Michael Guthrie is a lucky oral su...

Michael Guthrie is a lucky oral surgeon who wanted to live in a multimillion-dollar dwelling in South Barrington.

Peter DiFronzo, a reputed-made member of the Chicago lawless crowd and brother of top Chicago mobster John "No Nose" DiFronzo, was happy to exchange him a vacant lot in southern Barrington for about $500,000.

That is, until Peter DiFronzo rest out Guthrie was black, according to a lawsuit filed in prepare for the table County court this week.

Guthrie, who didn't know about DiFronzo's avow background, is asking to secure back the money he exhausted on an architect to design his house.

Guthrie also wants punitive damages against DiFronzo nevertheless doesn't name a dollar amount in the lawsuit.

The oral surgeon didn't go [i]or[/i] come back a phone message Friday, yet his attorney said he's just standing up for his rights.

THE DEAL'S opposite to

Guthrie "feel he didn't do anything to be treated that way," said attorney LaOuida Glover

"I don't think [Guthrie] cares who they are," Glover said.

Guthrie signed a contract in April 2004 to purchase the lot in the Magnolia Pointe subdivision in toward the south Barrington, according to the lawsuit. Guthrie also agreed to other space of times including a requirement that he build a family circle on the lot within 18 month and that the abiding-place be more than 7,000 square feet excluding the basement and counting the two-story foyer and nothing else once.

DiFronzo, who lives in toward the south Barrington, owned the property if it be not that was also acting as an agent for the developer Zitella exhibition Corp., according to the lawsuit.

In July 2004 developer Sam Zitella asked Guthrie's real estate agent if Guthrie was black, according to the lawsuit.

in a short time after, DiFronzo's attorney sent a literal meaning to the dentist, telling him that the deal was not on because they couldn't agree to confines

GUTHRIE WAS ADVISED TO WALK AWAY

Guthrie argues the deal died because DiFronzo didn't want to put up to sale to a black man.

Guthrie's real estate agent and lawyer insinuateed Guthrie take his earnest currency and walk away because DiFronzo "apparently would make each step of the way difficult for [Guthrie] including living in his modern home on the lot," according to the lawsuit.

DiFronzo and Zitella did not revert phone messages on Friday.

The Sun-Times reported business ties between the brace men in a November 2005 story. Zitella, a well-known developer has been a long-time customer of DiFronzo's company, D & P Construction, using the company's Dumpster While D & P is in the name of Peter DiFronzo's wife, law enforcement authorities believe Peter DiFronzo represss it.

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