A lawyer for Sofia Vergara has hit back after the star’s former contractor claimed she failed to pay a huge bill for work on her LA mansion.
Marty Singer, Vergara’s attorney, said TMZ Sofia was the first to send a demand letter to Reside Custom Homes, the contractor she hired to work on her lavish home. He says the letter was submitted on September 12.
The letter claims the company was responsible for $5 million in damages for overcharging the actress and performing substandard work. They were also accused of delaying the job.
Marty says the allegations were never disputed by RCH, which sued the actress over the alleged unpaid bill.
Marty is confident that his client will prevail and receive a large payout.
A lawyer for Sofia Vergara has hit back after the star’s former contractor claimed she failed to pay a huge bill for work on her LA mansion.
It comes after TMZ reported that Vergara was being sued by Reside Custom Homes. In their lawsuit, the company claimed that the actress owed them $1,700,492.64 after hiring them for a job in April 2022.
The company claims they were hired to perform construction work on Vergara’s lavish home in the Beverly Park neighborhood, but were never compensated, despite her agreeing to pay for the project and additional contractor costs.
According to the lawsuit, work was largely completed by December 2022, but Vergara subsequently requested more substantial improvements outside of their original agreement, pushing the project to March 2023. At that point, Sofia had moved back into the mansion.
The Modern Family actress, 51, had requested clay plaster in three of her powder rooms, an office, the walls of the dining room, the cabana bathroom and the living room of the guest house.
She would also have wanted a staircase removed and replaced.
The contractor claims they initially covered the cost of the additional work and that Vergara promised she would continue to pay for the improvements.
Additionally, RCH claims they were informed by the actress that she had approved an invoice for nearly $900,000 and had “already” instructed her money manager to pay it.
However, RCH claims she never actually paid the bill and now owes them more than a million dollars.
Reside Custom Homes claims the actress is owed $1,700,492.64 after hiring them for a job in April 2022, according to a lawsuit obtained by TMZ
DailyMail.com has contacted Sofia representatives for comment.
Sofia had purchased the lavish home in 2020 with her then-husband, True Blood star Joe Manganiello.
Built in 1999, the Tuscan-style home has a whopping six bedrooms, ten bathrooms, 17,000 square feet of space and two acres of land.
The couple announced in July that they had separated and were divorcing after seven years of marriage.
Just two days after announcing their separation, the actor filed for divorce and noted the date of separation as July 2, while calling the reason for the end of their marriage “irreconcilable differences.”
Sofia had purchased the lavish home in 2020 with her then-husband, True Blood star Joe Manganiello
Vergara has since divorced her husband, True Blood actor Joe Manganiello
The former couple had no children together, but Sofia has a 32-year-old son from her previous marriage.
The Modern Family star has been a judge on America’s Got Talent since 2020.
Sofia had a quick trip to celebrate Thanksgiving as she spent the holiday with her neighbor Anastasia Soare, 65.
She shared photos on Instagram of herself enjoying the holiday with Anastasia.
Known as the ‘Eyebrow Queen’, Anastasia is the founder of the beauty brand Anastasia Beverly Hills.
Sofia wore a dark brown dress with long sleeves and a short skirt for the meeting.
‘Thanksgiving at the neighbor’s house! thank you @anastasiasoare I love you!’, Sofia wrote as the caption.