Kai Patterson continued to fight an eviction proceeding Tuesday which would toss him out of Joe Gorga’s Montville home. Despite Patterson’s claims that the home is infested with beavers, he seems to intend on squatting despite multiple complaints about habitability of the home. Because, $20,000 a month for a home with beavers in the walls and plumbing issues in East Egypt, New Jersey is a great deal! And one dude living with an elderly (step?) father really need a shit ton of square footage and a motorcourt.
If you have been following the story, Joe and Kai have been going at each other in court and Kai has sent Tamaratattles.com numerous emails documenting all of the issues. It’s been pretty hysterical. The court proceeding have been confounded by the lease to purchase aspect of the potential sale. It seems the judge can’t decide to try the case under lease law or property sale law. But on Tuesday, we seem to be back to square one and focused on law regarding tenant/landlord law. 
According to www.nj.com
Superior Court Judge Stephen Taylor in Morristown reminded Gorga and his three attorneys that “the only issue in the complaint is the failure to pay rent,” so the eviction should hinge only on rent and not the purchase.
Gorga, Patterson and two realtors testified today and the trial is expected to conclude on Wednesday with closing arguments from attorneys.
Also at issue is the “habitability” of the house when Patterson withheld rent payments on grounds that Gorga was not making promised repairs.
Frank Catania, another Gorga lawyer, said that of the $50,000 due in rent from April through August, Patterson has paid $35,000, so $15,000 remains due for rent, in addition to the September rent and late fees of 5 percent per month.
Jonathan Korn, Gorga’s newest attorney, produced documentation showing the property has been registered as a rental, something that hadn’t been done before the last hearing on Aug. 15, so the case was finally able to proceed.
Patterson contracted for a $20,000-per-month agreement, including $10,000 for rent and $10,000 for the purchase, although that figure was to increase to $40,000 per month this month — $20,000 each for rent and purchase.
Patterson acknowledged in court today that he couldn’t cover the $1 million deposit he listed in papers when he agreed to the lease-purchase, but said that was because his businesses were “restructuring.” He said he had the money by an October occupancy date but delayed moving in because he wanted to renegotiate “terms and conditions.”
Gorga said that when Patterson moved in on Feb. 28, he paid $35,000 toward the purchase of the property, compared with a deposit that was supposed to have been $200,000.
The $35,000 payment, a hotly debated topic all day, actually included $10,000 as rent and another $25,000 toward the purchase of the property that was supposed to pay for repairs, according to Patterson, contending the rent has now been paid in full.
All sides agreed there was nothing in writing that could confirm what the $35,000 was intended for.
“My family and I are suffering,” Gorga said, noting he must pay $20,000 per month for his own mortgage and taxes on the property while also paying rent on a home in Franklin Lakes. In June, the Gorgas announced they wanted to move back into the house so their three children could return to the Montville schools.
More testimony and a ruling on eviction by the judge is expected to happen later today. Story developing.
I hope the beavers testify. They would be the most credible witnesses.
Beaver testimony is a must! They need to testify to their bereaverment at potential eviction!
They probably did not check his financial information. They just wanted to move. This tenant has moved in and he probably does not have the money to pay and he does not want to leave. It sounds like the tenant has not paid anything he promised. It is hard to get tenants out of property.
Except it’s not that at all. They had a side arrangement going on. You can read all about it in TT’s other posts about this.
I don’t understand when someone moves into a house, they agree to pay a certain amount and then don’t pay. The person owning the house has no option, they have to pay the original mortgage. Then on top of all of that the renter won’t leave. What is up with that. Even getting the courts involved either doesn’t help or it takes for ever. What about the poor slob who had to buy and pay in the first place. This legal system is crazy. The squatter has more rights than the owner. We have a similar situation where I live, and the guy has been there almost 3 years. Bank isn’t being paid, tax’s aren’t being paid, homeowners dues aren’t being paid. Yet he is still there. Hopefully that will be changed soon. But three years. The house is a pig sty the yard is even worse. By the way I just insulted the pigs in the world they aren’t as dirty as this guy. Anyway what ever the reason Gorga had to rent, he is not being paid and probably needs to move back in the house because he can’t afford to support his family and the one squatting in his house.
