ORLANDO, Florida. – A new lawsuit was filed Tuesday against former Orlando City Councilwoman Regina Hill on behalf of the 96-year-old woman she is accused of exploiting.

The lawsuit seeks the division through sale of a house on Domino Drive where both women are listed as tenants – which Hill allegedly purchased in August 2022 using the elderly woman’s name, money and credit rating – as well as damages for unjust enrichment on the part of Hill, who is accused of improperly obtaining benefits from the woman.

Hill, 59, was arrested in March and is accused of exploiting the elderly woman and spending more than $100,000 of her money. He is also accused of using the woman’s money to pay for cosmetic surgery, car insurance and travel.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis suspended Hill a week after her arrest. Her criminal trial is scheduled to begin in September. She is accused of mortgage fraud, identity fraud and exploitation of an elderly person, among other charges. Hill pleaded not guilty to the charges in April.

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The lawsuit further alleges that the day after Hill purchased the Domino Drive property, she took out more than $428,000 as collateral for the property, creating a mortgage on the property that the elderly woman’s attorney hopes to pay off by selling the home. News 6 confirmed in July that the $428,000 mortgage was the subject of a federal investigation into Hill launched last year, as she is accused of fraudulently obtaining power of attorney for the elderly woman to secure the mortgage.

A judge recently allowed Hill to return to the elderly woman’s homes on Lewis Court and Domino Drive to collect her belongings. A News 6 photographer was with Hill on Friday when she found the Lewis Court home in disarray.

“I just came in after not being able to come in for five months,” Hill said. “My TVs were stolen from all over the house. Everything was ransacked.”

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The lawsuit filed on Tuesday also asks the court to appoint a special judge to sell the Domino Drive home privately to an impartial third party in an arm’s length transaction and pay the net proceeds to the 96-year-old after appropriate accounting.

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