Overview
- On December 26, a Los Angeles Superior Court judge granted landlord John Karan possession of the nearly 7,000-square-foot Calabasas home and found the lease forfeited for nonpayment.
- Karan is seeking roughly $84,000 in back rent along with attorney fees and damages, which the court has not yet set.
- Richards and Phypers entered a 2020 lease at $12,000 per month with a $24,000 security deposit, and Richards later moved out in late 2023.
- Phypers continued living at the property with his parents and brother, and the parties dispute the home’s condition after Richards’ departure.
- The eviction ruling intersects with ongoing cases as Phypers seeks spousal support and discloses about $850,000 in debt, while Richards holds a permanent restraining order and prosecutors have filed felony charges against him.