Actor\u00a0Chris Pine\u00a0is suing a high-profile luxury developer in\u00a0Brooklyn, claiming the developer has failed to return a $100,000 deposit on a rental deal that fell through.<\/p>\n
The \u201cStar Trek\u201d actor alleges in a lawsuit that\u00a0Carlos Saavedra\u00a0and his firm,\u00a0Eckstrom, are improperly holding $100,000 following the collapse of negotiations for a townhouse rental in the\u00a0Cobble Hill\u00a0neighborhood of Brooklyn.<\/p>\n
According to the complaint filed in Kings County Superior Court, Pine put down a total of $125,000 on a short-term rental: a $50,000 deposit, $50,000 toward the first month\u2019s rent, and a $25,000 pet deposit.<\/p>\n
The pet deposit has since been refunded, while Pine is suing to recover the remaining funds, along with damages and attorney\u2019s fees.<\/p>\n
Attorney\u00a0Russell Wolfson, who is representing Saavedra and Eckstrom in the suit, told\u00a0Realtor.com: \u201cThis is a private contractual matter. As is typical of any complaint, it tells only one side and does not reflect the complete story. Mr. Saavedra is confident it will be resolved through the appropriate channels.\u201d<\/p>\n
Pine is reportedly in\u00a0New York\u00a0to film a new project with\u00a0Emma Stone, titled \u201cThe Catch.\u201d<\/p>\n
Chris Pine alleges that\u00a0Carlos Saavedra\u00a0and his firm,\u00a0Eckstrom, are improperly holding $100,000 following the collapse of negotiations for a townhouse rental in the\u00a0Cobble Hill. Corbis via Getty Images<\/p>\n
The dispute unfolded in June, when Pine discussed a short-term furnished rental of the luxury townhome at\u00a0487 Henry St., according to the complaint.<\/p>\n
The 6,000-square-foot home has five bedrooms and four bathrooms spread across five floors. <\/p>\n
The property dates to the 19th century, but was recently\u00a0gut-renovated by Eckstrom\u00a0and features white oak floors and marble and quartzite countertops, a fitness studio, sauna, and cold plunge, and around 2,000 square feet of outdoor space.<\/p>\n
Pine alleges he put down a total of $125,000, but only got back $25,000. Google maps<\/p>\n
The fully furnished property is listed for rent at $69,500 per month but is also available for purchase for $14.25 million.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Pine\u2019s complaint says that he made handwritten additions to the standard form of lease offered by Saavedra, but that the developer rejected his proposed amendments entirely.<\/p>\n
According to the lawsuit, despite putting money down on the rental, Pine never signed a contract with Eckstrom. It\u2019s unclear why the deal fell through.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cNo landlord-tenant relationship has been created, no possession has been delivered, and the contemplated term will not begin because the parties failed to negotiate a final Lease,\u201d the complaint states.<\/p>\n
Inside Pines Brooklyn rental. Realtor<\/p>\n
Pine is no stranger to court disputes. In 2022, his then-neighbor\u00a0Helen Yu\u00a0sued the actor over several ficus Benjamina trees planted in the yard of his Los Angeles home.<\/p>\n
Yu, a prominent music attorney, alleged that the trees had invasive root systems that caused problems for her property. Pine countersued, and the dispute dragged out for several years.<\/p>\n
That case ended in a settlement, although Yu returned to court in December pleading for a judge to enforce settlement agreement.<\/p>\n
In 2021, Pine purchased a modest $1.4 million bungalow in the\u00a0Valley Village\u00a0neighborhood of\u00a0Los Angeles.<\/p>\n
According to reports, Pine bought the three-bedroom property for a family member. He also owns a property in L.A.\u2019s\u00a0Los Feliz\u00a0neighborhood that he\u00a0purchased in 2010\u00a0from the actor\u00a0Jason Lee.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Actor\u00a0Chris Pine\u00a0is suing a high-profile luxury developer in\u00a0Brooklyn, claiming the developer has failed to return a $100,000 deposit…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":298931,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,14566,1023,9,24,63,1491,3006],"class_list":["post-298930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-chris-pine","tag-luxury-real-estate","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-real-estate","tag-residential-real-estate"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298930","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=298930"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298930\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/298931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=298930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=298930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=298930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}