According to his landlord, celebrity chef Madison Cowan has been able to avoid paying over $145,000 in rent, per The Post.
For the past four-and-a-half years Cowan avoided paying for his Brooklyn apartment by taking advantage of lenient eviction laws.
The landlord claims that Cowan, a former champion on the Food Network’s
“Chopped”
and
“Iron Chef,”
has accumulated 53 months of unpaid rent on his one-bedroom Boerum Hill residence.
Cowan and his family have been living in the space since October 2019. Since January 2020, Cowan has not made any rent payments and has relied on legal tactics, such as repeatedly appealing eviction orders, to remain in the apartment on State Street.
“I’ve never seen anything more absurd in my life,”
said landlord Gus Sheha.
“This is why people are getting out of New York. The system is completely broken and purposely set up to punish the landlord,”
he added.
“I’m out over $140,000 in rent, but I still have to pay for insurance, taxes, water,”
he said.
Celebrity chef Madison Cowan, took advantage of a pandemic-driven eviction moratorium from March 2020 to mid-January 2022. He is known for catering high-profile events for former President Bill Clinton, actress Scarlett Johansson, and other A-listers.
Despite facing eviction orders five times, Cowan has managed to avoid being evicted by filing new appeals.
Landlord Gus Sheha and his brother John, who co-own the three-story building, recently discovered Cowan’s latest appeal when they arrived to evict him.
Cowan claimed to have received advice from the state Attorney General Letitia James and even made a call to her office in front of them. Cowan is scheduled to appear in Brooklyn Housing Court to address the latest eviction attempt.
#Clique, what are your thoughts?
