A 72-year-old man can evict his son and his son’s former girlfriend from his apartment on the grounds that he fears his son, a Brooklyn housing court judge has ruled, emphasizing the seriousness of any allegations of elder abuse.
The eviction proceeding was brought by Norris Hug- gins, the tenant of record for an apartment in southeast Brooklyn. Huggins alleged that he had been forced to leave his apartment because he was afraid of his son, Julian Randolph, who lived there along with Ashley Richmond, with whom he had two children. Huggins said in an affidavit that “my son has in the past threatened my health and safety, forced me to sign a power of attorney and taken other steps to put me in fear of him.”
