Lisa Bonder had filed legal docs claiming the 95-year-old Kirk was being held hostage by people in his company and she wanted someone to step in and, at the very least, allow Kirk to re-establish a relationship with their 15-year-old daughter Kira.

Now Kirk has fired back in legal docs, saying, “The only person Lisa Bonder has ever cared about is Lisa Bonder.”  Kirk says Lisa is a proven liar many times over — for starters, he notes she deceived him into believing Kira was his kid by rigging a DNA test — he says she took the DNA from Kirk’s natural child and passed it off as Kira’s.

Even though Kirk’s not the dad, he stepped up for benefit of Kira and agreed to pay child support, but he says it’s never been enough for Lisa.  Kirk had agreed to pay $50,000 a month in child support, but Lisa wanted $100,000.  After Kirk agreed to pay her $100k and gave her more than $10 million to just go away, she came back and asked for $500k a month.

Kirk notes in the docs that Lisa has lied to multiple judges about what she claims are Kira’s needs, only to be shut down and exposed as a liar.

Kirk believes Lisa wants a conservatorship because she thinks she can screw him out of more money with a conservator.

Short story — they don’t get along.

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Billionaire Kirk Kerkorian: My Ex-Wife Is A Habitual LIAR!
TMZ Staff
May 24, 2013
TMZ.com
http://www.tmz.com/2013/05/24/kirk-kerkorian-lisa-bonder-lawsuit-conservatorship-liar/

Gilbert Leung Kam-ho made the denial as he continued to give his testimony before High Court judge Andrew Macrae.

Chan, also known as Peter Chan, is being tried on a charge of forging a will by Wang.

Leung denied a suggestion that he agreed to be Chinachem Group witness in the Wang estate case in 2009 only after receiving advantages from the company.

He said that when Chan suddenly appeared after Wang died and claimed he was the beneficiary, Chan was regarded as a mystery man by the public as not many knew of his background.

But radio host “Taipan” Albert Cheng King-hon told reporters that Leung knew Chan, and he was later invited to an interview about the background of the feng shui man.

After the interview in May 2007, he was invited by Ng Sung- mo, one of Wang’s closest aides, to meet with company lawyers and he then prepared a witness testimony.

Barrister Andrew Kan, representing Chan, pointed out that Leung bought back a piece of land in Tai Po in 2007 for the same price of HK$1.01 million at which he sold it to Chinachem in 1988.

Kan said Leung had proposed building a columbarium that could have made a profit of HK$310 million.

He said the site was worth at least HK$4 million in 2007 and contended the low price was offered in a deal for his testimony.

This was denied by Leung who said it was difficult to determine the land value as some sections had been vacant for 30 years.

He also said the columbarium plan was only tentative.

Joseph Leung Wing-kong, director of Chinachem Group, said he threatened to resign in 2005 when Wang refused to say to whom she had paid HK$688 million from the company.

On Monday, the court heard Wang paid Chan HK$688 million in feng shui consultation fees.

The trial continues today.

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Ex-lawmaker denies deal with Chinachem
Kelly Ip
May 29, 2013
The Standard
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=4&art_id=134127&sid=39731046&con_type=1&d_str=20130529&fc=2

County Court-at-Law Judge Christopher Dupuy won custody of his two children after divorcing Adrienne Viterna. But he claims she’s now refusing to return them after a weekend visit.

His ex-wife sought the protective order at a child custody hearing Friday. Viterna alleges “acts of abuse” that include planning to kill her.

Dupuy called the allegations a personal attack.

In an unrelated matter, Dupuy was suspended without pay last week after his arrest on charges that include abuse of official capacity and retaliation.

The Texas Attorney General’s Office has filed a lawsuit seeking to remove Dupuy permanently from the bench.

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Ex-wife of Galveston County Court-at-Law Judge Christopher Dupuy claims he planned to kill her
Associated Press
May 26, 2013
KTRK-TV
http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/local&id=9116837

The lawyer for Hagman’s Estate has filed legal docs — obtained by TMZ — which claim Noel Hagman is in possession of a Raj necklace and matching earring set with encrusted diamonds and emeralds.  The Estate claims the jewels were once owned by Larry’s mom, actress Mary Martin, and given to Larry.

The Estate lawyer says somehow Noel got her hands on the jewels and won’t give them back.  The legal docs say Noel claims someone in the Hagman family gave her the necklace and earrings, but according to the Estate no one in the family cops to it.

The Estate wants the jewels back, and if she refuses, they want her to pay double the value — the law provides double the value if someone wrongfully holds on to property.  The legal docs don’t place a specific value on the items.

Sounds like a good episode of “Dallas.”

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Larry Hagman Estate Accuses Granddaughter Of Jewelry Heist
TMZ Staff
May 24, 2013
TMZ.com
http://www.tmz.com/2013/05/24/larry-hagman-estate-granddaughter-jewelry-necklace-earrings-lawsuit/#ixzz2UWBEtFy0

When the former Pistons owner steered millions of dollars into a foundation as part of his legacy, the goal was to support “charitable, scientific, literary or educational purposes.” But disagreements have arisen among four relatives overseeing his charity, Mike Martindale reports in The Detroit News.

According to Oakland Probate Court records unsealed Friday, the late Bloomfield Hills businessman and philanthropist apparently left a house divided over how funds from his nonprofit foundation — believed to be one of the largest in Michigan — should be spent.

Davidson, who died in 2009 at 86, was worth an estimated $3.5 billion, according to Forbes magazine. He founded Guardian Industries and owned The Palace of Auburn Hills, as well as the local NBA team.

Trustees of the William M. Davidson Foundation are:

• Karen Davidson, his wife
• Ethan Davidson, his 42-year-old son
• Stepdaughter Mary Aaron and her husband Jonathan

The rift is between the two Davidsons on one side and the Aaron couple on the other, Martindale says court filings show.

