A judge is mulling a dispute between the city of Los Angeles, which has declared Marilyn Monroe’s former home a cultural landmark, and a couple’s desire to demolish it.
Brinah Milstein and her husband, producer Roy Bank, bought the residence in July 2023 for $8.35 million and obtained a demolition permit from the city. They want to move forward with their planned razing so they can tear down the Monroe structure to expand their current home, which is adjacent to the property.
Bank and Milstein filed a petition in Los Angeles Superior Court in May 2024, alleging “illegal and unconstitutional conduct” by the city with respect to the house where they say Monroe occasionally lived for a “mere six months” before she “tragically committed suicide” on Aug. 4, 1962, at age 36.
Judge James C. Chalfant heard arguments on Thursday, took the case under submission, and said he would have a ruling early next week.
According to court papers from the City Attorney’s Office, the public inundated city officials with calls and emails to “express their dismay” at the imminent demolition of the home and urging preservation of the property.
In response, City Councilwoman Traci Park announced an effort to save the house by initiating the historic-cultural monument application, which was later approved.
Monroe would have turned 100 next June 1.
–City News Service
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