TURNED
TURNED INTO A LEGAL NIGHTMARE. AN AUSTIN WOMAN SAYS SHE
INVITED PEOPLE TO STAY FOR A
JUST FEW NIGHTS -- BUT
THEY ENDED UP STAYING FOR MONTHS
-- RUNNING HER
OUT OF HER OWN HOME.
SO SHE REACHED OUT TO THE KVUE
DEFENDERS FOR
HELP.
INVESTIGATIVE ERICA PROFFER HAS
MORE.
MORE.
WHEN
WHEN YOU
WHEN YOU INVITE SOMEONE INTO
YOUR
YOUR HOME. YOU MIGHT CONSIDER THEM TO BE GUESTS. BUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU WANT
THEM OUT. AND THEY
CHOOSE TO STAY.
NO RENT PAID. NO LEASE.
WELL, YOU STILL HAVE TO GO TO
COURT
MEANWHILE. YOU MAY BE OUT OF A
HOME.
"MY DRIVEWAY WAS CLEAN"
WHEN CHERI DUBUQUE SAID,
"WELCOME TO MY HOME"
"THIS IS A HEIGHT CHART FOR MY
KIDS AND
GRANDKIDS"
"THEY WERE THIS TALL.. AND NOW
THEY'RE THIS TALL"
SHE DIDN'T THINK THE NEXT MONTH
.
"THERE WAS A DOORKNOB ON THIS."
SHE WOULD BE FIGHTING TO GET THE
FOLKS OUT. I CAN'T GET IT OPEN"
CHERI CALLED THE KVUE DEFENEDERS
WHEN SHE
LEARNED THE ONLY WAY TO REMOVE A
GUEST. IS TO TREAT THEM LIKE A
TENANT.
EVICTION.
TENANT. EVICTION. "I HAD A KNOCK AT MY DOOR. THERE
WAS THIS YOUNG MAN,
30S, WANTING TO TRIM TREES OFF
OF MY ROOF"
THAT "YOUNG MAN" IS CORY LUPER
FROM OKLAHOMA.
CHERI TOLD LUPER NO TO TREE
TRIMMING. BUT
SHE COULD USE SOME OTHER WORK
AROUND THE YARD.
"YOU CAN FINISH TRIMMING THE
HEDGES FOR ME AND I
PAID HIM $30."
WHICH LED TO OTHER WORK AROUND
HER HOME.
SHORTLY INTO THE JOB.
"I GOT HOME AND HE CLAIMED HEAT
STROKE. SO I GAVE HIM
SOME COCONUT WATER AND FIXED HIM
A SMOOTHIE."
AND TOLD LUPER HE COULD CRASH ON
HER COUCH FOR A
FEW DAYS.
"GET HIS STRENGTH BACK"
WHEN LUPER'S BROTHER AND WIFE
SHOWED UP LATER THAT
WEEK. CHERI SAID THEY COULD
STAY FOR A BIT, TOO.
BUT THE "BIT". TURNED INTO A
WEEK.
"I GOT WOKEN UP IN THE MIDDLE OF
THE NIGHT WITH
THEM SCREAMING AND YELLING" SHE
CALLED THE COPS AND TOLD
EVERYONE TO LEAVE.
"CORY SAID YOU CAN'T KICK US
OUT. YOU'LL HAVE TO GET US
EVICTED. WE CAN STAY FOR AS LONG
AS WE WANT"
"THE POLICE WERE THERE WHEN HE
SAID THIS. THEY SAID,
YEP. IF YOU INVITED HIM IN.
"
AUSTIN POLICE OFFICER DESTINY
SILVA SAYS SHE OFTEN
SEES THIS TYPE OF CASE.
"WHAT CRIMINAL TRESPASS IS, IS
THAT WHEN YOU'RE IN A
LOCATION OR YOU STAY AT A
LOCATION WITHOUT
EFFECTIVE CONSENT FROM THE
OWNER. SO, WHEN YOU HAVE
A GUEST STAY OVER AND YOU ALLOW
SOMEONE TO
STAY IN YOUR HOME.
"IF YOU DECIDE THAT YOU DON'T
WANT THEM THERE ANY
LONGER, YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH
THE EVICTION
PROCESS."
ERICA: THEY NEVER GAVE YOU ANY
MONEY? CHERI:
NOT A DIME.
BACK OUT AT THE HOME.
WE FIRST CAUGHT LUPER, HIS WIFE
AND A FRIEND WALKING
OUT.
ERICA: I'M ERICA WITH KVUE NEWS.
CAN I TALK WITH YOU
FOR A SECOND? DO YOU LIVE HERE?
LUPER TOLD US TO WAIT.
HE WOULD BE BACK AND GIVE US
HIS SIDE OF THINGS.
ERICA: SPELL YOUR NAME FOR ME SO
I CAN GET IT SPELLED
CORRECTLY: UH, C-O-R-Y. ERICA;
CORY WHAT'S YOUR LAST
NAME? CORY: LUPER. IT'S JUST
LUPER. ERICA: L-O-O-P-
E-R? CORY: YEAH, THAT'S HOW IT'S
SPELLED
NOT ACCORDING TO HIS FACEBOOK ..
TWITTER AND
THIS MARRIAGE FILING.
"WE WERE SUPPOSED TO DO THE TREE
SERVICE IN THE
BACK AND THE YARD WORK ON HER
OTHER HOUSE FOR THE
FIRST 2 MONTHS OF RENT "
ERICA: DID YOU SIGN A LEASE?
CORY: NOPE. ERICA: WHY
NOT? CORY: SHE NEVER DID PROVIDE
ONE"
"THE AGREEMENT WAS THIS WAS
GOING TO BE AN
INVESTMENT PROPERTY AND WE COULD
STAY HERE UNTIL SHE
SOLD IT"
CHERI SAYS THAT'S NOT TRUE.
SHE DID WANT TO LEASE THE
HOME... BUT NOT TO THEM.
"I'M JUST.
.. I SUNK MY HEART INTO THAT
HOUSE. I RAISED MY BOYS
THERE AS A SINGLE MOTHER.
THEY'RE 38 AND 40."
WE FOUND . LUPER HAS ANOTHER
EVICTION IN SAN
ANTONIO.
THE LANDLORD TOLD US SHE BOUGHT
A HOME. BUT
LUPER. A GUEST THERE. REFUSED TO
GO.
WHEN CHERI GOT TO COURT THIS
WEEK.IT TOOK LESS THAN
30 SECONDS FOR THE JUDGE TO
GRANT CHERI POSSESSION.
"ERICA: SO YOU'LL HAVE YOUR
HOUSE BACK SOON."
"CHERI: I WILL. I WILL. AND I'M
JUST SO RELIEVED.. SO
RELIEVED."
WE WENT BACK TWICE TO ASK LUPER
WHEN HE PLANNED TO
LEAVE
HE DIDN'T ANSWER THE DOOR. WE
ALSO DISCOVERED LUPER HAS SIX
OUTSTANDING
WARRANTS OUT OF OKLAHOMA.
WE PASSED THE INFORMATION TO
AUSTIN POLICE. THEY SAY THEY
DIDN'T CHECK WHEN THEY RESPONDED
TO CHERI'S CALL
BECAUSE HE WAS NOT A SUSPECT IN
A CRIME.
FOR THE KVUE DEFENDERS. ERICA
PROFFER.
KVUE NEWS.
KVUE NEWS.