utshintshe igama Milbank) uye kwisivumelwano kwinyanga ephelileyo, i Iposi iNew York ndincwine ukuba umthengi, uthisha fund titan uPhilip Falcone, ukwazile 'ukuhlawula imali engange $ 59 yezigidi ebuza amaxabiso ezantsi asezantsi kwirekhodi lendlu yedolophu engama- $ 53 ezigidi.'
Okwangoku, ngokweengxelo zedolophu ezifayilweyo ngale ntsasa, uMnu. Falcone kunye nenkosikazi yakhe, uLisa, bahlawule i-49 yezigidi zeedola- esona sixa sesithathu sakha sahlawulwa kwindlu yedolophu kwisiXeko saseNew York- ngendlu enamagumbi angama-27 Yeyakhe Indlu Umshicileli uBob Guccione de waphulukana nendlu ngenxa yokuhluthwa ngo-2006. (Njengoko yayisenzeka ngenene, kwafuneka athengise kubatyali mali ababekhokelwa ziingxowa-mali zeLaurus, ababemkhuphe ngebheyile ngo-2004 ngemali mboleko ephezulu, kanye ngalo mhla yayiyiveni ehambayo ngaphandle kwendlu ye-pornographer.)
Umrhwebi odwelisayo, uPaula Del Nunzio, uBrown Harris Stevens, khange abenazimvo. Le ntengiso ayikhange ibethe uphawu lwe-53 yezigidi ezibekwe yiHarkness Mansion, ukanti uNks. Del Nunzio usengumnini werekhodi yendlu yedolophu, kuba wayengumrhwebi odwelisa uHarkness.
Oku mhlawumbi yayiyindlu enkulu enzima ukuyithengisa. Andazi ukuba mandithini, yayiyindlu entle kwaye engaqhelekanga enezinto ezahlukeneyo ezidlulileyo, kwaye mna Ndiyathemba ukuba umntu uza kuzisa ulonwabo ngaxesha lithile, utshilo u-Leighton Candler, usekela-mongameli omkhulu wase-Corcoran, owayenolu luhlu phambi kuka-Brown Harris.
Ethetha ngezinto ezinje ngomgangatho wokuqala omkhulu, ocwengekileyo waseRoma, wathi: 'Akumnandanga ukuthetha ngezindlu ezinje, kodwa loo ndlu ibinamandla angaqhelekanga kuyo.' Ke, ngaba iingcali zaziswa ukulungisa amandla kaMnu. Guccione? 'Ngokuqinisekileyo… Ndiqeshe abantu ababini abahlukeneyo be-feng shui ukuba bajonge, kwaye sinezinto ezimbalwa ezicacisiweyo kuyo. Kodwa oko akuzange kubanqande abantu ekubeni neemvakalelo ezingaqhelekanga ngayo. Nanini na xa abantu bezisa abantwana, babekulungele ukuhamba. '
Kodwa mhlawumbi izinto zitshintshile. Itayitela ye-Falcones ye-49 yezigidi zeedola khange ikhatshwe ziirekhodi zobambiso, ezibonisa ukuba bahlawule ngekheshi.
