{"id":1681085,"date":"2022-10-10T07:07:57","date_gmt":"2022-10-10T11:07:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1681085"},"modified":"2022-10-10T07:11:09","modified_gmt":"2022-10-10T11:11:09","slug":"blm-founder-and-owner-of-multiple-homes-patrisse-cullors-spends-thousands-renovating-her-backyard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blm-founder-and-owner-of-multiple-homes-patrisse-cullors-spends-thousands-renovating-her-backyard\/","title":{"rendered":"BLM Founder and Owner of Multiple Homes Patrisse Cullors Spends Thousands Renovating Her Backyard"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fblm-founder-and-owner-of-multiple-homes-patrisse-cullors-spends-thousands-renovating-her-backyard%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1681085&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The controversial Marxist co-founder of Black Lives Matter recently completed tens of thousands of dollars in renovations at her posh Los Angeles home, including building a new plunge pool and backyard sauna, according to a new report.<\/p>\n<p>Patrisse Cullors, 39, the former leader of Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation, also added a children\u2019s play area for her young son outside her 2,580-square foot three-bedroom, three-bathroom home in Los Angeles\u2019 Topanga Canyon neighborhood, photos show.<\/p>\n<p>The images reveal a deep plunge pool that has yet to have water added, as well as a small shed that houses the sauna. A child\u2019s swing set and covered slide is also visible in the photograph.<\/p>\n<p>Cullors, who resigned from the national group a month after <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/04\/10\/inside-blm-co-founder-patrisse-khan-cullors-real-estate-buying-binge\/\">The Post <\/a>revealed that she had gone on a real estate buying spree last year, paid $1.4 million for the Topanga Canyon home in March 2021, according to public records.  <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/blm-house-reno-03.jpg\"><\/a><figcaption>Cullors\u2019 $1.4 million home is in Topanga Canyon, California. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">BACKGRID<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/Patrisse-Cullors.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"968\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Patrisse-Cullors.jpg\" alt=\"Aerial of Topanga Canyon home\" class=\"wp-image-24178833\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Patrisse-Cullors-1.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Patrisse-Cullors-2.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Patrisse-Cullors-3-scaled.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Patrisse-Cullors-3-scaled.jpg&amp;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>The renovation features a plunge pool and a playground for her son.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">BACKGRID<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/blm-house-reno-04.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1016\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/blm-house-reno-04.jpg\" alt=\"Aerial of Topanga Canyon home\" class=\"wp-image-24178829\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/blm-house-reno-04-1.jpg 1524w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/blm-house-reno-04-2.jpg 1016w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/blm-house-reno-04-3.jpg 508w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/blm-house-reno-04-4.jpg 1024w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>The renovations also feature an outdoor sauna.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">BACKGRID<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>At the time of her May 2021 resignation, Cullors insisted her \u201cretirement\u201d from the group that she had led for six years had been in the works, and was not tied to the controversy surrounding the shopping spree in which she amassed four properties for more than $3.2 million amid the group\u2019s troubled finances. <\/p>\n<p>Among the properties was a sprawling home attached to an airplane hangar and runway in an Atlanta suburb that she has since sold, according to public records.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n\t<\/aside>\n<p>Cullors also used donations to pay a company owned by her baby daddy, Damon Turner, $969,459 for \u201clive production, design and media,\u201d according to the group\u2019s latest filings with the IRS.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Cullors chalked up the reports on her properties and spending as \u201cright-wing bullying\u201d and said that she had paid for her holdings with money she made from book and speaking deals.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, BLMGNF said it took in more than $90 million following the May 2020 murder of George Floyd, a black man whose death under the knee of a white Minneapolis police officer led to protests around the world.<\/p>\n<p>Cullors, who bought the Topanga Canyon property under her company Abolitionist Entertainment LLC,  paid for the house in cash, according to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dirt.com\/gallery\/more-dirt\/politicians\/black-lives-matter-co-founder-patrisse-khan-cullors-lands-topanga-canyon-compound-1203374803\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a celebrity real estate blog.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The backyard renovations are in addition to a $35,000 fence that Cullors<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/06\/11\/blm-co-founder-patrisse-cullors-reportedly-builds-fence-gate-around-1-4m-home\/\"> installed <\/a>around the property last year.<\/p>\n<p>After Cullors resigned from BLMGNF, the group continued to be mired by financial controversies. <\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow\" data-component=\"inlineSlideshow\">\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__header\">\n\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"button inline-slideshow__nav inline-slideshow__nav--prev inline-slideshow__nav--disabled\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Previous<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t<\/button><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t<span>1<\/span> of <span>2<\/span>\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"button inline-slideshow__nav inline-slideshow__nav--next\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Next<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t<\/button>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__slides\">\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__slide\">\n<figure class=\"inline-slideshow__slide-figure\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"878\" height=\"585\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/blm-house-la-03.jpeg\" class=\"inline-slideshow__image\" alt=\"Solar panels have been installed on the roof of Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors-Khan\u2019s $1.4million house.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/blm-house-la-03-1.jpeg 1756w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/blm-house-la-03-2.jpeg 1317w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/blm-house-la-03.jpeg 878w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/blm-house-la-03-3.jpeg 439w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/blm-house-la-03-4.jpeg 1024w\" \/><figcaption class=\"meta meta--caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSolar panels have been installed on the roof of Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors-Khan&#8217;s $1.4 million house.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><span class=\"inline-slideshow__credit meta meta--byline\">BACKGRID<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__slide\">\n<figure class=\"inline-slideshow__slide-figure\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"878\" height=\"585\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/blm-house-la-01.jpg\" class=\"inline-slideshow__image\" alt=\"house\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/blm-house-la-01-1.jpg 1756w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/blm-house-la-01-2.jpg 1317w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/blm-house-la-01.jpg 878w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/blm-house-la-01-3.jpg 439w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/blm-house-la-01-4.jpg 1024w\" \/><figcaption class=\"meta meta--caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe BLM co-founder reportedly paid cash for the home. \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><span class=\"inline-slideshow__credit meta meta--byline\">BACKGRID<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Last month, the non-profit\u2019s new leader was accused of siphoning more than $10 million in fees from donors to pay his consulting firm, according to a lawsuit.<\/p>\n<p>But the BLM leader,<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/09\/03\/activists-accuse-blm-leader-shalomyah-bowers-of-stealing-10m\/\"> Shalomyah Bowers<\/a>, told The Post last month the case against him is nothing more than a power grab by disgruntled activists trying to wrest control of the movement.<\/p>\n<p>Bowers, who became head of the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation in April, is accused of paying the cash to his own Bowers Consulting Firm, and diverting resources from a new group called Black Lives Matter Grassroots, Inc.<\/p>\n<p>BLM Global Network Foundation paid the Bowers Consulting Firm $2,167,894 in 2021, according to federal tax filings.<\/p>\n<p>Cullors didn\u2019t return requests for comment Saturday. Bowers refused comment, adding that the renovations were not related to BLMGNF.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The controversial Marxist co-founder of Black Lives Matter recently completed tens of thousands of dollars in renovations at her posh Los Angeles home, including building a new plunge<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1681087,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1681085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1681085","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1681085"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1681085\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1681087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1681085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1681085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1681085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}