A judge is mulling a dispute between the city of Los Angeles, which has declared Marilyn Monroe’s former home a cultural landmark, and a couple’s desire to demolish it.

Brinah Milstein and her husband, producer Roy Bank, bought the residence in July 2023 for $8.35 million and obtained a demolition permit from the city. They want to move forward with their planned razing so they can tear down the Monroe structure to expand their current home, which is adjacent to the property.

Bank and Milstein filed a petition in Los Angeles Superior Court in May 2024, alleging “illegal and unconstitutional conduct” by the city with respect to the house where they say Monroe occasionally lived for a “mere six months” before she “tragically committed suicide” on Aug. 4, 1962, at age 36.

Judge James C. Ch

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