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Daily Mail
4 days ago
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- Daily Mail
Yahoo Serious is now HOMELESS after he was kicked out of the beachside property where he was squatting illegally - as he moves into his beaten up old BMW
The bitter row over Yahoo Serious squatting in a huge beachside shack in one of Australia's ritziest suburbs has finally ended after months of deadlock. Serious has refused to leave the Palm Beach property on Sydney 's northern beaches after its elderly dementia-suffering owner went into a nursing home last year. But Daily Mail can now reveal the fallen Hollywood icon has finally left - and is now effectively homelessness, with all his worldly goods stashed in his ageing BMW car. 'He's out!' his jubilant landlord Margie Charlton, who holds power of attorney for owner Charles Phillip Porter, told Daily Mail on Wednesday. 'We kicked him out.' Serious was under a court order to vacate the Barrenjoey Road property on August 4, but did not leave until August 5 after Margie confronted him. Even then, Serious didn't go quietly. 'He called the police and said I was being violent,' Margie said. 'The police came and they said, "No mate, you're out. You gotta leave."' After police intervened, Serious fled the scene with his Jack Russell dog, Jingle. On Wednesday, his rundown car remained in the driveway, and according to Ms Charlton, it is 'filled with his s***, but the car is f***ed. It's not going to go anywhere'. The Aussie actor - who was briefly a huge Hollywood comedy star in the 1980s and early 1990s - allegedly left a trail of destruction in his wake. 'He has left the house in a filthy state,' Ms Charlton said. 'There is rotting food, it's disgusting.' In the 24 hours since Serious left, Ms Charlton had to call in an army of friends for the clean up operation and removed 'six truckloads of stuff', she said. But she's relieved the ordeal is finally over after endless legal battles and tense confrontations with the star over the home. In July, she told Daily Mail that she needed to sell the property to help pay for Mr Porter's nursing home fees, which were $70,000 and rising. 'Now, we can clean it up and get it up for sale,' she said on Wednesday. 'It should have gone on the market in June last year.' Earlier this week, Ms Charlton confronted Serious, 72, at the home in front of TV cameras with a journalist from A Current Affair, but he still refused to leave. 'You've been living in this property while Margie's been trying to sell it to pay for Phillip's aged care,' reporter Pippa Bradshaw told the Young Einstein star. 'He's got dementia - he can sell the property,' Serious replied. When told that Ms Charlton had been unable to sell the property while Serious was occupying it, he insisted he was not squatting but was 'sick.' 'I'm not squatting – [I'm] surviving,' Serious said. 'Look at the weather out there – it's really, really dangerous.' Removalists then arrived to begin stripping the property of belongings but Serious still refused to budge. 'Yahoo is still refusing to go, even though we are taking all the old furniture out so the house can be sold,' Ms Charlton said. She added that the situation would soon be escalated if Serious continued to flout the court order. 'We have booked a sheriff. As soon as the sheriff comes... if he refuses to go... the police will be called and he'll be physically removed from the property,' Charlton said. Speaking to Daily Mail in July, Serious denied that he was squatting at the property, despite a tribunal hearing having given him a deadline to vacate. 'You've got it all wrong,' he insisted, as he took his BMW to a local mechanic after experiencing radiator problems. In March, the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal heard that Serious used to live in the granny flat beneath the dilapidated property, which stands among the mansions overlooking picturesque Pittwater. The tribunal was told the owner had allowed Serious to move into the granny flat, as the former screen star was living rough in his ageing BMW sedan, but he moved into the main house when Mr Porter was put into care. On April 24, the tribunal initially gave Serious six weeks to move out, Charlton told Daily Mail. 'But his lawyer said he needed 12 weeks because he's a sick man with lymphoma,' she said. Serious – and his wild haircut at the time – became suddenly famous when he starred in 1988's Young Einstein movie and then 1993's Reckless Kelly. But he later fell on hard times and was taken in by Porter and Charlton several years ago. He was recently seen looking very gaunt, amid concerns for his health. Serious told the tribunal he should be allowed to remain in the home because he was Mr Porter's carer, which Ms Charlton strongly disputes. 'Phillip - we call him Phillip, not Charles, is a family friend, he has been for years and years,' she said. 'He's never been married, never had children, so he made me power of attorney and trustee. 'He was getting old and getting dementia, and was having trouble looking after himself, so I was doing all his cooking. 'It wasn't like Yahoo was his carer. He wasn't bathing him or dressing him. I was washing his clothes, we had a cleaner coming in.'
