As we first told you last week. A Bucks County family is facing a list of charges, after officials say they set fire to their massive mansion..to collect millions in insurance claims.
"I nearly dropped to my knees, it was amazing it was fun," Bucks County's Mandee Kuenzle said.
She's talking about the Risoldi family's murals. The hand painted scenes decorate the ceiling of "Clairemont" their Solebury Township mansion.
"Almost like the Sistine Chapel replica," Kuenzle described.
However the Pennsylvania Attorney General's office says the paintings are the perfect example of fraudulent excess.
Claire Risoldi, her husband, son, daughter and three others are charged with a 20 million dollar insurance fraud scheme to live as the AG put it.. an "excessively, extravagant lifestyle."
"Larger than life personalities, nothing was impossible," Kuenzle added.
Kuenzel once worked with the family as a photographer and she attended some of the sought after parties the family threw.
"Always great, great entertainment. A 6 piece band. One on occasion the Mummers from Philadelphia came," she described.
The estate .and parties also became a place of political wheeling and dealing.
"They were really nice and they were connectors. Especially Claire if she really liked you, she wanted to connect you to other people," Kuenzle told us.
Kuenzel says the family certainly marched to their own beat.
"I think what stood out with them was their very loud and open personalities," Mandee said.
But will those personalities close the door on their freedom? The AG's office says the family has a 20-30 history of filing questionable insurance claims. We reached out to the Risoldi family but they declined to comment.
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