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Tyler Perry is building a new home for a 93-year-old who was pushed out by developers
Oct 16, 2023 3:02 pm PT
Tyler Perry comes to the aid of a 93-year-old woman at risk of losing the South Carolina home her family has owned since the Civil War era by buying her a new home.
Sources with direct knowledge tell TMZ … the actor/filmmaker is building up Josephine Wright a five-bedroom home in South Carolina that is set to replace the one where she lives with her grandchildren and is also the subject of a bitter land dispute.
We’re told Tyler’s construction crew will break ground on the home in the coming weeks once all permits are in place.
As we reported…Tyler promised his support to Josephine in July when he caught wind of her legal battle with Bailey Point Investment Group. Bailey Point reportedly wants to buy Wright’s land in Hilton Head, but she doesn’t want to give it up since it has been in her family for generations… BP then filed a lawsuit to take control of her property.
Wright told news outlet WSAV-TV how BP received approval from the city to develop 29 acres of land behind her home … and said she turned down an offer to buy her home. When Wright declined, she claimed BP began harassing her, which led to a lawsuit seeking to take away her property, which she said had been in her family since the Civil War era.
One of Josephine’s grandchildren organized one GoFundMe to pay her legal fees… and a September update on the site says a tree fell on the house, leaving two holes in the roof.
Now Josephine gets a whole new place to live… courtesy of Tyler.
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