LOS ANGELES (KABC) — Back in August, Beverly Hills resident Shannon Sokolow was on the health club when she obtained a name from the property supervisor and realtor for her condo.
“She requested if she may present my condo to somebody if i used to be home. I mentioned I’m not home. My canine’s there. I might be there tomorrow at 8 or the subsequent day at 3. She mentioned, ‘Oh no. I’ll be so quick. I’m going to go in shortly,'” she mentioned.
Sokolow mentioned she once more mentioned, “No, my canine’s there. You cannot go in, choose one other day,” however her landlord mentioned, “no no no” and hung up.
Then in line with Sokolow, she received a cellphone notification from her “doggy digital camera.”
“She walks in and the canine, Roxy, is barking and going loopy.”
Sokolow says it is not regular for her canine Roxy to expire of the condo, however that she should have been terrified when a stranger entered.
According to Sokolow, Roxy then ran out of the condo building, and minutes later, was hit by a automotive at Olympic and Rexford — and died. Sokolow filed a lawsuit Thursday in opposition to her property supervisor Shiva Mehrdad, Mehrdad’s employer, and the owner searching for damages for Roxy’s dying who Sokolow had for 3 years.
“We’re searching for to carry all of the defendants accountable for breaching the lease settlement. There’s clear phrases. There’s metropolis code that they breached and human decency that appears to be violated right here,” mentioned Sokolow’s legal professional Camron Dowlatshahi.
“Roxy was my whole world. I work from home. I had her doing COVID. I spent 99 p.c of my time… She slept on my chest. She got here to the seashore. I traveled together with her on trip,” mentioned Sokolow. “She killed my youngster. Whoever has a canine understands, she meant actually the world to me.”
Sokolow says Roxy’s dying has modified her life eternally, forcing her to see a therapist thrice per week and take remedy to cope with the incident.
Eyewitness News reached out to all of the events named within the lawsuit together with her former property supervisor, however didn’t hear again.
