Leonardo DiCaprio sues building contractors

Lawsuit is the latest epsiode in the actor’s dispute with neighbors

Kevork Djansezian / AP file	Leonardo DiCaprio is suing his building contractors over a basketball court that his neighbors claim have destabilized their Hollywood Hills property.

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updated 7:48 p.m. ET Feb. 8, 2008

LOS ANGELES - It’s hardly a titanic struggle, but a dispute between Leonardo DiCaprio and his neighbors isn’t departing anytime soon.

DiCaprio and the cousin from whom he rents a house are suing dozens of building contractors in an ongoing legal fight over a basketball court that neighbors claim destabilized their Hollywood Hills property.

The cross-complaint filed Jan. 30 lists contractors hired by the neighbors and by DiCaprio and cousin Robert Hrtica themselves.

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Neighbors Joan and Robert Linclau sued DiCaprio and Hrtica in May for at least $250,000 in damages. They claimed their property was illegally excavated and some plants removed in 2004. They also said the work undermined a slope behind their home and left their deck and pool in danger of collapse.

The latest complaint from DiCaprio says the Linclaus’ lawsuit has no merit, but if damages are found then the contractors are to blame.

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Phone messages left after business hours to attorneys for the two sides and to the central contractor named in the suit were not immediately returned.