The house where doomed starlet Brittany Murphy and her husband, Simon Monjack, died has been sold for $ 12.2 million, The Post can reveal.
The sale, which took place under the radar on Dec. 29, 2020, is just the latest chapter in the house’s long, spooky saga.
The Los Angeles house, located atop the Sunset Strip, was sold to Murphy in 2008 by pop superstar Britney Spears.
At 8 a.m. on December 20, 2009, the Los Angeles Fire Department responded to a call at the house, where Murphy, 32, had apparently collapsed in a bathroom. She was transported to Cedars-Sinai Hospital, where she died of cardiac arrest about two hours later.
Her husband, who was 40, died just five months later, on May 23, 2010 – also at the Hollywood Hills residence.
The fire department was called to the house again for a medical emergency after Murphy’s mother, Sharon, found Monjack passed out in the bedroom at around 9:20 PM. He was pronounced dead by ambulance personnel.
According to the coroner’s report, Monjack’s cause of death was acute pneumonia and severe anemia, similar to the causes attributed to his wife’s death.
Later in 2010, authorities scheduled an inspection of the home to determine if toxic mold could have contributed to their deaths. However, that theory was later ruled out by the medical examiner’s office. Yet the circumstances surrounding their deaths have plagued fans to this day: this week, HBO Max announced a two-part documentary about the “Clueless” and “Uptown Girls” actresses.
But the house itself has a story to tell. In the 11 years since Murphy and Monjack died, the property has been listed 10 different times.
A full three-year deconstruction and makeover of the sprawling mansion began in 2013. Developers tried to tear down the original structure and upgrade the property to a contemporary design that fits the SoCal lifestyle.
In 2017, the house was eventually sold to a new owner, before being sold again three months ago at a loss of $ 2 million.
While Spears lived there, she had a decidedly haunted experience with the house, according to her former makeup artist Julianne Kaye.
On the February 24 episode of the podcast “We Need To Talk About Britney,” Kaye claims that Spears told her a showdown with supernatural powers: “[Spears] had that place in Sunset Plaza – and I’m just gonna say, this is really weird … She calls me … I had my friend do reiki healing on her, he had come, I think she had a crazy party weekend and needed to relax. He went out and she swears to God that he opened some ghost portal or something, and these evil spirits had come in … and they tried to push her down the stairs or something crazy. “
“It was so bad she left,” Kaye continues. “She went to the Casa Del Mar hotel to stay and never returned home. She says, “I know you’re going to think I’m crazy. I’m not crazy. I know what I saw, I know what I felt. ‘
But it seems that the home’s more recent owners have gone to great lengths to move on with its stark history.
Here’s a look at the five-bedroom, nine-bath mansion.
The house has an open floor plan with floor-to-ceiling windows in almost every room. A Crestron smart home system includes automated shading to allow natural light to flow through, the listing said.
The gourmet kitchen features premium Miele appliances and opens out to a deck with wooden planks. The master suite has beautiful city views and features two walk-in closets, his and hers bathrooms and a private patio.
There is also an additional lift that goes from the garage to the master bedroom.
Other features include a home theater, massage room, wine cellar, infinity pool, spa, built-in BBQ with seating and custom fire pit.