I don’t get it either. He needs to move back in, and give up the new construction and the rental, and just get over it, like the rest of us.
3 years? Did they have a lawyer or were they trying to do it themselves? This is why people don’t like to rent out their homes. If the law can’t do anything, I would stop paying the mortgage and put the money up.
Yes, but Business Genius Gorga and his legal and real estate advisors obviously did not do their due diligence on this one. Either that or the professionals advised gainst the deal and the Gorgas ignored the advice.
and…… this guy did the SAME EXACT THING to a Saddle River NJ homeowner. Did they just pick the first bozo off the street and hand them the keys to their house. A simple google check would have alerted them to this guy.
I wonder if the Gorga’s wanting back into the house for the School District, includes Tre and Joe’s girl’s? I know things had been said prior that the Gorga’s would never get the girl’s. .. what if that has changed? Random thought. ..based on Tre not actually Getty some cute jewelry for her ankle!
I wouldn’t live in that slipshod funhouse for anything. Leave it to beavers.
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So crazy. Can’t even do the old fashion way. Take their crap and toss it out the door. Been there done that. Once had a tenant who stayed for a year with no rent paid and when the courts told her to go she told us she had no where to go. She still wanted to stay for free.
If they want their kids to go to the Montville schools they could have signed them up at the beginning of the school year. These two are probably hating their reality life now!
The Gorgas likely knew this arrangement wasn’t going to work out, but this was their hail mary pass to avoid an embarassing foreclosure or other equally embarassing and public financial maneuvering that would blow the lid off of the facade they were trying to put on.
And the tenant had to have known that this deal was never going to work out, but he wanted to live in a big house and mingle with reality tv stars.
So they both really got what they wanted at the end of the day. The Gorga’s got to pretend to be rich for another year and the tenant got to live with the beavers for a year
That is a whole lot or maybe’s……
Karma is a bitch, isn’t Joe?
Hey, I wanted to say, “karma is a bitch Gorgas!” Guess I will be glad to agree with you!
They should try to make it work. No one else is going to ever buy that house.
How can it work, when the tenant does not have the money to pay?
I was joking
I hear the beavers are lending him the money. The dont want the Gorgas to come back.
There is beavers in the house and he doesn’t want to move out? He must really love beavers. How funny! Oh, and I bet the Gorga’s are hurting for money since they were dumb enough to put money they probably didn’t have into a dump truck? I’m beginning to think NJ needs to upgrade their school systems bc they are producing a lot idiots in Jersey!
I’m loving this story, and your choice of pictures are hilarious. Especially the “I own this bitch” one. Good laugh.
This guy is a scam artist. If he really wanted the house, he would make those minor fixes himself. Or walk away from the deal. What does he want?? Otherwise, walk away and let the Gorgas live with the beavers.
N i c e beaver ~ Leslie Nielsen to Prescilla Presley on the book ladder 🙂
Any update?
I am very happy with the outcome of the case. I no longer have to make any payments towards the purchase of the property. The only way I will make those payments, is if Mr. Gorga makes the repairs to my satisfactory.
Oh! Delores husband Frank was Joes lawyer!
I LOVE THE CASE OF THE RAMPANT BEAVERS!
Are we sure that Frank was the lawyer? I didn’t know Dolores’ Frank was a lawyer. Does Frank have a dad who is a lawyer?
What is the story here?
How do beavers take over a house? Where I live, we don’t have beavers, so I’m not trying to be a smart-ass. They’re big, aren’t they? Don’t they live in streams and make dams? I’ve heard of rats, mice and raccoons invading homes, but beavers?
I know! It was a crazy court case! No beavers here either.
I know! It was a crazy court case! No beavers here either.