These Cleveland landlords lived 6,000 miles away in Sweden

The leak began in Talesha Weaver’s bathroom in August 2018. Then it spread to the dining room, the hallway and the kitchen of the downstairs apartment she rented in the house on East 135th Street. Within months, the wall next to the shower was buckling. Water dripped into the kitchen cabinets. It shorted out light fixtures, she said. Part of her kitchen ceiling gave way under the moisture. She tried to stay out of the apartment except to sleep. After …