The history of 12 Gay Street involves Howdy Doody, a former mayor (and his mistress), a Russian oligarch, and the oligarch's just-arrested estate manager, who is Helena Bonham-Carter’s cousin. Also, it's haunted
in New York City, after sanctions were imposed in 2018. Bonham-Carter is alleged to have “engaged in over $1 million of illicit transactions to fund real estate properties in the United States for Deripaska’s benefit.” In an email cited by the Justice Department, Bonham-Carter calls Deripaska “my boss” and notes that “time’s a bit tough” due to the sanctions. The U.S. is now seeking to extradite him.
Perhaps you are now wondering if Bonham-Carter is related to Academy Award–nominated actor and famed whimsical goth Helena Bonham-Carter, or if you are simply making rude assumptions about the British. You’re not! As the BBCMaybe you are also wondering about Deripaska’s properties in New York City. One of those, 12 Gay Street, is a townhouse in Greenwich Village that he bought 15 years ago for $4.5 million.
And if you’re wondering if the house is haunted: Yes, a ghost called the Gay Street Phantom, who is reported to wear a top hat and tails, has apparently lived there for years. According to Haunted New York, “Unexplained footsteps are heard going up and down the stairs” at 12 Gay Street, and “the smell of fried onions pervades the air when nobody is cooking.
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