Florida city commissioner allegedly spent $100K of 96-year-old woman’s money on facelift, Miami hotel room
An Orlando elected official allegedly took control of a 96-year-old woman’s finances and spent more than $100,000 of the nonagenarian’s money on a facelift, Miami hotel room for New Year’s Eve and other personal expenses, according to recently filed court documents.
Orlando City Commissioner Regina Hill also allegedly used the six-figure sum on dental surgery, pricey perfume and clothes, and multiple intravenous vitamin infusions, according to reports.
The spending spree came after Hill met the senior citizen in March 2021 and retained power of attorney over the 96-year-old the next month, the Orlando Sentinel reported, citing an Florida Department of Law Enforcement affidavit.
Hill has not been criminally charged in connection to the ongoing probe by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.
She also allegedly used some of the funds to renovate a home owned by the alleged victim who inherited it in 1988 and where Hill resided before a judge forced her to leave the property last week, according to the newspaper. There is no evidence Hill paid rent to stay in the home, the docs claim.
Another home that Hill reportedly bought in 2022 included the woman’s co-signature for the loan.
The affidavit stated the “property appears to be abandoned, there is no electricity, or running water,” per the Sentinel.
A separate home the alleged victim actually lived in was in desperate need of repairs, but there is no indication any money was put into the property, the affidavit alleges.
The alleged victim told investigators she didn’t allow Hill to spend her money, and while she remembered signing “some sort of document,” she didn’t understand it and “would never agree” to give Hill power of attorney over her, according to WFTV 9, which first reported the case.
Hill has reportedly faced previous legal trouble.
She has a list of 21 past arrests that go all the way back to 1983, the Sentinel reported. The past charges include drug offenses, fraud, using bad checks and DUIs.
She reportedly has until Friday to issue a written response tied to the allegations, though a judge has already ordered her to cut off all contact with the alleged victim.
The Post emailed Hill’s commissioner office for comment late Tuesday.
