A serial Airbnb squatter couple and their child have been evicted from their $1 million rental home after refusing to leave for two months.
Roberto Arcadu and his family were evicted from their $10,000-a-month Nebraska home after the owners changed their locks.
Airbnb host Liz McIlree claims Arcadu, who has been accused of similar behavior four times in two years, has yet to pay her a cent for his stay at her Papillon mansion.
“They just stay, they just squat,” McIlree told WOWT. 'Basically he was a squatter.
“I said, 'We really can't let you stay here if you're not going to pay,' but he kept staying.
Serial Airbnb squatter Roberto Arcadu and his wife and child were evicted from a $1 million Nebraska mansion after a two-month stay
The property's owner, Liz McIlree, claims she owes $20,000 to Arcadu, who has a history of squatting allegations
Arcadu has been charged with four counts of squatting in just over two years and is accused of owing $130,00 in unpaid rent.
'It's a bit vague there with the landlord-tenant law. You can't really kick them out until you go through the eviction process, and yet he wasn't a tenant, he was a guest.”
The homeowner decided to take matters into his own hands, changing the locks and moving Arcadu's belongings into the garage.
It comes after 'renter from hell' Elizabeth Hirschhorn was finally evicted from a $3.5 million mansion in LA after living rent-free for 575 days.
McIlree says she is still waiting for payment after Arcadu holed up in her luxury six-bedroom, eight-bathroom property for months.
The unwanted guest has been accused of similar schemes at other short-term rentals.
He was recently evicted from an Omaha mansion after the desperate owners managed to obtain a court order for his eviction.
Patty and David North originally called the police to report the family for trespassing after they refused to leave.
But officers said they were effectively powerless to remove the Arcadu due to vague laws surrounding renters' rights and Airbnbs.
The family is holed up in McIlree's beautiful six-bedroom home and refuses to leave, according to the Airbnb host
The family was recently evicted from an Omaha mansion after the owners were forced to obtain a court order
David and Patty North claim they owe $6,000 to Arcadu and his wife, whom they have initiated legal proceedings to evict from their home
The Norths say the squatters initially booked the $138 per night rental for a week, but it soon became longer.
'He had a sick family in town, that's why he was here. He's moving here, so he's trying to buy a house. Stories like that,” David North said. 'Yes, we will help you, you just keep paying.'
Except he stopped paying on October 18, according to the couple who say he owes them $6,000.
When they contacted a lawyer, they discovered that Arcadu and his wife were “prolific squatters.”
Arcadu owes $130,000 in rent and lease fees over two years, according to court documents.
This includes nearly $76,000 that Arcadu allegedly owes the Magnolia hotel for overstaying by six months, and his credit card failed to cover the charges.
“He knows how to game the system and stay in a building without paying rent,” attorney Michael Polk said.
Polk began the process to remove Arcadu after a judge in Douglas County Court ruled that Arcadu and his wife are not protected by landlord-tenant laws.
Liz McIlree (left) told how she was forced to change the locks on the rental house and take away the family's belongings to make them leave
The Norths contacted a lawyer after police advised they were unable to help evict Arcadu due to vague laws surrounding Airbnbs
Arcadu denied the allegations and said: 'It's not a plan' when approached outside court.
He testified that he would pay the Norths in full if he could stay a few more days, which the Norths refused.
“Even if we never get our money, I just want to see that he doesn't do this to someone else like us,” Patty North said.
Polk said that while tenant disputes are typically civil matters, he plans to present his evidence to a criminal prosecutor.
The case is reminiscent of 55-year-old “serial squatter” Elizabeth Hirschhorn, who was ultimately evicted from a Brentwood home earlier this month.
She and landlord Sascha Jovanovic became embroiled in a lengthy legal battle in which she demands $100,000 to leave.
Janovich claimed that Hirschhorn, 55, a Harvard graduate, owes him $60,000 in unpaid rent.
Hirschhorn tried unsuccessfully to argue that she did not have to pay because he had failed to obtain the proper permit for the guest house's shower.