The home of State Sen. Julia Boseman, D-New Hanover, and her former domestic partner, Melissa Jarrell, was effectively auctioned off for $1.35 million Wednesday morning, reports the Wilmington Star-News.

Foreclosure proceedings also began last week on another of Boseman’s properties near Wrightsville Beach. From the article:

In a statement Wednesday, Boseman seemed to throw much of the blame for the couple’s financial mess onto Jarrell.

Boseman said she has tried “every effort” to prevent the properties from falling into foreclosure.

But Ryal Tayloe, an attorney for Jarrell, said Jarrell takes issue with Boseman’s statement that “the co-owner of these properties has refused to agree to any deed transfer or refinancing options.”

“Melissa has been willing to entertain a sale of one or all of the properties at any time,” Tayloe said. “To say that Melissa has been uncooperative relative to any deed transfer or refinancing is inaccurate.”