Son held drunken party for 600 friends after banishing parents to bedroom of their multi-million-dollar mansion
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Last updated at 2:55 AM on 15th October 2010
Last updated at 2:55 AM on 15th October 2010
A millionaire couple who let their son banish them to their bedroom while he held a party at their upmarket Florida estate were shocked when police knocked on the door to tell them there were 600 teenagers getting drunk downstairs.
Officers arrived at the $7.5 million home of construction tycoon Shlomo Rasabi and his wife Jeannie, in Boca Raton, to find 'numerous' youngsters passed out on the front lawn and others throwing up in the street - four of them so drunk that they had to be taken to hospital by ambulance.
According to the police report, an 'abundant amount of alcoholic beverages' were on hand, despite the guests being below the legal drinking age of 21, and loud music was blaring.
Party central: The $7.5 million mansion at The Sanctuary in Boca Raton, Florida, which hosted 600 teens
Mug shots: Jeannie, left, and Schlomo Rasabi claimed they didn't know there were 600 drunken teens partying downstairs in their Florida mansion
Yet Mr Rasabi, 59, protested to officers who arrested him in his bedroom, saying: 'I didn't even know all these kids were here...it was never supposed to get this big.'
His wife Jeannie, who according to her Facebook page is originally from Bristol, also claimed ignorance, admitting that they knew there was a party but not that the guest list was so big. She also denied they had supplied the drink.
'I allowed some of these kids from my son's school to come over for a homecoming party.
'I was in my room the whole time because my son wanted me to stay there for the evening so he could have the party. Everyone brought their alcohol into the house,' Mrs Rasabi told officers.
The party had begun as a celebration for their son's friends from the posh American Heritage School, where fees are $27,000 dollars a year.
Guests arrived in four chartered buses, which were still parked outside when police arrived at the house in The Sanctuary, an upmarket gated community of multimillion dollar homes, following a call by worried security staff.
Police found around 100 teenagers drinking outside the house. Five were throwing up and four girls were lying unconscious on the lawn.
'There were approximately 500 minors inside the residence all who appeared under the age of 21 with the majority of them holding alcoholic beverages in their hands,' noted the report by officer Richard Guberman of Boca Raton police department.
It continued: 'The resident did not provide any precautionary measures for people underage, for example, giving people who were under the age of 21 wristbands or stamps so they were not allowed to drink alcohol. The resident did hire security, but they were unlicensed personnel.'
From above: An aerial view of the family home at gated community The Sanctuary, which had a visit from eight police cars after reports of a loud party
Palatial: The interior of the $7.5 million mansion in what is reputedly one of the 10 most expensive gated communities in the U.S.
Room to party: The hallway of the Rasabi home
Officer Guberman also noted: 'I then walked up to the front door of the residence and was able to speak with the 17-year-old and 16-year-old who live at the residence.
'Both told me that their parents were in the bedroom. I asked Shlomo why he allowed all these minors into his residence with alcohol.
'Shlomo responded by saying "I didn't even know all these kids were here, they all brought alcohol into the house. My wife and I planned a party for homecoming for American Heritage School in which all the kids had a party at our house. It was never supposed to get this big, I was in my room the whole time.".'
The couple were arrested, taken to Boca Raton police station and charged with allowing minors alcohol at an open house party.
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