In 2010, Kat Von D was living in a cozy little castle-inspired home in the Hollywood Hills, which tragically caught fire, burning her prized possessions and her adorable little cat, Valentine. The controversial LA Ink star hasn’t been in the headlines for quite some time, but recently, Teva, whose mother rented the home to Katherine von Drachenberg, has come to social media to tell the truth his mother was too afraid to tell. Kat Von D has long claimed that the fire was an electrical fire caused by faulty wiring in the make-shift recording studio beneath the home, but TEVA turned to social media to tell the truth: that the fire was actually the result of her candle obsession.
In his first video, Teva discusses the peculiarity of Drachenberg’s decor, often mentioning the disturbing nature of her taxidermy and overall gothic themes. However, when Drachenberg came to social media to clear her name, she shared an email that seemed to suggest his mother was quite charmed by the decor.
It seems their relationship started on a good foot, with Teva actually being quite enamored with her, and Debora, Teva’s mother and the landlord, opening up to her, clearly feeling that she’s found a tenant who appreciates the home. In Teva’s first video, he acknowledges that his mother restored the home, which was originally built in the 1930s. It was a clear labor of love, but she could no longer afford it, so she rented the home out. If you knew anything about Kat Von D in the 2010s, it’s not hard to imagine why she appreciated what she now refers to as a “tiny little house”. In Teva’s videos about the building, he paints a romantic picture of a castle tucked away in the Hollywood Hills. Occasionally referring to himself as “Prince Semi-Charming”, he brings his audience through home, which you can now rent on Airbnb. In the listing, you can see that it’s since been restored from the previous fire.
Regardless of the previous goodwill, as the two exchanged emails, you quickly understood how the relationship eventually soured, as many Landlord-tenant relationships do. Drachenberg would regularly complain about the home’s need for electrical repairs, and quite often, instead of hiring an electrician, Debora would simply send over her husband, who wasn’t often good at finishing the repairs in a timely manner.
When Drachenberg posted her original video response, Teva was quick to return to social media to reveal that he had access to Debora’s email and could review the reports prepared by investigators who disagreed with her assessment that the fire was electrical. Additionally, it was revealed that this was not the first fire caused by candles in the home.
Further documentation also eliminated the possibility of it being an electrical fire.
So it seems Kat Von D relied on Teva’s lack of access to certain information to establish a narrative more likely to be believed because of her status. She likely believes that it was an electrical fire, and has not accepted the reality that several investigations have found that her candles caused the fire that ultimately led to the loss of her items and a furry member of her family. From what I know of house fires, it’s one of the most traumatic things you can experience, and it makes sense to me that both parties are traumatized by this incident, and Teva is clearly still mourning a mother whom he loves very much. Having recently lost my own mother, I certainly understand this feeling, along with the desire to make right what you feel has wronged her. However, Teva veers off into a conversation about “dark energy” that reeks of satanic panic nonsense, and I think all of this is a bit simpler than her potentially placing a hex on his mother and somehow being the cause of her death.
I think Kat Von D has dark energy for dating more than one white supremacist and promoting anti-vaxx nonsense that gets people killed. To me, the issue isn’t her dark clothes or her preferred decor; it’s the way she chooses to present a dishonest and manipulative narrative, which speaks to her character much more. I don’t think Teva needed to make this video at all, though I can understand why this was personally upsetting for him and his family. It seems like Kat Von D ultimately did pay for starting a fire in Teva’s childhood home, and one of the agreements of that was that Debora didn’t go to the public. But this story doesn’t exactly paint a great picture of her, and if I’m being frank, many people in this scenario feel out of touch with me.
In these emails, it seems pretty clear that Debora had an inappropriate relationship with Kat Von D. They often spoke to each other like friends, and when Debora needed to pay for Teva’s tuition, she contacted her, asking how she’d feel about throwing a few more hundred bucks into the rent to pay for it. Debora used the home to store what were apparently her prized antiques and collectibles, and wasn’t too happy when she found out that Drachenberg had removed a few of the couches from the space. It was an issue. When the items she had stored were damaged in the fire, Drachenberg was blamed.
Frankly, this feels like one of those situations to me where both parties weren’t on their best behavior and are not without some sort of fault, but the fact of the matter is, Drachenberg’s negligence with candles started this fire, which greatly upset an ill woman who devoted years of her devotion to restoring a unique home. The fire has harmed both parties, and this was already privately acknowledged. I can understand emotionally why Teva felt compelled to do this, but I’m also unsure whether the goal was simply to draw attention back to the home and thus promote the Airbnb listing. As an audience member who saw this go down live, that’s the most I’m getting from this. That if I wanted to right now, I could spend 30 days at a castle-like Airbnb for what I’m sure is an obscene price.
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