DiCaprio sued over his basketball court
Actor Leonardo DiCaprio speaks at the 2007 Leadership Awards presentation by the Harvard Business School Association of Southern California at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Los Angeles, Calif. in a May 10, 2007 photo. [AP]
Leonardo DiCaprio's neighbor is charging him with an offensive foul, claiming the actor excavated the neighboring property without permission and damaged plants and hedges to build a basketball court at his home.
Legal papers filed last week in Superior Court by Ronald and Joan Linclau said the construction weakened a hillside and left their deck and pool in danger of collapse.
The lawsuit seeks at least $250,000 in damages.
DiCaprio "failed to exercise ordinary care ... in making the excavations and failed to take reasonable precautions to sustain the adjoining land ... in its natural state," the suit claimed.
A DiCaprio spokesman, Ken Sunshine, said the lawsuit "is totally without merit."
The lawsuit claimed DiCaprio ignored warnings that he was trespassing on the property, located in the hills above Sunset Boulevard.
