A Los Angeles landlord was recorded on video in a heated confrontation with tenants in January, following months of dispute over a property in Winnetka, with both sides presenting different accounts of the situation.
According to the family's attorney, Raymon Isaac, 55, allegedly shoved open the door of the residence on January 17, causing tenant Jessica Ramirez to drop her phone, and scared her and her 3-year-old daughter. After Ramirez closed the door, Isaac was filmed outside the property expressing anger toward the residents including threats to kill everyone inside the building.
The family's 3-year-old daughter, Emma, was present during the confrontation and was reportedly found hiding under a blanket afterward, with continued signs of distress in subsequent weeks.
Isaac, however, provides a different account of events leading to the confrontation. According to his statement, he had decided to end his participation in the Section 8 housing program due to health concerns following a heart attack two years ago. His doctor had advised him to reduce stress, prompting him to sell properties and retire from various professional activities.
"I had a heart attack two years ago, and the doctor said, if I want to stay alive, I should hold all the stresses from my life," Isaac stated. "So I stopped teaching, I stopped construction, I put all the properties for sale, and I tried to retire myself."
Isaac claims he followed proper procedures by initially giving 60 days' notice to Section 8, then extending it to 90 days at the program's request. According to Isaac, Section 8 accepted and terminated the contract, issuing vouchers for the tenants to find alternative housing.
While the family's attorney claims the eviction notice failed to state a recognized cause under local ordinances and did not include mandatory relocation expenses, Isaac maintains that he followed legal procedures and won the case in court with four reviews by different judges.
"We hired an attorney. He sent two times, three days notices with the violation, and pictures of other stuff. Again, they refused to use their benefit. They fight to stay. So we went to court. We won the case, and we get the eviction," Isaac stated.
Isaac explicitly stated he and his agent offered assistance to the tenants: "We told them that we can help you for the moving cost and other stuff, and help you with finding another place. They refuse to accept the benefit."
The family's attorney states that the confrontation followed complaints about persistent water leaks that had allegedly gone unaddressed for over five years, including a dining room ceiling collapse in 2019 that remained unrepaired for a year.
Isaac also disputed those claims saying the allegations of water damage were not made until after he started the eviction process and that as a Section 8 building, it had to undergo government inspections, none of which supported the accusation of water damage.
Regarding the January 17 confrontation, Isaac acknowledges losing his temper but attributes it to frustration over the tenants not following the court order and refusing to open the door despite knowing he had scheduled an inspection.
"I knock about 10 times till I get mad, and I knock hard," Isaac said. He added that his anger stemmed not just from being denied entry but from the tenants filing an appeal and sending it to the wrong email, which he discovered during a 30-minute phone call with his attorney just before the confrontation.
The court approved eviction still occurred with the family moving out in March 2025 and is reportedly now homeless.
