Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Your Mama Hears...

...from Candy Catoutofthebag that the pending civil trial brought against Beverly Hills real estate agent Josh Flagg for an alleged art heist has been put on hold to make way for an investigation by the City Attorney and the FBI. That's right, the FBI. Your Mama did a little investigation of our own and managed to get the rumor affirmed by someone other that Miss Catoutofthebag who sits close to the situation and requested anonymity.

The children will recall that young, scruffy and heavy-lidded Mister Flagg, who appeared on the second season of the Bravo's real estate train wreck Million Dollar Listing, was accused of and publicly pilloried for allegedly stealing expensive artwork right out of a dee-luxe property owned by the estate of Marcia Israel that he had been hired to list and sale.

Certain items belonging to the estate–reported to include Jade sculptures and paintings by Marc Chagall and Pablo Picasso–were indeed found in Mister Flagg's possession and in fact several of the object in questions were reportedly photographed by an investigator through the windows of Mister Flagg's Beverly Hills abode. At least some if not all of the artwork found in Mister Flagg's possession have been returned to the estate of Miz Israel. Interstingly, at the time of his arrest Mister Flagg's attorney claimed there was nothing to be done about the matter because any statute of limitations had done run out. Of course, we do not know a law book from a recipe but that does not sound to Your Mama like he was claiming his client is innocent.

Marcia Israel was a beloved gal about Beverly Hills who started a Los Angeles based chain of inexpensive clothing stores called Judy's. Miz Israel sold her little retail empire in 1989 for an impressive $32,000,000 to a Hong Kong based operation.

Mister Flagg was released on bail and continues to list pricey properties all over Los Angeles and is currently filming the third season Million Dollar Listing along with his hairtastic nemesis Chad Rogers and Malibu's Madison Hildebrand.

31 comments:

Anonymous said...

LA realtors are always making headlines for all the wrong reasons! It's a shame for all the ones out there who are professional, honest & just doing their job.

Anonymous said...

This show is annoying. First of all, not one of them (Josh, Chad or Madison) are really a good realtor. They are rich kids from Southern Cali who work their social circle for high end properties and work hard.... but as for real sales ability none of them have it. Any schmuck really can sell real estate... selling the property is easy.. the hard part of real estate is generating a constant stream of busiess... these kids had it mae by who their families were.

Babe Parish said...

mama judy's rocked! it was like the angelina to aniston's contempo casuals! hahaha

poor silly flagg.

Anonymous said...

Oh, I bet Joshie's bubby is more than a little pissed at Josh for being such a schmuck. Discretion Josh, discretion.

Barry Schindler said...

Oh swell! Josh Flagg news............ever since Josh got that Bernie Madoff decoder ring and disappearing ink set for his Bar Mitzvah there has been no stopping him. I do hope he will appear on Million Dollar Listing again as he is truly someone you love to hate. "heavy-lidded"..........perfect Mama!

Anonymous said...

I love Madison, he's a sweatheart. Josh is so scum-bag used car salesman-ey! Chad is just kinda a tool, not much real personality... just there.

Anonymous said...

Mr Flagg is one who could be shot in the head... and I'm not quite sure anyone would miss him.

Ed said...

Hey hey. Say what you want but can't we keep the violence fantasies out of it...frankly it's just kinda creepy.

Anonymous said...

Not a fantasy, just an observation. I didn't wish it on him.

angeleyes said...

Presumably he didn't think what he took would be missed, as if Picassos and Chagalls grow on trees. Fascinating. The fact that photos of the items on display in his home were obtained and everything was recovered could potentially help his defense if he claims to have 'borrowed' them. Short of admitting outright theft, what else can he say.

Anonymous said...

They are actually making a Season 3 of the 3 douchebags.
Great....

Anonymous said...

Thanks, Black Flagg, now the ignoramuses will think that all Jews are grasping petty thieving Dickwads with horns. Makes me want to resign from the Tribe....What happened, did you come up short on the gifts at your Bar Mitzvah? Please know, world, that Black Flagg does not represent Jews..as a matter of fact, let the expulsion begin. Just a Poor Man's Madoff.

Anonymous said...

My boyfriend Chris cant get enough of that show..IDK why... but I watch it anyway along with his other favs workout and the dreamy Jeff Lewis. But Josh Flagg is totally gross and a theif. What we do for our boyfriends.night Kissy xoxo

Anonymous said...

