A Manhattan judge has had enough of a court feud between Sir Sean Connery and his neighbor, and is urging the James Bond star and his arch-enemy Dr. Sultan to make peace.
In a decision made public yesterday, Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Marcy Friedman chided Connery and his family for their “blunderbuss” court attacks on eye doctor Burton Sultan and his family, but fined Sultan $1,000 for repeatedly filing lawsuits on claims he’s already lost.
“Regrettably, both parties to this dispute have engaged in a ‘slash and burn’ litigation strategy,” Friedman wrote.
She threw out the bulk of the Sultans’ claims against the Connerys and several contractors who have worked on the East 71st Street building the families share.
The Sultans blame the Connerys and their workers for trashing the condo, causing leaks and other damage to the home they share with their two adult daughters.
The Connerys blame the Sultans for blocking them from completing necessary repair work on the townhouse’s roof, which they say is jeopardizing their safety and giving them higher repair costs.
They’ve filed about 10 lawsuits against each other.
In one of Sultan’s now-dismissed suits, he called Connery a “rude, foul-mouthed, fat old man” who plays “loud music all the time while stomping about” the apartment.
The judge’s ruling bars both sides from filing any other suits without her permission.