Billionaire’s Son Issues Apology for ‘Graffiti Mansion’

Almost no surface on the exterior of this Hollywood Hills mansion is without the mark of graffiti artists, and now its absentee owner is issuing an apology to neighbors who say it’s an eyesore, the Los Angeles Times reports. With shattered windows spilling broken glass onto the sidewalk and brightly colored box letters on nearly every surface, the Mulholland Drive mansion draws the gawks of Hollywood tourist buses. “We’ve become known for the graffiti mansion,” a neighbor, who wished to be anonymous, told the Times. “It’s so embarrassing to have this in the heart of the Hollywood Hills.” LA’s “Graffiti Mansion.” David McNew/Getty Its owner, 40-year-old TV and film producer John Powers Middleton, who neighbors say hasn’t lived in the house for years, issued an apology for the condition of the property after it recently went viral on social media. “What’s happened to the two properties I own is unacceptable, and no matter what caused it, I own the houses,” he wrote in a statement. “Given the persistence of the numerous trespassers, it’s a struggle.” Middleton owns another LA mansion, on Sunset Plaza Drive, which has also fallen into disarray. A worker pastes over graffiti on the Mulholland Drive mansion....