Handyman known for taking on squatters faces off with TV chef who refused to leave woman’s home
nypost.comYouTube channel, hoping media attention would encourage the Umami Burger founder to move out. Fleischman confirmed to Fox News that he left the house on Oct.
2 and no longer lives in the home.“I asked him if he felt that he owed her any money and if he realizes that he has basically broken this woman,” Shelton told Fox News Digital, adding that Claudia has said she’s facing bankruptcy. “He just says that it’s not his fault.”Fleischman said he had intended “to pay rent and to be a normal tenant,” but hasn’t because he wasn’t given a lease when he moved in.
He said he did not consider himself a squatter. “I haven’t paid rent because intentionally she wouldn’t provide keys or an agreement, etc.
etc.,” he told Fox News Digital in a text. “Landlords or those renting a room have responsibilities.”“She did not ask for rent for the first 2-3 months,” Fleischman added. “I figured she had some credit or something.”Claudia told Fox News Digital she believes “the system is broken” since she couldn’t remove Fleischman without going to court.“We kept telling him for months to leave, but he refuses, and the police say it’s illegal to make him leave or to lock him out,” she said.“He has paid no deposit, no rent, has no lease or any keys,” Claudia, who says she’s rented the home for 29 years, added before he moved out.Fleischman left after Shelton discovered the chef would have to take him to civil court if he were to lock the door, the handyman told Fox News Digital.
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