Daily Mail
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Yahoo Serious still REFUSES to leave the multimillion-dollar beachside home he was accused of squatting in - despite being issued a court order
A defiant Yahoo Serious refuses to leave the multi-million dollar Sydney home he has been accused of squatting in. Serious, 72, appeared on A Current Affair this week when the landlord responsible for the property in Sydney's Palm Beach came to confront the former film star. He is said to be living illegally with his Jack Russell terrier in the multi-million-dollar home of Charles Phillip Porter, who is in his 90s and in a nursing home. The actor had been ordered to exit the multi-storey house on Barrenjoey Road by August 4. Margaret Charlton is the landlord and holds power of attorney for Charles Phillip Porter, the home's owner, who is currently in a nursing home. She told ACA she needed to sell the property to pay for Porter's mounting nursing home fees. Reading from a court order, Margaret said: 'The order for possession is suspended until the fourth of August... which means that I get the property back.' Margaret then entered the property, surprised to find Yahoo still inside. 'You've been living in this property while Margie's been trying to sell it to pay for Phillip's aged care,' reporter Pippa Bradshaw told the Young Einstein star. 'He's got dementia – he can sell the property,' Serious flippantly replied. When told that Charlton had been unable to sell the property while Serious was occupying it, he defiantly protested that he was not squatting and was 'sick.' 'I'm not squatting – [I'm] surviving,' Serious said. 'Look at the weather out there – it's really, really dangerous.' Removalists then arrived to begin stripping the property of belongings; however, Serious refused to budge. 'Yahoo is still refusing to go, even though we are taking all the old furniture out so the house can be sold,' Charlton said. She added that the situation would soon be escalated if Serious continued to flout the court order. 'We have booked a sheriff. As soon as the sheriff comes... if he refuses to go... the police will be called and he'll be physically removed from the property,' Charlton said. Speaking to Daily Mail in July, Serious denied that he was squatting at the property, despite a tribunal hearing having given him a deadline to vacate. 'You've got it all wrong,' he insisted. Charlton also told Daily Mail Australia the former star has cost the homeowner $70,000 in nursing home fees because he refused to move out. In March, the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal heard that Serious used to live in the granny flat beneath the dilapidated property, which stands among the mansions overlooking picturesque Pittwater. The tribunal was told the owner had allowed Serious to move into the granny flat, as the former screen star was living rough in his ageing BMW sedan, but he moved into the main house when Mr Porter was put into care. On April 24, the tribunal initially gave Serious six weeks to move out, Charlton told Daily Mail. 'But his lawyer said he needed 12 weeks because he's a sick man with lymphoma,' she said. Serious – and his wild haircut at the time – became suddenly famous when he starred in 1988's Young Einstein movie and then 1993's Reckless Kelly. But he later fell on hard times and was taken in by Porter and Charlton several years ago. He was recently seen looking very gaunt, amid concerns for his health. Serious told the tribunal he should be allowed to remain in the home because he was Mr Porter's carer, which Ms Charlton strongly disputes. 'Phillip - we call him Phillip, not Charles, is a family friend, he has been for years and years,' she said. 'He's never been married, never had children, so he made me power of attorney and trustee. 'He was getting old and getting dementia, and was having trouble looking after himself, so I was doing all his cooking. 'It wasn't like Yahoo was his carer. He wasn't bathing him or dressing him. I was washing his clothes, we had a cleaner coming in.
