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- Squatters infiltrated a posh Los Angeles enclave by claiming ownership of a vacant mansion.
- For months, they pretended to have the right to live there and threw elaborate parties.
- They were finally evicted, but none of the squatters are facing criminal charges.
In Los Angeles, many people fake it till they make it.
Squatters who took over a Beverly Hills mansion for five months seemed to take the saying literally.
Between October 2023 and February 2024, the group of squatters — led by aspiring actor Morgan Gargiulo — unlawfully occupied a vacant home in Beverly Hills, according to a Curbed investigation.