But prosecutors this week said Mickey Barreto went too far when he filed paperwork claiming ownership of the entire New Yorker Hotel building — and tried to charge another tenant rent. The New Yorker Hotel, center, is seen in New York, Nov. 8, 2013. It closed as a hotel in 1972 and was used for years for church purposes before part of the building reopened as a hotel in 1994. The Unification Church sued Barreto in 2019 over the deed claim, including his representations on LinkedIn as the building’s owner. “And I never made a penny out of this.”Barreto said his legal wrangling is activism aimed at denying profits to the Unification Church.

Source: Huffington Post February 18, 2024 00:01 UTC