Daily Mail
12-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
EXCLUSIVE Bombshell twist in Yahoo Serious row revealed - after he's accused of SQUATTING in dementia sufferer's beachside home and running up a $70,000 bill
Aussie Hollywood comedy icon Yahoo Serious is just days away from being evicted from an elderly dementia patient's home where he's been allegedly squatting for months. Serious is said to be living illegally with his Jack Russell terrier in the multi-million dollar home of Charles Phillip Porter, who is in his 90s and now in a nursing home. The Young Epstein star was spotted at the plush Palm Beach home, in Sydney 's wealthy northern beaches, on Tuesday but faces being kicked out within weeks. He has been ordered to exit the multi-storey house on Barrenjoey Road by August 4 but showed no sign of being willing to leave when Daily Mail Australia spoke to him. He denied squatting in the home, despite a tribunal hearing giving him the deadline to vacate, and insisted: 'You're getting it all wrong.' But Serious declined to answer further questions about his future plans, and if he would move out or where he would go. Mr Porter's lifelong friend Margie Charlton this week told Daily Mail Australia the former star has cost the homeowner $70,000 in nursing home fees because of his refusal to move out. She has had Mr Porter's power of attorney for the last 14 years and said she now has to sell the home to pay for the mounting nursing home bill. 'I owe $70,000 in nursing home fees because I can't sell the f***ing house because he won't move out,' Ms Charlton said. The amount grows at an alarming rate of around $6,500 per month, she said. In March, the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal heard Serious used to live in the granny flat beneath the ramshackle property, which stands among the mansions overlooking picturesque Pittwater. The tribunal was told the owner had allowed Serious to move into the granny flat, as the former screen star was living rough in his ageing BMW sedan, but he moved into the main house when Mr Porter was put into care. On April 24, the tribunal initially gave Mr Serious six weeks to move out, Ms Charlton told Daily Mail Australia. 'But his lawyer said he needed 12 weeks because he's a sick man with lymphoma,' she said. Ms Charlton alleges that despite appearing fragile at the tribunal hearing, Serious was seen playing Anzac Day Two-Up at Newport Bowling Club the following day. 'It was actually me who was feeling sick from it all,' she said. Serious - and his wild haircut at the time - became suddenly famous when he starred in 1988's Young Einstein movie and then 1993's Reckless Kelly. But he later fell on hard times and was taken in by Mr Porter and Ms Charlton several years ago. He was recently seen looking very gaunt, amid concerns for his health. Serious told the tribunal he should be allowed to remain in the home because he was Mr Porter's carer, which Ms Charlton strongly disputes. 'Phillip - we call him Phillip, not Charles, is a family friend, he has been for years and years,' she said. 'He's never been married, never had children, so he made me power of attorney and trustee. 'He was getting old and getting dementia, and was having trouble looking after himself, so I was doing all his cooking. 'It wasn't like Yahoo was his carer. He wasn't bathing him or dressing him. I was washing his clothes, we had a cleaner coming in. 'He was just there to listen out for him, really.' Ms Charlton said Serious moved in after she and Mr Porter, out for a morning swim in Palm Beach, found the fallen star living out of his car. 'We didn't want to put Phillip in a nursing home, he wasn't ready yet, and he had a flat underneath his house,' she added. 'So I said to Yahoo, "Look, you're obviously living out of your car. We've got a place for you to stay if you would just keep an eye on Phillip". 'It was just somebody to make sure he was OK. 'The deal was he could stay there, but when I said to move out, he had to move out so we could sell the place... and when the time came, he just wouldn't.' It's alleged Serious then moved from the granny flat to the upstairs home when Mr Porter went into his nursing home and was using Mr Porter's furniture. 'We gave him an eviction notice and he just threw it over his shoulder,' she said. 'We told him we need to sell the property to pay the fees, and that's when he turned around and said, "Nah, sorry, not happening". 'It's just a nightmare.' In her application filed to NCAT, Ms Charlton said Mr Porter's ongoing care is at risk if the property is unable to be sold. 'Due to his diagnosis of dementia, Mr Porter has been placed in a nursing home, and I hold power of attorney for his affairs,' she wrote. 'The Public Trustee has instructed me to sell the property in order to fund Mr Porter's ongoing care. 'Failure to do so will result in his removal from his current care facility.' Serious denied he was squatting in the home when he spoke to Daily Mail Australia in March. 'I don't do things that are illegal and I never have,' he said. 'The [professional] work I have done has proved that. 'When you have done something significant in your life then you become an easy target to sell papers.' At the time, Serious - born Greg Pead - claimed he was not aware of any eviction or impending tribunal. 'I am not aware of anything, but the truth always comes out,' he added. 'I'm just a human who lives with the legacy of being defamed.' As well as a Keep Out warning sign in the front door window, the dilapidated cottage also has a large chest blocking the entrance of the home. Serious insisted: 'There are a lot of problems with that house.' After a few unsuccessful attempts to restart his career, he was previously evicted from an Avalon rental property in 2020 for failing to pay his rent. Another NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal hearing at the time ordered him to pay his landlords $15,000 and vacate the property. His production company, Serious Productions Pty Ltd, had begun renting the property in March 2017 for $1,350 per week.
