It’s Wednesday June 26, 2024. WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich was detained by the Russian FSB Mar 29, 2023. 1 year & 89 days ago HIS SHAM TRIAL BEGAN TODAY cnn.com/2024/06/26/eur… JOURNALISM IS NOT A CRIME! 📰 🎙️ 📺 FREE EVAN NOW! #IStandWithEvan

In New York's Hudson Valley, the infamous Hitchcock estate is asking $65 million. Owned by the Mellon banking family, the property was used by Timothy Leary and his followers to experiment with LSD. wsj.com/real-estate/lu… via The Wall Street Journal

Herbert A. Allen III, president of the investment bank Allen & Co., has paid $13.9 million for an oceanfront home on North Carolina’s exclusive Figure Eight Island. wsj.com/real-estate/lu… via The Wall Street Journal

Former Peloton CEO John Foley has sold his townhouse in Manhattan’s West Village for $35.5 million. Foley, who co-founded the exercise company, bought the home for $15.5 million in 2018. wsj.com/real-estate/lu…

SCOOP: FBI Probing Rape Allegations Against Star Real-Estate Brokers Tal and Oren Alexander and their brother Alon wsj.com/us-news/fbi-pr… by me + Katherine Clarke

My friend and The Wall Street Journal colleague Evan Gershkovich has been held in a Russian prison since March 2023 just for doing his job. He now faces a sham trial, and Russian authorities shaved his head. We continue to stand with Evan in every way. #IStandWithEvan #FreeEvan

The penthouse at Aman New York has closed for $135 million. The buyer is the building's developer, Vladislav Doronin, who initially said an Asian buyer was paying $180 million for the unit. wsj.com/real-estate/lu… via The Wall Street Journal

SCOOP! Billionaire Laurene Powell Jobs, widow of Apple visionary Steve Jobs, has paid around $70 million for a Pacific Heights mansion, setting a record for San Francisco. wsj.com/real-estate/lu… via The Wall Street Journal

The conviction of Evan Gershkovich is a wrongful travesty and he should be immediately released. More than ever, please keep his name in your conversations and hearts.

Accusations against the Alexander brothers have swirled for roughly two decades, a WSJ investigation shows, starting when they were high-school students in Miami wsj.com/us-news/law/se… via The Wall Street Journal

Billionaire hedge funder Ken Griffin has added a $90 million St. Tropez estate to his real estate portfolio wsj.com/real-estate/lu… via The Wall Street Journal

🧵On March 29, 2023, Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was detained in Russia for doing his job. He was wrongfully convicted this month and sentenced to 16 years in prison. We’re offering resources for those who want to show their support for him. #IStandWithEvan 🧵

Where do the superrich move when Malibu isn’t exclusive enough? wsj.com/real-estate/lu… via The Wall Street Journal

A historic @wsj push alert. Emma Tucker confirms to all of us in the Wall Street Journal newsroom that Evan is in fact free. #evanisfree

Two WSJ front pages. Left: The March 29 blank page commemorating the one year anniversary of Evan Gershkovich’s arrest Right: Tonight’s page, commemorating his release

I’m not in the newsroom today but what a great day #EvanIsFree

Known as Temple of Wings, a Greco-Roman villa overlooking San Francisco Bay is listing for $5 million. It was owned for decades by billionaire Gordon Getty and his wife, Ann Getty. wsj.com/real-estate/lu… via The Wall Street Journal

An entity tied to Elon Musk has filed to foreclose on the Los Angeles property he sold to Gene Wilder's nephew, who had fallen behind on loan payments. wsj.com/real-estate/lu… via The Wall Street Journal

Media mogul Byron Allen has sold a contemporary mansion in Aspen, Colo., for $60 million—more than double the $27 million he paid four years ago. wsj.com/real-estate/lu… via The Wall Street Journal

A massive mansion has sold for about $140 million in Bel-Air. The seller paid $60 million for the unfinished house in 2012 and took on an extensive renovation. wsj.com/real-estate/a-… via The Wall Street Journal