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Savion Washington/Getty Images Stevie Wonder‘s reported one-time fiancée is pushing back against his attempts to boot her from the Hollywood Hills home she’s been living in rent-free since 1988.
Carmen Efferson filed a response to Wonder after his legal team sued her last month in a Los Angeles superior court and demanded she move out of Wonder’s three-bedroom home. In the Tuesday filing obtained by Rolling Stone, Efferson is accusing Wonder of breach of warranty of habitability — claiming he failed to maintain the property in conditions fit for human living. Among the complaints made in the filing, Efferson has alleged the home has damp or leaking ceiling/walls; holes in the walls/floor/carpet; damaged window screens and plumbing; dampness/mold, and more.
Efferson has asked a judge to order Wonder to pay for her attorney fees, make repairs to the home, and reduce the monthly rent to a “reasonable rental value” until the conditions are corrected. In the filing, Efferson also claims that she “has paid rent and/or provided other nonmonetary consideration or services in exchange for the right to occupy the premises.” Elsewhere, she disputes the title of the property and claims Wonder is “not the owner of the subject premises and therefore lacks standing” to evict her.
A lawyer for Wonder did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Wednesday.
In Wonder’s complaint filed Oct. 22, Efferson and the singer allegedly reached an oral agreement allowing her to live their rent-free for nearly 40 years. However, when it came time to access the house as part of Wonder’s property insurance renewal, representatives for the singer attempted to enter the home three times in July for inspection. Efferson refused to allow them to enter the property, and instead shot an email to Wonder’s lawyer David Huff saying “fuck the fuck off,” according to exhibits in the lawsuit obtained by Rolling Stone.
