Kevin Spacey’s objections to the foreclosure sale of his luxury Inner Harbor home are invalid, the investor who bought the property at a July auction said in a filing late Wednesday that asks the court to deny the actor’s request to disqualify the buyer.

Potomac real estate investor Sam Asgari argued in a court filing that Spacey has no legal basis to seek to revoke the July sale and disqualify a buyer he accused of harassment. Spacey also is accusing trustees of mishandling the July auction in a way that fetched a too-low price of $3.24 million.

In a response in Baltimore City Circuit Court, Asgari accused Spacey of trying to delay the sale’s ratification so he can stay in the harborfront home in Baltimore’s Federal Hill as long as possible without making payments.

Spacey is principal of Clear Toaster LLC, listed in state property records as the home’s owner.

“Clear Toaster is attempting delay for the pure sake of delay so that [Spacey] can stay in a multimillion-dollar luxury condominium rent-free, tax-free, loan-free, and maintain a proverbial (and very costly) free ride at Mr. Asgari’s cost and expense,” Wednesday’s filing said.

Asgari, who has paid $324,000 toward the home, is asking the court to ratify the sale.

Attorneys for Spacey did not respond to requests for comment.

Spacey purchased the two-unit condo in the gated The Pier Homes at Harborview for $5.7 million in 2017. When Clear Toaster bought the property in 2017, Spacey’s manager Evan Lowenstein told The Baltimore Sun it was his home, not Spacey’s. But the “House of Cards” star said in court documents in 2022 that he had purchased the home, and that the title was held in the name of the company he owns.

The Oscar-winning Spacey, who has said he was left with millions of dollars of debt from fighting several lawsuits in the U.S. and Britain alleging sexual misconduct, owed back payments for the home. Spacey defaulted on the mortgage in July 2022 after missing that month’s payment, and owed nearly $4 million, court document shows.

Last summer, a city Circuit Court judge approved a foreclosure sale.

Spacey’s attorneys are arguing the court should revoke the July sale, which took place outside Baltimore Circuit Court, and require trustees to resell the property.

They say trustees failed in their obligations to maximize the home’s price. They advertised it as a dwelling, the filing said, but left out details such as its size, 9,000 square feet on five levels, and amenities, such as seven full baths, a sauna, elevator, home theaters, a rooftop terrace and four-car garage.

The price at auction fell well below both the property’s assessed value of more than $5.4 million in July, and the outstanding principal balance of more than $3.8 million, the court document said.

Spacey’s filing says Asgari should be disqualified, in part because he threatened eviction before the auction sale had been ratified and before he had possession of the home, placing a “notice about eviction” on the home Spacey has occupied as his primary residence.

Spacey’s attorneys said the investor harassed and coerced the actor to leave his home before obligated to do so. Asgari’s response said he disagrees with Spacey’s characterization of his conduct, firing back that the accusations include “private, inadmissible, and confidential settlement communications.”

As for the defamatory statements he’s accused of making about Spacey, Asgari’s filing said that appears to refer to “the truthful statement that Mr. Spacey requested to stay in the property for six months after the sale without making any payment.”

“Therefore, the allegation of defamation is nothing more than a feeble attempt to delay ratification by non-sequiturs and innuendo,” Asgari’s filing said. “It is apparent that Defendant’s claims against Mr. Asgari are merely media fodder.”

Asgari said in Wednesday’s filing that Spacey is “apparently upset” that Asgari posted a “Notice About Eviction” on two-unit condo, located in the gated The Pier Homes at Harborview.

But at the time, Asgari said, he believed the property was vacant based on court records and staff and neighbors saying no one had been in the home for months. Asgari said he believed Spacey lived either in London or elsewhere in the U.S.

Once he learned otherwise, Asgari said he reached out to negotiate a settlement agreement or explore other legal options.

Asgari contends that Spacey’s “exception” to the sale is improper because it questions the trustees’ right to sell instead of whether the sale followed procedure.