A Saudi prince has expressed interest in purchasing a Beverly Hills estate once owned by newspaper publisher William Randolph Hearst, according to the estate’s owner who put the property into bankruptcy to stop a lender from foreclosing on it, WSJ Pro Bankruptcy reported. The estate, known as the Beverly House, is a nearly 40,000 square foot Spanish Colonial-style mansion that includes 17 bedrooms, 29 baths, a commercial kitchen and art-deco nightclub. The mansion was the location of a memorable scene in “The Godfather” where an enemy of Vito Corleone finds a severed horse head in his bed. John and Jacqueline Kennedy spent part of their honeymoon at the estate. Leonard Ross, a lawyer and real-estate investor who has owned Beverly House since 1976, said that Saudi Prince Abdullah Bin Mosaad bin Abdulaziz al Saud has expressed interest in the estate and will be in Los Angeles during the first half of December. Prince Abdullah owns English Premier League club Sheffield United, after prevailing in a legal dispute this year for control of the club. Ross has asked a bankruptcy judge to approve a listing agreement with two real-estate agents so that they can show Prince Abdullah the estate. He wants to list the property for $125 million, less than what the estate has been listed for in recent years.
