Bosnian refugee-turned-philanthropist and entrepreneur Sanela Diana Jenkins, formerly of “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills,” has listed her Los Angeles County home in the celebrity enclave of Hidden Hills for $20.5 million.
Jenkins, now 50, left “RHOBH” after a single season early this year at age 49 to focus on her high-risk pregnancy.
Jenkins is the ex-wife of Roger Jenkins, a former Barclays bank “rainmaker” who spent almost a decade under investigation for fraud in Britain after the bank failed to disclose $400 million in advisory payments to Qatari investors whose money helped Barclays avoid a state bailout in 2008, Reuters reported in 2020. Jenkins was acquitted in 2020 of fraud charges and was subsequently cleared of wrongdoing in a separate regulatory investigation.
Jenkins shares two adult children with her ex-husband and a third with her fiancé, Asher Monroe, 35.
Her Hidden Hills property sits on 4.36 acres at the end of a cul-de-sac in a gated community. The residence features a temperature-controlled wine wall, a gym, a home theater and an infinity pool.
The seven-bedroom, 13,211-square-foot contemporary home, built in 2019, was created by architect George De La Nuez with interior design by Meg Turner. Jenkins paid $13 million for the property, shortly after she sold her Malibu beach house for $87 million — one of the top-three LA sales of 2021.
The home opens to a double-height foyer anchored by a sculptural, floating staircase. There are walls of glass and an open floor plan connecting a great room to a large chef’s kitchen with a walk-in pantry. The main bedroom suite comes with two ensuite baths.
Design details also include white oak chevron patterned floors and beamed ceilings in the formal dining room.
“There’s a definite tranquility about the space,” said broker Sandeep Dhariwal, who is listing the property with broker Tyrone McKillen, both of Official.
While Jenkins escaped the 1990s Bosnian war and spent 18 months in a Croatian refugee camp before moving to London, her brother was murdered by Serbian forces.
“What I’ve learned through my life is that we all get our fair share of suffering,” Jenkins once said in an interview. “Different people suffer differently, and nobody escapes it. In any case, the war was just something that happened to my country and me.”
