Do you remember Claus and Sunny von Bulow? She was an American socialite and he ersatz European nobility. They lived in Clarendon Court a Newport, Rhode Island summer cottage/mansion until the fateful day when Sunny's son, from a previous marriage, Alexander von Auersperg discovered her in a coma. A dramatic and sensational trial and re-trail then followed as Claus had been charged and eventually aquitted with attempted murder. Perhaps you have seen the movie "Reversal of Fortune" starring Glenn Close and Jeremy Irons. Sunny survived in a vegetative coma from 1980 until her death in 2008.
The house where all this drama happened Clarendon Court was built in 1904 by rail tycoon Edward Knight and his wife Clara. In 1956 the house was used as a movie set for the film "High Society" as musical starring Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby and Grace Kelly. Clarendon Court is 7 acre estate located on Bellevue Ave in Newport and has sea frontage overlooking the famous Cliff Walk. Sunny von Bulow's children from her first marriage to Prince von Auersperg Alexander and Ala along with their estranged step-sister Cosmia von Bulow through a legal agreement that excluded Claus sold the house in 1988.
Clarendon Court has just been sold again for slightly over 13 million dollars. What shall become of the grande dame now? The possibilities are endless.
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