Allen

INTRODUCTION

This anti-SLAPP case is the latest in a decade-long line of litigation relating to a real property located at 6150 Shenandoah Avenue in the Ladera Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles, and the personal property located within that residence. According to a statement of decision in a previous litigation, Ivan Rene Moore or one of his corporations purchased 6150 Shenandoah in the mid-1990s, and operated a music business from the residence. The title to 6150 Shenandoah was later transferred to Ronald Hills, who worked with Moore and held the property in trust for the benefit of Moore’s corporations. Moore met Kimberly Martin- Bragg, who lived next door; the two became romantically involved and began living together. Martin-Bragg bought 6150 Shenandoah in 2004; she rented it to Moore, who continued to use the property for his music business. Moore and Martin-Bragg had separated by 2011, and Martin-Bragg evicted Moore from 6150 Shenandoah. Some of Moore’s personal property was left at 6150 Shenandoah when Moore and Martin-Bragg separated, including the equipment in Moore’s recording studio. In a previous litigation, a jury held that Martin-Bragg improperly converted some…