Justin Theroux’s neighbor declares bankruptcy after eviction order, $600K legal fees

Justin Theroux’s”nuisance” neighbor – with whom the actor has been feuding for years – has filed for bankruptcy after a judge ordered he be kicked out of their Manhattan building and pay legal fees pegged at over $600,000, The Post has learned.

Norman Resnicow, 76, filed for Chapter 11 in Manhattan federal bankruptcy court Tuesday, automatically pausing three lawsuits he was embroiled in with the “Leftovers” star and the co-op board of their Greenwich Village building.

The bankruptcy case also halted a trial that had been set to start in April over Theroux’s 2017 lawsuit claiming Resnicow, his downstairs neighbor, carried out a campaign of harassment against him.

The “Mulholland Drive” actor and the co-op board won another suit in January when a judge granted their request to boot the retired real estate attorney and his wife, Barbara Resnicow, from their condo for allegedly harassing residents and causing problems. The Jan. 16 ruling also ordered the Resnicows to pay the co-op’s legal fees.

Just three days prior, the Resnicows listed their 71 Washington Place duplex for $4 million, after living in the three-bedroom, 2,420-square-foot unit for 20 years.

The co-op board is seeking to recoup over $640,000 in legal fees in the eviction suit, and another $127,000 in the couple’s failed case to dissolve the board.

Resnicow also owes his own lawyers over $240,000 in legal fees, according to the bankruptcy papers.

The troubled neighbor is fighting the amount of legal fees he owes the co-op board in both cases and he’s appealing his losses in those suits as well.

Meanwhile, Resnicow wrote in an affidavit in the bankruptcy case that he plans to find another place for him and his wife to live and plans to “vacate” their condo “in an orderly manner” by Sept. 30.

He also says he’ll complete the sale of their unit while he fights his appeals, the court papers show.

“Mr. Resnicow’s strategic bankruptcy filing on the eve of his trial is just his latest attempt to avoid our day in court,” Theroux’s lawyer Eric Sherman told The Post.

“We remain determined to hold Mr. Resnicow accountable, and bankruptcy protection will not shield him from responsibility for what the courts have already ruled as his unlawful and intentional acts.”

Theroux claimed Resnicow began harassing him when he renovated the posh pad he once shared with ex-wife Jennifer Aniston.

The neighbors had a dispute over the division of their shared rooftop terrace, with Theroux accusing Resnicow of once killing his ivy, spying on him and trespassing on his side of the roof patio.

A Manhattan judge already sided with Theroux in the case twice prior, first ruling that Resnicow was liable for trespassing and also finding him liable for causing a private nuisance for the actor.

The April trial was slated to determine how much in damages, if any, Theroux should be awarded.

Resnicow’s lawyer, Peter Levine, declined to comment.