Neighbors slam Olympic gold medalist as trash left piled outdoors SF dwelling
Olympic freestyle snowboarding star Eileen Gu’s household dwelling in San Francisco’s rich Sea Cliff neighborhood is drawing recent scrutiny after a big pile of discarded furnishings and home goods triggered complaints from close by residents.
The debris-covered sidewalk outdoors the household’s twenty fifth Avenue property on Tuesday reportedly featured a sofa, mattress, damaged furnishings, clothes, books, medicine bottles and different family belongings.
The pile was so in depth that it obscured a hearth hydrant from view.
A grievance was submitted via the town’s 311 system Monday night.
The following morning, a Recology employee arrived to examine the scene however reportedly discovered no scheduled pickup.
After receiving no reply on the entrance door, the employee initially declined to take away the gadgets.
Neighbor Ira Glick, a Stanford educational, advised The San Francisco Commonplace he tried contacting the Gu household after studying nobody had responded.
Eileen Gu’s mom, Yan Gu, disputed the impression that the household had merely dumped the gadgets on the curb.
She advised the SF Commonplace she moved the belongings outdoors round 1 a.m. and had rigorously packed them into roughly 20 bins, protecting them in case it rained.
Yan Gu stated she was shocked to find the contents scattered throughout the sidewalk and blamed both scavengers or what she known as “vicious folks” for tearing via the pile.
She additionally claimed somebody pulled out a shirt bearing her daughter’s identify, which she considered as a deliberate act.
In accordance with Yan Gu, a truck was already on its method Tuesday afternoon to take away the gadgets.
The incident unfolded in opposition to the backdrop of ongoing tensions between the household and a few neighbors.
Glick stated the Gu household had not too long ago employed a gardener and had additionally been concerned in a dispute with one other resident over property boundaries.
One other neighbor advised the SF Commonplace he had not spoken with the household in 4 or 5 years following a disagreement over a newly put in driveway.
Yan Gu, in the meantime, accused that neighbor of sustaining reflective spinning climate vanes that solid mild into her dwelling “like a disco ball,” forcing the household to maintain curtains closed.
Metropolis data present the Gu’s property has confronted a number of complaints through the years.
An April 28 grievance alleged the house suffered from neglect, overgrown vegetation and trash points that attracted rodents and birds, although a metropolis inspector discovered no housing-code violations the next day.
The property was additionally the topic of sewage-related complaints in January 2024. Inspection data described standing, effervescent sewage within the yard earlier than a contractor cleaned the realm and agreed to acquire permits for everlasting repairs.
In a separate matter, the house is known as in a lawsuit filed Jan. 28 in San Francisco Superior Courtroom.
Plaintiff Adolfo Avila Chavez alleges he suffered extreme accidents whereas performing gardening work on the property in July 2024 after falling from a 10-foot ramp that had been improperly positioned.
The lawsuit names Yan Gu and contractor Hector Alvarez as defendants.
In accordance with the grievance, Alvarez was an unlicensed and uninsured contractor who employed Avila Chavez and failed to supply security gear.
The go well with claims the autumn resulted in lasting accidents.
Inbuilt 1925, the Sea Cliff dwelling has been the topic of neighborhood complaints and metropolis inquiries for greater than a decade.
Neither defendant has filed a response.
Though she was born and raised in San Francisco, Gu competes internationally for China.
She is the most embellished feminine freeskier in Olympic historical past, possessing a historic profession whole of six Olympic medals (3 Gold, 3 Silver).
