The house where convicted star Brittany Murphy and her husband, Simon Monjack, died has sold for $ 12.2 million, according to The Post.
The sale, which took place under the radar on December 29, 2020, is just the latest chapter in the house’s long and mysterious saga.
Located on top of the Sunset Strip, the Los Angeles home was sold to Murphy by pop superstar Britney Spears in 2008.
At 8 a.m. on December 20, 2009, the Los Angeles Fire Department responded to a call at the home, where Murphy, 32, had apparently fallen into a bathroom. She was taken to Cedars-Sinai Hospital, where she died about two hours after having a cardiac arrest.
Her husband, who was 40, died just five months later, on May 23, 2010, also at the Hollywood Hills residence.
The fire department was called home again for a medical emergency, after Murphy’s mother, Sharon, found Monjack unconscious in the master bedroom around 9:20 p.m. The paramedics declared him dead.
The coroner’s report found that the cause of Monjack’s death was acute pneumonia and severe anemia, similar to the causes attributed to his wife’s death.
Later in 2010, authorities planned a home inspection to determine if the toxic mold could have contributed to his death. However, this theory was later discarded by the medical office. Still, the circumstances of her death have haunted fans to this day: this week, HBO Max has announced a two-part documentary about the actress “Clueless” and “Uptown Girls.”
But the home itself has a story to tell. During the eleven years that Murphy and Monjack died, the property has appeared on the list 10 different times.
In 2013 a complete deconstruction and refurbishment of the mansion began, which lasted three years. The developers tried to demolish the original structure and update the property in a contemporary design to suit the SoCal lifestyle.
In 2017, the house was finally sold to a new owner, before being resold three months ago, at a loss of $ 2 million.
While Spears lived there, she had a decidedly spooky experience with the house, according to her former makeup artist Julianne Kaye.
In the February 24 episode of the podcast “We Need To Talk About Britney,” Kaye claims that Spears told her about being run over by supernatural forces.[Spears] I had that place in Sunset Plaza – and I’ll say this is really weird … She calls me … I had my friend healing reiki, she had come, I guess I had a crazy party weekend and needed to relax. She left, and she swears to God that she opened some spiritual portal or something, and that these evil spirits had come in … and were trying to push her down the stairs or something crazy. “
“It was so bad he left,” Kaye continues. “He went to the Casa Del Mar hotel to stay and never returned home. She says, ‘I know you’ll think I’m crazy. I’m not crazy. I know what I saw, I know what I heard. “
But it seems that the newer homeowners have worked hard to get past its sad history.
Here is a look inside the mansion with five bedrooms and nine bathrooms.
The house has an open floor plan with skylights in almost every room. A Crestron smart home system includes automated window shades to allow natural light to flow everywhere, according to the listing.
The gourmet kitchen includes first-class Miele appliances and opens onto a patio with wooden planks. The master suite has panoramic city views and has two dressing rooms, private bathrooms and a private patio.
An elevator has also been added, going from the garage to the master bedroom.
Other features include a home cinema, a massage room, a wine cellar, an infinity pool, a spa, an integrated barbecue area with seating and a personalized bonfire.
