The house where convicted abbess Brittany Murphy and her husband, Simon Monjack, died for $ 12.2 million, The Post may reveal.
The sale, which took place under the radar on December 29, 2020, is just the latest chapter in the long and mysterious saga of the house.
Located at the top of the Sunset Strip, the Los Angeles house 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 home, where 32-year-old Murphy had apparently collapsed in a bathroom. She was transported to Cedars-Sinai Hospital, where she died about two hours later after suffering a cardiac arrest.
Her husband, who was 40 years old, 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. He was pronounced dead by paramedics.
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 their deaths. However, this theory was later ruled out by the coroner’s office. However, the circumstances surrounding their death have haunted fans to this day: this week, HBO Max announced a two-part documentary about the actress “Clueless” and “Uptown Girls”.
But the house itself has a story to tell. In the 11 years since Murphy and Monjack died, the property has been listed 10 times.
In 2013, a complete deconstruction and transformation of the large mansion began, which lasted three years. The developers sought to tear down the original structure and modernize the property in a contemporary design to suit the SoCal lifestyle.
In 2017, the home was finally sold to a new owner, before being sold again three months ago, at a loss of $ 2 million.
While Spears lived there, she had a decidedly scary 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 a meeting with supernatural forces: “[Spears] had that place on Sunset Plaza – and I’ll just say it’s really weird … She’s calling me … I had my girlfriend heal reiki, she came, I think she had a crazy weekend party and she had to relax. He left and she swears to God that she opened a spiritual portal or something and that these evil spirits had entered … and were trying to push her down the stairs or something crazy. ”
“It was so bad he left,” Kaye continued. “He went to the Casa Del Mar hotel to stay there 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 how I felt. ‘„
But it seems that the more recent owners of the house have made great efforts to move from its gloomy history.
Here is a look inside the mansion with five bedrooms and nine bathrooms.
The house has an open floor plan with floor-to-ceiling windows in almost every room. A smart home Crestron system includes automatic window shadows to allow natural light to flow as listed.
The gourmet kitchen includes top Miele appliances and opens onto a patio with wooden planks. The master suite has panoramic city views and offers two dressing rooms, private bathrooms and a private patio.
An elevator has also been added, which goes from the garage to the master bedroom.
Other features include a home theater, a massage room, a wine cellar, an infinity pool, a spa, a built-in barbecue area with chairs and a personalized hearth.
