(Newswire.net — March 14, 2015) San Francisco, CA — Real Estate developer Mircea Voskerician in November 2012 planned to build a 9,600 square foot house behind the very private Zuckerberg’s home in Palo Alto, California.
Once the house was built, the neighbor would be able to see directly into Zuckerberg’s home including his master bedroom.
Knowing that would annoy the Social network mogul, Voskerician made Zuckerberg an offer to sell him a small piece of the property so Zuckerberg could keep the privacy he wanted.
“It’s stuff like this that makes me so sad and angry,” said Zuckerberg’s wife, Priscilla Chan, and his financial adviser called it an “obscene proposal.”
According to Voskerician, Zuckerberg however did strike a deal to buy his contractual rights to the entire property.
Voskerician claims he had a competing offer for $4.3 million but sold Zuckerberg those rights for $1.7 million because Zuckerberg promised to introduce him to “influential people” in Silicon Valley, USA Today reported.
John Forsyth, Voskerician’s real estate agent, told the New York Times, that at the end of that meeting, Zuckerberg’s real estate agent Terri Kerwin told him, “Mark always keeps his promises.”
After realizing Mark didn’t keep his promise, Voskerician filed a lawsuit against Zuckerberg in May 2014. The lawsuit claims the billionaire tech mogul signed the papers knowing that he wouldn’t keep the agreement.
“How do we make this go away?” a Zuckerberg adviser wrote to his real estate agent. “MZ is not going to take a meeting with him … ever.”
According to a USA Today report, Zuckerberg’s lawyers claim that Voskerician is trying to extort money and embarrass their client. The New York Times, reported Voskerician is trying to get access to Zuckerberg’s personal finances and net worth.
“The claims asserted in the lawsuit have no merit and my client intends to defend them vigorously,” Zuckerberg’s attorney Patrick Gunn told the New York Times.
Facebook does not as a matter of policy comment on Zuckerberg’s personal affairs.