RHOBH alum Kim Richards lives “rent-free” in a humble Los Angeles apartment owned by her sister Kyle, The Sun can reveal.
Earlier this week, The Sun reported that the troubled former Bravo star was living in the modest home as she owes nearly $100,000 in unpaid taxes to the State Of California.
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Now, a source has exclusively revealed to The Sun that Kyle, 52, is “completely paying” for the home so her older sister can live there “rent-free” – as she has for the past six years.
Documents obtained by The Sun show that Kyle did in fact purchase the Encino apartment back in September 2015 – one month after Kim’s second arrest of that year.
Kyle shelled out $520,000 for the two-bedroom, 1,600-square-foot pad, real estate records show.
It’s a far cry from the RHOBH star and husband Mauricio Umansky’s $8M LA mansion that features eight fireplaces and a home theater.
Mauricio and Kyle famously own the most expensive house in Encino – a suburb of Los Angeles – where Kim’s apartment also is located.
However, Kim can relax at her apartment complex as it boasts a shared pool, jacuzzi and is gated for extra privacy.
Kim and Kyle’s reps did not respond to The Sun’s request for comment.
The same year Kyle bought the apartment, Kim, 56, was arrested twice and was “homeless” for a brief time following a rehab stint, The Daily Mail reported at the time.
In April 2015, the actress was arrested and later charged with trespassing, public intoxication, resisting an officer and battery on a police officer at the legendary Beverly Hills Hotel.
She spent the night in a Los Angeles jail but was released the next morning on a $20,000 bond.
Just a few months after her Beverly Hills Hotel altercation, Kim was arrested once again in August 2015 for shoplifting at a Los Angeles Target store.
She was brought in and booked at a LA jail but released the following morning on a $5,000 bond.
According to TMZ – which obtained pictures of Kim’s stolen merchandise – she grabbed reusable bags and began “loading them up” with items from the dollar section.
Among the products that she took were art supplies, makeup and children’s toys, animal crackers and dozens of other items – which the outlet claimed totaled over $600.
Following her back-to-back arrests, she was fired by Bravo as a full-time cast member and her stream of revenue immediately halted.
However, her financial issues did not end there as she has faced multiple lawsuits in the years since.
In 2018, Kim was ordered to pay $266,000 for a separate attack that occurred in 2015 with her dog, Kingsley.
Court documents first obtained by The Blast show Kim’s former neighbor, Kelly Crossley, was awarded $266,092.39 for damages and $865 for other additional costs after she claimed she was also bit by the pit bull.
