In 2018, Mickey Barreto checked into a hotel. Over the next five years he refused to leave, briefly owned the hotel, tried to take down an international cult, and got arrested.

Go help our guy Bear!

Sources:

The Hotel Guest Who Wouldn’t Leave

The History of The New Yorker Hotel
A loophole got New York City man a free hotel stay for five years until he claimed to own the building

How to Fake-Own the New Yorker Hotel

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