Coldwell BankerAngela Osborn
This week's cover story, "The Hard Sell," looks into the curious case of Erik Osborn, the Denver developer who is demanding the city provide him with a free public defender despite the fact that he lives in a multi-million dollar "villa" in the uber-ritzy Polo Club neighborhood.
Osborn's wife, real estate broker Angela Osborn, currently has the 14,841-square-foot home on the market for $6.5 million. But after questions from Westword, the Colorado Division of Real
Erik and Angela Osborn.
Erik Osborn, the developer behind the One Lincoln Park luxury tower downtown, showed up at his status hearing yesterday with a little surprise: He found a lawyer.
A grand jury indicted Osborn in late 2007 on charges that he had allegedly stolen tens of thousands of dollars from business partners -- including car dealer "Dealin' Doug" Moreland -- for improvements on his former multimillion dollar home near Cherry Creek. Check out the Westword feature "The Hard Sell" for