Justin Theroux’s neighbor declares bankruptcy after eviction order, $600K legal fees
Justin Theroux’s “nuisance” neighbor has filed for bankruptcy — after nearly a decade of allegedly terrorizing the actor and others in their Manhattan building.
Retired real estate attorney Norman Resnicow, 76, was dealt a blow in the form of a recent court ruling that ordered him to move out of his Greenwich Village condo and fork over legal fees pegged at over $600,000.
It came after Theroux and the Washington Place co-op board sued in 2022 to boot Resnicow and his wife, Barbara, claiming he’d screamed at and harassed people in the building, and trespassed on the “Leftovers” star’s property.
But the legal feud dates back even earlier.
Theroux sued in 2017 claiming Resnicow, his downstairs neighbor, carried out a campaign of harassment against him when he renovated the posh pad he once shared with ex-wife Jennifer Aniston.
Trial in that case was set to start next month — but was paused when Resnicow filed for Chapter 11 in Manhattan federal bankruptcy court Tuesday.
Just three days prior to filing for bankruptcy, the Resnicows listed their 71 Washington Place duplex for $4 million, after living in the three-bedroom, 2,420-square-foot unit there for 20 years.
Resnicow plans to “vacate” the condo “in an orderly manner” by Sept. 30, he wrote in an affidavit in the bankruptcy case.
The Jan. 16 ruling evicting the couple also ordered them to pay the co-op board’s legal fees. They are appealing.
The co-op board is seeking to recoup over $640,000 in legal fees in the eviction suit, and another $127,000 in the couple’s failed case to dissolve the board.
Resnicow also owes his own lawyers over $240,000 in legal fees, according to the bankruptcy papers.
“Mr. Resnicow’s strategic bankruptcy filing on the eve of his trial is just his latest attempt to avoid our day in court,” Theroux’s lawyer Eric Sherman told The Post.
“We remain determined to hold Mr. Resnicow accountable, and bankruptcy protection will not shield him from responsibility for what the courts have already ruled as his unlawful and intentional acts.”
The neighbors had a dispute over the division of their shared rooftop terrace, with Theroux accusing Resnicow of killing his ivy, spying on him and trespassing.
A Manhattan judge already sided with Theroux twice prior. The April trial was slated to determine how much in damages, if any, Theroux should be awarded.
Resnicow’s lawyer, Peter Levine, declined to comment.
