A 30-year-old man in New York has moved out of his parent’s home on Friday, 10 days after he was ordered to leave by a US judge, but not before calling the cops on his father.
Michael Rotondo drew global attention when his parents became so desperate to get him to move out, they took the extreme step of filing a lawsuit against him to get him out of their house.
Their son had been living in their home for eight years and had been refusing to leave.
The judge agreed with the parents, and ordered Rotondo to move out by June 1.
Rotondo was seen waving and honking to reporters on Friday as he drove away of his parent’s house, two and a half hours before the noon deadline set by the judge.
However, just before he left, Mr Rotondo called the police on his parents, claiming his father would not allow him to retrieve his 8-year-old son’s lego.
Thirty-year-old Michael Rotondo waves to the media as he leaves his parents' house in Camillus, N.Y., around 9:30 a.m. Friday, June 1, 2018. Source: The Post-Standard/AAP
His father insisted he would find the lego himself, to avoid Rotondo coming back inside. The lego was reportedly found after police arrived.
In the court case that made international headlines, Michael Rotondo had argued he wasn't a burden to his parents, saying they "don't provide laundry or food."
But his parents disagreed, sending him notices directing him to leave, including one that said they were providing $1,100 for him to find his own accommodation, US media reported.
The case is an extreme example of a growing trend of children living with their parents well into adulthood.
According to data released this week by mozo.com.au, stay-at-home adults in Australia have become increasingly common as well.
Australian parents are shelling out a combined $12.2 billion each year to support adult children who are still living at home.
According to the survey 60 percent of stay-at-home adults are not paying rent and 75 percent do not put in for bills.
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