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The Actual Housewives of Miami star Lisa Hochstein is as soon as once more dealing with off along with her ex-husband, plastic surgeon Lenny Hochstein, this time over the scale, fashion, and site of a house he’s constructing for her and their kids amid their ongoing divorce drama.
Based on courtroom paperwork obtained by Us Weekly, Lisa filed a authorized grievance on August 28 accusing Lenny of being in contempt of courtroom for failing to adjust to their Marital Settlement Settlement finalized in June 2023. The fact star alleges that her ex has “refused to pay the lease will increase, regardless of his capacity to conform,” and is constructing a house that falls far wanting what was promised.
What Was Promised vs. What Was Constructed
Below the phrases of their divorce settlement, Lenny was required to buy land “on South Shore Drive or a comparable market worth near Star Island in Miami” and assemble a brand new house “in an architectural fashion and method much like” the waterfront mansion the couple beforehand shared. Lisa was to have unique use of the house till their youngest youngster turns 18, and Lenny would foot the invoice for development, taxes, insurance coverage, and upkeep.
However Lisa says the house Lenny is at the moment constructing lacks almost each characteristic they agreed upon.
Based on the submitting, the brand new construct “has no visitor house, has 5 bedrooms reasonably than six bedrooms, has a driveway which accommodates roughly one-third of the automobiles it’s presupposed to, has a smaller pool, will not be waterfront and occurs to be throughout from a really noisy highschool the place band follow is held.”
She claims she voiced her considerations to Lenny immediately — solely to be met with a dismissive reply:
“The home shall be prepared in 2-3 months, at which level I can’t pay your lease,” he allegedly texted her.
Lisa is now accusing Lenny of a “deliberate try and deprive” her and their two kids “of the good thing about their cut price below the settlement,” claiming he’s making an attempt to “create instability in her house setting.”
The Cash Battle Continues
Lisa says Lenny has additionally failed to extend her lease funds, which he’s obligated to cowl below the settlement settlement. Since her lease elevated from $32,000 to $33,600 monthly, she argues he’s out of compliance.
Lenny, nonetheless, denies all of it. In a press release to Us Weekly, he fired again:
“None of that is true. It’s Lisa that has breached the settlement, which is why now we have a listening to later this month.”
He insists that he’s met the settlement’s necessities, claiming the house below development is 5,074 sq. ft with a further 480-square-foot hooked up storage — making it bigger than their former 5,215-square-foot house when mixed.
“The truth that Lisa finds this to be ‘not sufficient’ for her ought to inform you every little thing you must know concerning the type of individual she is,” Lenny stated.
He additionally took a jab at Lisa’s new boyfriend, tech entrepreneur Jody Glidden:
“Jody… offered his house and moved in with Lisa so for the previous two years, I’ve been paying his lease as effectively.”
Regardless of his criticism, Lenny claims he’ll proceed paying lease till the brand new house is accomplished:
“It’s my intention to proceed to pay lease so Lisa and Jody can dwell in consolation till the almost $10 million house is prepared, at which level Lisa will be capable of dwell in luxurious with Jody.”
Lisa’s Authorized Group Fires Again
Lisa’s lawyer, Parastoo Majd, wasn’t having it. In a press release to Us Weekly, she stated:
“Lenny’s self-serving statements are nothing greater than distractions designed to deflect from one easy fact: he’s not complying with the Marital Settlement Settlement.”
Majd emphasised that this case is about authorized obligations, not luxurious:
“To be clear, this isn’t about the home not being ‘sufficient.’ That is about upholding a contract.”
She additionally identified the monetary energy imbalance at play:
“Regardless of his self-proclaimed web value of ‘175 million {dollars},’ Lenny has stopped paying lease for the house the place his two kids dwell… forcing Lisa to file one more movement and return to courtroom.”
And in a very pointed remark, she concluded:
“It’s obvious that Lenny hates nothing greater than a girl who refuses to be managed. Lisa is standing up for equity, accountability, her kids’s future, and the rule of legislation towards a person who believes the principles merely don’t apply to him.”
A Home Divided
Lisa and Lenny had been married in 2009 and cut up in 2022. Their divorce was finalized in November 2024, with Lenny ordered to pay $15,000 monthly in youngster help for his or her two kids: Logan, 10, and Elle Marie, 7. The court-approved settlement was designed to offer Lisa and the children with housing stability — one thing she says has been put in jeopardy by Lenny’s noncompliance.
Lisa is now asking the courtroom to intervene and power her ex-husband to satisfy his finish of the settlement.
