Whatta life for the Yottas

Bastian Yotta and his wife, Maria, are photographed in the dining room of the mansion they rent in the Hollywood Dell neighborhood. At right is a 3D artwork of the couple. They practice Yotta life, which means to believe in your dreams.

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Oct. 2, 2015 6:41 PM PT

The Los Angeles city attorney has filed charges against the owner and manager of two Hollywood Hills

The exterior of the Yottas’ 10-bedroom rental mansion. At the housewarming party, there was a caged lion out front, and “they had sushi on top of women,” said the property’s developer. “You could eat sushi off of the women.”

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Bastian Yotta, a German who says he made his fortune in beauty products and technology, demonstrates how swinging a plastic sword lifts him up on days that don’t feel like a million dollars. He says he looks in a mirror and shouts: “I have the power!”

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Bastian Yotta and his wife Maria, second from left, are photographed with “Yotta Girls” Krystin Hagen, Diana Ehmsen and Debby Gommeren. Yotta recently put out an Instagram photo of himself @yotta_life in which he’s sitting under a downpour of money and questioning the notion that it never rains in California.

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“Yotta Girls” Debby Gommeren, Krystin Hagen and Diana Ehmsen take in the view from the fourth floor of the 12,000-square-foot mansion. Yotta said he pays $34,000 a month for the property, which has two gymnasiums and a nightclub, but as he sat on a chair fit for a king, he said he might be moving on one day. Also possible: a reality TV show.

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