Above, an artist’s rendering of Valery and Olga Kogan’s would-be Greenwich manse. Dealbreaker readers know the place for its role in ToiletGate, wherein a Fairfield County transplant attempted, almost exactly a year ago, to out-toilet the Toilet King of Greenwich (Kogan wanted to equip his home with 26 commodes, which would have beaten the pants off of a certain someone’s 23, and broken Section 182, clause 17 of the Greenwich town code, which clearly states that “no home shall exceed the number of waste-removal stations as are found at Casa Cohen”). Koges, a Russian billionaire, was unsuccessful, having clearly underestimated our guy’s influence with the plumbing community and the collective WASPian outrage of his neighbors at the idea of having to stare at the 39,000-square-foot monstrosity. The Russkies appeared before the town’s Planning and Zoning Commission in January practically begging to be allowed to build an essentially neutered home at 18 Simmons Lane outfitted with a mere 15 toilets, and from there, fears that our majesty would be dethroned having been put to bed, we stopped caring and lost sight the story. But today brings news that we cannot ignore.

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