Anon at 12:04, was that really necessary??? You're a classless tool.

Anonymous said...

Hard to believe, after reading this information, that Bravo would continue to air episodes with this guy..I am going to stop watching the Bravo Network while he is on their network.......

Anonymous said...

josh is a nasty disgraceful person... totally a keller williams realtor... none of the high end offices ( Westside Estate, Hilton & Hyland, etc ) would have him... EVER!

Anonymous said...

Black Flagg...I like that. How did this guy get on Bravo? Don't they investigate the people they put on their programs? An open FBI investigation? They say all publicity is good, but this?

Anonymous said...

season 3 of these 3 little media whore wannabees -yey cant wait...how this trainwreck of a show can continue is beyond me.

Anonymous said...

Like a bloated old whore whose desperate flopsweat for one last trick finally causes her falsh eyelashes to drop and cheap mascara to run, one can finally see in the most unforgiving light just how ugly things have gotten.

The California dream is, indeed, over.

Anonymous said...

Hello All-
i had Met Mr Flagg,
Josh was trying to sell alot more then art work , imagine he selling goods that he ripped off - wow i felt he was underhanded and would get caught,. great job F.B.I.

Anonymous said...

How naive of you to think that Bravo would be anything but ecstatic over the Josh Flagg accusations and hoopla. This is their life blood, this is what they do. They have long since ditched the cable high-brow niche for good old fashioned numbers. That James Lipton fellow will soon be hosting a show on people coming out to their parents and clergy in NYC.

commentator said...

Not to be too nitpicky Mama, but it looks like Nicole's Calabasas white elephant is now down to $6.95M after an April price reduction, and it also looks like Josh Flagg was removed from the co-listing and now it's just Bob Hurwitz (from what I gather on CLAW).

Love ya!

Your Mama said...

Oh dear. You right baby. We got our not so up to date 411 right from Mister Flagg's website directly. Guess he's too busy to remove it.

Anonymous said...

Black Flagg doesn't have the listing on 3 properties that he is trying to claim that he is selling on his website. The other 3 properties that are in fact his listing are lots for sale. Maybe people don't trust him to sell homes anymore. The only thing he can steal now from the properties he is representing is DIRT! But why would he??? He is already dirty enough...

Anonymous said...

Josh Flagg is a fraud. He works for a broker who has no other listings because no other broker will hire him. He is a loser that is broke and lives off of his grandma.

Anonymous said...

Does anyone here happen to know Josh Flagg personally? Does this guy have a drug problem or some kind of habit that he's trying to fund by stealing expensive stuff? I mean the guy is supposedly a Beverly Hills real estate agent that makes a crap load of money off of each transaction, why did he choose to do such a stupid crime like this? My guess is that he is either a drug addict or addicted to gambling or something like this, can anyone confirm?

Anonymous said...

Judging by the he had them in his posession after the statute of limitations had run out... it had nothing to do with money. He just wanted them and thought he could get away with it.

Had it been about money, they would have been sold off as quick as he could sell em.

Anonymous said...

Anon 2:34 AM you make a good point about the drug addiction possibility, I'm not sure about the gambling thing though. It's a well known fact that Josh Flagg is best friends with that fat druggie Jason Davis that they call "gummie bear." Not to mention Jason Davis brother Brandon Davis is a huge coke head as well, so theres a good possiblilty that if you follow the lines of cocaine they may lead to Flagg. I still remember on Million Dollar Listing when Jason Davis asked Dr. Sam if he had nitrous and Josh says "Oh yeah he's got everything." Dr. Sam is probably his perscription drug dealer/dentist.

Anonymous said...

This line of reasoning is too presumptuous to let pass. He is apparently a spoiled little snip with little going for him except his good looks and connections. Some people steal because of the excitement it brings them. I hope they keep him on the show.....Dr. Sam isn't even a doctor, he is a dentist. They probably can't even get good drugs.

NPA said...

I want Scotty Brown back!

Anonymous said...

I've done coke and had anal sex with flag a lot in Hollywood, he not only stole ur art, he used ur homes like motels! shame on you josh flagget, ur busted, grandma I'd burn ur bed sheets and change ur locks,time to remove precious joshie from the will!