In the Name of Offering Help Granddaughter Evicts Foreclosed Grandmother
Age is not deterring an octogenarian widow from taking action against her previous lawyer alleging that he had cheated her out of her house worth $1.7 million and had entered into conspiracy to throw her out.
Connie Campbell had sought out Alfred Walendowski for assistance after she defaulted on the mortgage of her house in Carroll Gardens and was threatened with foreclosure. But instead of coming to her assistance where she had been staying for long 45 years the lawyer formed a conspiracy with her grand daughter and they persuaded her to get rid of it for a mere $2000,000.
Campbell said that she felt humiliated. She had trusted Walendowski for helping her but instead he took away the house that was her home for her.
She is now demanding that her house be returned to her together with damages worth $ 2 million. The suit has been filed Supreme Court of Brooklyn. She has also brought fraud and legal malpractices charges in a suit against Walendowski.
Susan Chana Lask is the new attorney engaged by Campbell. She has termed Walendowski as a heartless crook who specialized in preying on seniors. Lask said grimly, “I intend to evict Mr. Walendowski from the practice of law for his disgusting conduct”. She is aiming with the help of the lawsuit to get back to Connie her houses and damages for the period of acute suffering she had endured.
Walendowski failed to make any comments when requested.
Lask is also trying to take back the house from the old widow’s granddaughter Charise Scibelli residing in Suffolk County with Anthony Scibelli, her husband. At one time he had been in prison for crimes related to drug abuse and crime. Lask said, “It’s disgusting for a family member to take advantage of her own grandmother. She got a huge windfall”. Charise was not available for comments.
The nightmare for Campbell started from 2007 when she was defaulting for $14,000 in her mortgage repayments. She was presented with a notice intimating foreclosure by one of the most noted lawyers dealing with such cases – Steven Baum. Campbell alleged that the two – Walendowski and Anthony Scibelli compelled her to sign off the ownership of the home but said that she would be allowed to stay here till her death. But one year afterwards the granddaughter tried to throw her out.
