had had a “serious and negative impact on her life.”
Others complained about the smell of marijuana coming from the apartment, loud screams and sounds of fighting.
Court documents say he entered the building’s management office one night carrying a “marijuana joint and appearing visually intoxicated.”
The documents allege that he then threatened workers via email, saying, ‘If you don’t fix the email, I will go back to the people and break everyone’s face.’
‘I’ll break your legs. I have friends and a guy who will screw you. Don’t play with me because I’ll bring someone with me and destroy this whole place.’
A former neighbor told the New York Post: ‘I’ve never had problems with any of the neighbors before.
“Then a new tenant moved in and immediately there was very loud music at the strangest times, like 3am or 7am. It seemed like there was a nightclub right behind my wall.”
A source also told the outlet that a day after a tenant confronted Lauper-Thornton, the former neighbor found a bullet near his apartment and decided to move out.
Cyndi Lauper and her son Declyn “Dex” Lauper pose at the Tribeca Film Festival after-premiere party for Cyndi Lauper’s documentary “Let the Canary Sing” at Serafina UWS on June 14, 2023
Dex, who is the only child of the Girls Just Want to Have Fun singer and Thornton, has found himself in trouble with the authorities before. Dex and Cyndi photographed at the MTV VMAs in New York in 2021
A neighbor also told the Post: ‘I heard the disturbing music every other day. There were many times when it was 2 a.m., 3 a.m., or 4 a.m.
‘I had an important meeting one day, on a weekday, but I was woken up at 3am the night before because the music was loud.
‘I could feel the bass. I put on a robe and went to confront the guy, in a nice way, and I had to bang on the door really hard because I just couldn’t hear.
‘He tried to take the high road with me, saying, “Oh, is that how you talk to people?” I said, “Yeah, 3am, I’m not going to be too nice about it.”
‘So we had this conversation for 30 seconds. I left and the music continued.”
In February, Lauper-Thornton appeared in court on weapons charges related to a shooting in Harlem.
According to court documents, he was charged with two counts of criminal possession of a loaded firearm.
Dex was arrested after a shooting in which a 24-year-old man was found shot in the leg near an apartment building.
He is the only child of music icon Lauper and her husband, actor David Thornton, who was seen walking his son out of jail with a wad of cash.
At a subsequent procedural hearing in the case, he flashed a peace sign to paparazzi after appearing in court.
In February, Lauper-Thornton appeared in court on weapons charges related to a shooting in Harlem.
Cyndi Lauper’s husband, actor David Thornton, was previously photographed walking his son out of jail with a wad of cash.
Wearing a black jacket, blue shirt, striped tie and a red and gray scarf, Thornton posted his son’s $20,000 bail at a New York City Department of Corrections facility.
He was previously arrested after being in possession of a stolen 2014 Mercedes Benz while at a memorial service on July 14, 2022 for an aspiring rapper named Ethan Reyes, who had been fatally stabbed days earlier.
Dex had been arrested while sitting in the double-parked vehicle at the intersection of 140th Street and Broadway, the New York Post reported.
Prosecutors in the case said Dex told police officers when they asked him about the vehicle: “You probably know who I am.”
Dex pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct without jail time in connection with the incident.
As a condition of his plea deal, Manhattan Criminal Court ordered Dex to avoid further trouble for one year; and perform community service that lasted five days. He faced up to a year in prison if he was convicted, according to the outlet.
After the October 2022 court hearing, Dex was seen smoking marijuana (which is legal in New York City) with friends while getting into a van parked outside the courthouse.
Dex was arrested after being in possession of a stolen 2014 Mercedes Benz while at a memorial service on July 14, 2022 for an aspiring rapper named Ethan Reyes.
In an Instagram Stories post that day, Dex posted an image of a smoke-filled vehicle with the caption “Court.”
At the time, Dex, who previously worked with rapper G-Eazy, told the Post that he and his famous mother had been collaborating on musical material.
“My mom and I have a couple of songs that we recorded,” he said. he told the newspaper at the timeadding that the end of the previous case was “definitely a blessing” for him.
Lauper said last year vanity fair that Dex’s musical tastes tended to be “more underground”, adding: “He’s on SoundCloud and he’s a fantastic artist.”
In the chat, Lauper talked about balancing parenthood with her career.
“People said I was very career-driven, but once the kid came, I looked at how I could support everything: making a record, going on tour, and my husband was like, ‘Go to Europe, I’ve got it.'” she said. “Sometimes I took my son on tour, but he needed his own space.”