Eddie and Judy Obeid are suing Charles Assaf for repayment of a $250,000 loan, but Assaf has countersued for almost $34,000 in unpaid rent. Obeid was a Labor backbencher in 1999, when the Hunters Hill mansion, on 4200 square metres of level land, was purchased in his wife’s name for $2.9 million. The Obeids had approval for $2.25 million worth of upgrades to the property, which included moving the pool and increasing the size of an underground car park from eight car spaces to nine. However, on the day of settlement, October 23, 2020, Joseph Georges, a real estate agent they claim was acting for Assaf, gave him a USB and a manila folder containing all the relevant documents. Georges went through all the documents with Assaf at his Woolwich home, says Judy Obeid. Settlement took place three months later. In 2011,