Cyndi Lauper’s son faces being evicted from his luxury Manhattan apartment after neighbors complained about loud music, nighttime screaming and the smell of marijuana.
Declyn ‘Dex’ Lauper-Thornton’s landlord has filed an eviction request to have the 26-year-old removed from his $7,200-a-month apartment.
Lauper-Thornton has been accused of violating lease rules at the Financial District building since moving in last October.
According to the filings, neighbors have to deal with “loud music every night” and loud yelling, screaming, screaming” coming from the apartment.
In February, a resident below the apartment told the landlord she feared for her safety due to the constant screaming and noise.
Declyn ‘Dex’ Lauper-Thornton’s landlord has filed an eviction request for the 26-year-old to leave his $7,200-a-month apartment.
Lauper-Thornton has been accused of violating lease rules at the Financial District building, seen here, since moving in last October.
The resident, whose name was not revealed in the papers, complained that loud noises coming from the apartment had had a “serious and negative impact on her life”.
Others complained about the smell of marijuana coming from the apartment, loud screaming and sounds of fighting.
Court documents state that one night he entered the building’s management office with a “joint of marijuana and appearing visually intoxicated.”
The documents allege he then threatened the workers via email, telling them, “If you don’t fix the email, I’ll come back with people and smash everyone’s faces.”
“I’m going to break your legs.” I have friends and an uncle who will fuck you up. Don’t play with me because I’m going to bring someone with me and destroy this whole place.
A former neighbor told the New York Post: “I’ve never had any problems with any of the neighbors before.
“Then a new tenant moved in and immediately there was really loud music at the weirdest hours, like 3 a.m. or 7 a.m. It felt like there was a nightclub right behind my wall.”
A source also told the outlet that a day after a tenant confronted Lauper-Thornton, the former neighbor found a bullet near her apartment and decided to move out.
Cyndi Lauper and her son Declyn “Dex” Lauper pose at the Tribeca Film Festival after-party premiere for Cyndi Lauper’s documentary “Let the Canary Sing” at Serafina UWS on June 14, 2023.
Dex, who is the only son of the Girls Just Want to Have Fun singer and Thornton, has previously found himself in a sticky situation with the authorities. Dex and Cyndi pictured at the MTV VMAs in New York in 2021
A neighbor also told the Post: “I heard the disturbing music every other day. There were many times when it was 2 a.m., 3 a.m. or 4 a.m.
“I had an important meeting one day during the week, but I was woken up at 3 a.m. the night before because the music was loud.
“I could feel the bass. I put on a bathrobe and went to confront the guy, in a nice way, and I had to knock on the door so loud because he just wouldn’t hear.
“He tried to take the high road with me and say, ‘Oh, is that how you talk to people?’ I said, “Yeah, at 3 a.m., I’m not going to be too nice about that.”
“So we had this conversation for 30 seconds. I left and the music continued.
In February, Lauper-Thornton appeared in court on gun charges related to a shooting in Harlem.
He was charged with two counts of criminal possession of a loaded firearm, according to court documents.
Dex was taken into custody after a shooting in which a 24-year-old man was found shot in the leg near an apartment building.
He is the only son of music icon Lauper and her husband, actor David Thornton, who was seen bailing his son out of prison with a wad of cash.
At a later procedural hearing in the case, he flashed a peace sign to the paparazzi after appearing in court.
In February, Lauper-Thornton appeared in court on gun charges related to a shooting in Harlem.
Cyndi Lauper’s husband, actor David Thornton, was once photographed bailing their son out of prison with a wad of cash.
Wearing a black jacket, blue shirt, striped tie and red and gray scarf, Thornton posted his son’s $20,000 bond at a City of Corrections Department correctional facility. New York.
He was previously arrested after being in possession of a stolen 2014 Mercedes Benz during a July 14, 2022 memorial service for an aspiring rapper named Ethan Reyes, who was fatally stabbed days before.
Dex was arrested while sitting in the idling vehicle parked in a double line at the intersection of 140th Street and Broadway, the New York Post reported.
Prosecutors in the case said Dex told officers when questioned about the vehicle, “You probably know who I am.”
Dex pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct without jail time in connection with the incident.
As a condition of his plea deal, Dex was ordered by Manhattan Criminal Court to stay out of further trouble for one year; and perform community service that lasted five days. He faces up to a year in prison if found guilty, according to the media.
Following the October 2022 court hearing, Dex was seen smoking marijuana (which is legal in New York) with friends while getting into an SUV parked at the outside the courthouse.
Dex was arrested after being in possession of a stolen 2014 Mercedes Benz during a July 14, 2022 memorial service for an aspiring rapper named Ethan Reyes.
In an Instagram Stories post that day, Dex posted an image of a smoke-filled vehicle with the caption “Yard.”
At the time, Dex, who had previously worked with rapper G-Eazy, told the Post that he and his famous mother had collaborated on musical material.
“My mother and I recorded a few songs,” he told the newspaper at the time, adding that the end of the previous affair was “definitely a blessing” for him.
Lauper told Vanity Fair last year that Dex’s musical tastes tend to be “more underground,” adding, “He’s on SoundCloud and he’s a tremendous artist.”
In the chat, Lauper talked about balancing parenthood and her career.
“People said I was so driven by my career, but once the kid came along, I was figuring out how I could handle it all: making a record, touring – and my husband was like, ‘Go Europe, I have it.” she said. “I sometimes took my son on tour, but he needed his own space.”
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