Thursday 15 September 2022 11:59 PM Families sue hedge fund manager over $10,000 Hamptons rental for locking the AC ... trends now
A New York City attorney and his dentist friend have filed a lawsuit against a Swedish hedge fund manager for ruining their vacation at his $10,000 Hamptons rental because he kept the air conditioning stuck at 70 degrees.
Toby Cohen and Dr. Johnathan Neman alleged that their families suffered 'uninhabitable' conditions inside the $1 million Southampton luxury home of Edouard Gass and Agnese Melbarde between August 22 to September 5.
In the lawsuit filed in New York State Supreme Court on Wednesday, Cohen and Neman claimed they were 'forced to endure continuous discomfort for the duration' of their vacation after Melbarde and Gass kept the home's AC locked at 70 degrees instead of the families' desired 68 degrees.
'Melbarde and Gass, rather than attempting to help rectify the issues that were entirely in their control, essentially told Plaintiffs and their children to suck it up and deal,' the lawsuit states.
'The situation was more akin to Plaintiffs being treated as squatters that Melbarde and Gass were trying to remove from the Property by making it unlivable, uninhabitable, and unsafe.'
New York City attorney Toby Cohen (left) and dentist Johnathan Neman (right) claim their families' vacation was ruined after the owners of the Southampton home they rented out for $10,000 refused to lower the air conditioning temperature from 70 to 68
Manhattan portfolio manager Edouard Gass (left) and Research analyst Agnese Melbarde (right) rented out their $1 million home to the families for two weeks
Cohen and Neman claimed they were treated like squatters and dealt with 'uninhabitable' conditions inside the
