Neighbor Sues Connery, Says Actor’s a Bully
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A Manhattan eye doctor has filed a $30 million lawsuit alleging that James Bond actor Sean Connery is a bully as a neighbor and acts as though he has a license to terrorize a family out of its historic landmarked home.
“Notwithstanding the cinematic James Bond image of consummate finesse, the defendant Connery, in true Dr. Jekyll-Mr. Hyde fashion, acts the part in real life of a bully who ignores norms of neighborliness and decency,” Dr. Burton Sultan’s court papers say.
Dr. Sultan says he, his wife, and their daughters live on East 71st Street in the lower four floors of a six story Tudor townhouse, built in 1869, that they share with Mr. Connery and his wife, who live on the top two floors.
The Connerys’ floors, which they own as a condominium, were bought in January 1998 by their son, who moved to the suburbs in 2000 and let his parents move in.
The Connerys began renovations in September 2001 and were still at it last month, subjecting Dr. Sultan and his family to constant noise, foul fumes, water leaks, and a rat infestation, court papers say.
