Overview

• Simone Lugner posted a heartfelt Instagram tribute on June 1, marking the first anniversary of her June 2024 wedding to Richard Lugner and thanking him for every minute together
• She received and displayed a colorful portrait by artist Joe Najo that was originally created for their wedding and previously hung in Lugner City
• Since Richard Lugner’s death in August 2024, Simone has lived in their Vienna-Döbling villa under a promised lifetime residency right and earlier this year she finished third on Austria’s Dancing Stars
• This month she was served a formal eviction notice by the Lugner-Söhne-Privatstiftung and Lugner-Familien-Privatstiftung ordering her to vacate the property by June 30, 2025
• Simone Lugner has publicly rejected leaving the villa voluntarily, insisting it remains her marital home and vowing not to depart by the foundation’s deadline