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Single mother and young son are branded squatters by ‘heartless’ landlord despite never missing rent A BRITISH single mother is being evicted from her home in Spain for being a squatter - despite not missing a rent payment in SEVEN YEARS. Kate Langshaw, 44, and her seven-year-old son Lucas were given notice to leave their property, after becoming embroiled in an inheritance row between the owner and her ‘heartless’ politician son. Despite Kate winning her case in May, the son, who stood in the local elections for the anti-feminist Vox party, was able to reverse the decision on appeal in just three months. Questions remain over how the ruling was made so rapidly in a legal system that is famed for its slow pace. Kate, for example, has not received a single alimony payment from the father of her son for four years after a successful domestic violence case against him. She is now facing tens of thousands of euros in court costs, legal fees and backdated rent - and the prospect of being
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left homeless with a young son and their dog Orri. Kate told the Olive Press: “I’ve always paid my rent and did everything I was told to by the rental company, it’s terrifying to think we could all be on the streets. “We are still in the summer season and I cannot afford to find a new place near my son’s school. “I might even have to give up my dog as very few rental properties accept pets which would be heartbreaking for me but especially my son. He suffers from anxiety and Orri is crucial for his mental health. “How can it be fair that I’m being kicked out? It’s madness. I hear stories that it can take three years to evict an actual squatter, and yet I am being asked to leave as a single mother paying rent.” The issues began when the millionaire patriarch of the influential
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EVICTED: Mum Kate and Lucas in happier times Bas family, based in Javea on the the rental company handling the Costa Blanca, died some years ago, tenancy advised her to continue leaving a slew of homes, land and paying rent to the mother, particmoney to his wife Christine English ularly as official notary papers still - and his four children. indicated that Christine was the The father had been a successful owner. property developer and was be- Finally last year, the son tried to hind the large Don Pepe urban- ‘bully’ Kate to pay him instead of isation just off Javea’s the mum with an increase of €200 celebrated Arenal more a month, despite her having a beach. fixed contract in place until 2026. He left a number of When this failed, he instead took apartments in the her to court, claiming she was a block, plus various oth- ‘squatter’ because she had no coner homes, over which tract with him - despite proving the siblings are under- she had paid rent since 2017. stood to have squab- He claimed he had the right to any bled. earnings (known as usufructo) on The Olive Press un- the property, including rent. derstands at least However his case failed in Denia one child, including court in May, when a judge ruled son Daniel, took their that mother Christine had the usumother to court to ob- fructo when Kate signed the rental tain more properties agreement and she had therefore and money from her. paid the right person. “They didn’t want to But the son took an appeal to the wait for their inheri- courts in Alicante, and, extraorditance,” claims Kate. narily, the decision was reversed in Unbeknown to July making the latest rental conKate, who be- tract void. gan renting her Worse, he is now suing Kate for two-bed villa backdated rent which totals over from mother €30,000. Christine in The case has shocked the local ex2017, son Danie pat community, which has set up a See page 19 managed to ac- GoFundMe page to help Kate with quire the deeds legal costs and a deposit for a new to the home in home, if needed. The Olive Press has contacted Dan2019. Despite this, iel Bas and the agency for comment.
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The Olive Press has tracked down a villa allegedly rented by controversial football kiss row boss Luis Rubiales to host an orgy with ‘eight to 10’ young women. The stunning home is nestled in an exclusive Costa Tropical urbanisation, near where the ousted Spanish FA (RFEF) boss grew up in Motril, Granada. Rubiales is alleged to have held the late night ‘orgy’ in Salobrena, with women as young as 18 during the Covid lockdown in 2020, according to his uncle Juan Rubiales. The pair are embroiled in an ongoing feud after Luis sacked him from his press officer role at RFEF. The series of wild nights, which went on until 6am and broke Covid rules, was anything but popular with angry neighbours, the Olive Press can reveal. “I remember when he was here, the noise was crazy,” one neighbour revealed. “Boom, boom, boom until the early hours, there was lots of music, drinking and lots of girls. “I could hear them all laughing and partying until five or six in the morning. They were here for a couple of days.” The local, who only gave her name as Maria, said the property is owned by an Italian businesswoman. She added: “It was during the Covid pandemic and it was annoying but we did not call the police because that’s not the kind of neighbours we are.” Last year, Juan Rubiales, told an anti-corruption trial in Madrid that Luis had illegally used RFEF funds to rent the luxury villa for an ‘orgy’. See Sordid and seedy, p6
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