🔴 Mona Zaki Responds to the Legal Controversy
The name of Egyptian actress Mona Zaki has recently returned to the spotlight following reports about a legal dispute involving a residential apartment she previously owned in Al-Agouza.
The controversy intensified after reports circulated about enforcement procedures involving her bank accounts. Zaki subsequently shared a legal statement through her lawyer, outlining the history of the property and explaining why she believes the mortgage debt was not her personal responsibility.
The statement also emphasized that the dispute should be viewed through the contracts and legal procedures involved rather than through social-media headlines alone. ⚖️
🏠 The Story Behind Mona Zaki’s Apartment
According to her legal team, Mona Zaki owned Apartment No. 81 at 30 Syria Street in Al-Agouza.
Her ownership was based on a final registered sale contract numbered 2392 of 2013 at the Giza Real Estate Registration Office, following her purchase of the apartment from a real-estate investment company.
However, the property was subject to a previously registered mortgage. The contract reportedly referred to a mortgage registered in 2004 in favor of the Egyptian Real Estate Bank against the selling company.
This detail is central to the dispute because Zaki’s legal team maintains that the contract assigned responsibility for settling the debt to the selling company rather than to the actress herself.
📌 Why the Mortgage Became a Key Issue
The mortgage reportedly existed years before Mona Zaki purchased the apartment.
According to her lawyer’s statement, the mortgage was not concealed from the contractual documents. Instead, it was mentioned in the sale agreement, which also identified the party responsible for paying the outstanding debt.
Therefore, the legal argument presented by Zaki’s defense focuses less on whether the mortgage existed and more on who was contractually responsible for settling it.
This distinction became one of the most important elements in the dispute. ⚖️
💰 The 2023 Sale
On January 25, 2023, Mona Zaki sold the apartment to a buyer identified in the legal statement as Mohie El-Din Mohamed.
One of the most notable details presented by her defense was that the apartment was sold for less than half of what it might otherwise have been worth, with the reduced price attributed to the existing mortgage and the apartment’s share of the property’s debt.
The defense also pointed to provisions in the 2023 sale contract concerning the mortgage and the efforts being made to resolve the outstanding debt.
⚠️ Who Paid the Mortgage?
According to Mona Zaki’s lawyer, the dispute escalated after the buyer paid the amount required to release the mortgage.
The defense maintains that Zaki had been taking legal steps to push the selling company toward settling its debt with the bank. However, the buyer allegedly paid the amount without referring back to her.
The buyer subsequently filed a lawsuit seeking reimbursement for the amount he had paid to release the mortgage.
That disagreement eventually became a formal judicial dispute.
⚖️ The EGP 3.63 Million Judgment
The case was registered as Case No. 1204 of 2025, North Giza Court of First Instance – Civil Division.
According to Zaki’s legal statement, a judgment was issued ordering her to pay EGP 3.63 million, representing the amount associated with the mortgage payment.
The defense also stated that the court rejected claims for interest and compensation in the judgment referenced by the lawyer.
📄 What Happened After the Judgment?
Zaki’s legal team challenged the judgment after learning of it.
The defense filed Appeal No. 16752 of Judicial Year 142, but the appeal was rejected and the judgment was upheld, according to the lawyer’s statement.
Her legal team has argued that it did not have sufficient opportunity, in its view, to present all of the contractual documents and legal arguments concerning the responsibility for the mortgage.
🏦 What About the Reported Bank Seizures?
The dispute later became associated with reports of enforcement measures involving three banks.
Some reports indicated that the amount subject to enforcement had reached approximately EGP 3.775 million, after the addition of legal interest, while the figure specifically highlighted by Zaki’s legal team was EGP 3.63 million.
It is important to distinguish between a bank-account enforcement procedure and the claim that all of an individual’s assets have been seized. Enforcement procedures are generally connected to the amount legally subject to execution and the applicable procedures.
🏛️ Mona Zaki Takes the Case to the Court of Cassation
The legal dispute has not been presented by Zaki’s defense as completely closed.
Her lawyer confirmed that a new appeal was filed before Egypt’s Court of Cassation under No. 4865 of Judicial Year 96.
According to the defense, the appeal remains pending and a substantive hearing had not yet been scheduled at the time of the statement.
Therefore, while previous judicial rulings and enforcement procedures exist, the defense continues to pursue the case before the Court of Cassation. ⚖️
✨ The Bigger Picture
The Mona Zaki apartment dispute illustrates how real-estate ownership, registered mortgages, contractual obligations, property sales and judicial enforcement can become interconnected in a single legal case.
The dispute began with a registered ownership document, continued with the 2023 sale of the apartment, and escalated after the buyer paid the amount associated with releasing the mortgage and later sought reimbursement through the courts.
With a judgment involving EGP 3.63 million, subsequent enforcement-related reports, and a Court of Cassation appeal still pending according to Zaki’s legal team, the case remains closely watched by the public.
For Mona Zaki, the latest statement represents an attempt to place the dispute within its full legal context and to emphasize that the final assessment of the remaining legal issues belongs to the judiciary.
Follow the latest developments and share your opinion: Was the full contractual context of the dispute properly understood?
