Two Octogenarian Sisters Lose 1901 Mansion, Still Sue Everyone Like Champs
KEY POINTS
- •Sisters Marianne and Peggy Nestor fought foreclosure on their 1901 Manhattan townhouse for six years.
- •The property sold for $34.5 million to a mystery LLC, ending a contentious bankruptcy battle.
- •The sisters were evicted after blocking access and still maintain multiple legal challenges.
Marianne and Peggy Nestor, fashion heiresses turned fierce courtroom combatants, fought six years worth of foreclosure battles over a 1901 Manhattan townhouse with 17-foot ceilings and plaster owls, selling once for a cool $34.5 million. The sisters, both in their 80s and self-represented no less — probably confusing bankruptcy law for childhood board games — refused entry to the bankruptcy trustee Albert Togut and his lawyers so often they got evicted by US Marshals two years ago. Marianne, widow of Jackie Kennedy's designer Oleg Cassini, compared the sale on March 17, 2026 — exactly 20 years after Oleg’s death — to 'Germany in the 1940s,' but please, ‘leave out the F-words.’ Amid $30+ million in liens, a $1.4 million broker's cut, and $5 million backup mansion shenanigans in Connecticut, the sisters still litigate with the zeal of reality show stars, proving that when it comes to family real estate battles, drama is the true heirloom.
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(1 of 3)Watching two 80-something sisters wage a half-decade legal war over a $34.5M mansion they'd rather barricade than sell is peak sibling dysfunction starring bankruptcy and eviction OG style.
The only thing more absurd than $30 million in debt is the refusal to let people into a 1901 mansion—for six years. That's classy gatekeeping.
Plot twist: They could have bought the townhouse back, but why do simple math when you can file frivolous appeals instead?
Source: Businessinsider | Published: 3/18/2026 | Author: Laura Italiano
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