The Aarons are apparently battling with Davidson’s widow and son on how the foundation board . . . should be run.

According to court documents sealed earlier this year on Jonathan Aaron’s request by Probate Judge Daniel A. O’Brien, the board of the foundation — which in 2011 had assets of nearly $369 million — is so conflicted it is at an “impasse” on votes and cannot even agree who should sit on the board.

“This disharmony prevents the foundation from realizing Mr. Davidson’s charitable vision,” Aaron’s attorneys wrote O’Brien in support of Aaron’s plan to split up the foundation. . . .

Aaron, in court filings, told O’Brien Karen Davidson caused at least three lawsuits to be filed against Davidson’s estate in 2009 that, had they been successful, would have bled the foundation of considerable assets. . . .

But Karen and Ethan Davidson and at least two other board members insist . . . nothing needs to be changed.

The News article describes Jonathan Aaron as describing a “level of mistrust” and claiming that Karen Davidson secretly taped a confidential 2010 board meeting she was excluded from.

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Family Feud: Bill Davidson Foundation Rifts Emerge in Court Filings
May 25, 2013
DeadlineDetroit.com
http://www.deadlinedetroit.com/articles/4988/family_feud_bill_davidson_foundation_rifts_emerge_in_court_filings#.UaGDRsosKkw

HOUSTON (FOX 26) -The Galveston County judge criminally indicted this week was in court today. Judge Christopher Dupuy’s ex-wife is asking for a protective order to keep him away from their two children after another woman, Tara Compton, gave an affidavit saying Dupuy told her he was planning to kill his ex-wife and take their children out of the country. Compton is Dupuy’s ex-fiance. Compton was scheduled to testify today but instead plead the fifth and didn’t answer any questions. I, however, had a long and emotional conversation with Compton after the hearing. “I don’t know what I can and can’t say. I’m afraid something bad will come of this. I don’t want to end up having a bad accident after all of this. I fear what could happen to me,” Compton says with tears covering her face.

Dupuy’s attorney, George Parnham, says Dupuy has been targeted because Dupuy has spoken out against widespread, long term corruption in the Galveston County court system. Compton, who gave an exclusive interview to Fox 26, says she has been a victim of that alleged court corruption and lost custody of her daughter nine years ago. She says she’s been fighting in court ever since. Compton says that’s part of the reason she did not testify today. “I don’t know who I can trust. (Dupuy’s ex-wife) also had her kids taken away by the same attorney who took my daughter away. I think she should have her kids. There’s no one protecting us. It’s the good ole boy system down there and I wanted to trust them. I had them tell me I needed to put the past behind me. How do I move on without my daughter? I prayed my whole life to have her,” says Compton through sobs. In an affidavit Compton says Dupuy was making plans to kill his wife. She says he told her he bought a gun and she claims he even sent her a picture of a gun with a silencer on it.

Another woman who says she met Dupuy on an on-line dating site says Dupuy also told her he was planning to take his kids away from their mother, flee the country and live in Belize with them. “He said he chose Belize because it’s an English speaking country and it would be easier for the kids to adjust,” the woman testified.

Dupuy’s ex-wife, Adrienne Viterna, testified he has threatened her several times before saying she would never see the kids again. Viterna says since the divorce she has moved on, remarried and wants to simply co-parent with Dupuy and raise their kids in a healthy environment. She says he, for years, has refused to speak to her including ignoring her greetings when she says hello when they drop the kids off to one another. She says if the children have an event and she attends he won’t allow the kids to speak to, hug or acknowledge her either if it isn’t her court ordered time to see them. She says she has video of him physically restraining the children to keep them from saying hello and hugging her. Viterna also says he threatens to punish the kids if they so much as say hi to her if it isn’t her time for visitation. She says it’s so bad the court ordered Dupuy and Viterna to communicate using an on-line messaging system but Viterna says Dupuy also ignores her there when she does things such as tries to inform him of doctor’s appointments for the children. Viterna says Dupuy displays very odd behavior. When asked to give an example Viterna replied “Well, sort of like he’s doing now. This is a very serious hearing, my children are at stake and he’s sitting there laughing,” said Viterna from the witness stand. In fact, Dupuy laughed a number of times during the hearing when there did not appear to be anything humorous happening.

In addition to these claims against Dupuy, the judge was charged Wednesday with felony obstruction or retaliation, abuse of official capacity and official oppression. There has also been a civil petition filed to remove him as judge. That petition claims Dupuy has had legal malpractice lawsuits filed against him. It states he filed for bankruptcy, had a home foreclosed on, two cars repossessed, has $600 a month taken from his check to pay one legal malpractice settlement and the filing claims Dupuy’s own uncle sued him in January which is still pending.

Dupuy has been suspended by the Texas State Ethics Commission without pay.

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Galveston county judge court hearing
Damali Keith
May 24, 2013
MyFoxHouston.com
http://www.myfoxhouston.com/story/22420508/2013/05/24/galveston-county-judge-court-hearing#ixzz2UMl8xbWl

Additional coverage:

Indicted Galveston judge suspended
Harvey Rice
May 23, 2013
Houston Chronicle
http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Indicted-Galveston-judge-suspended-4544087.php?utm_source=WhatCountsEmail&utm_medium=newsmail&utm_campaign=NewsMailDaily%20NewsLetter

Prosecutor David Perry QC, a senior English criminal barrister, told the Court of First Instance that the early accounts Chan gave to claim how he came into the possession of the allegedly forged will that left him the estate did not make sense.

Chan is accused of forging the will in Wang’s name between October 15, 2006, and April 8, 2007. The will bore the date October 16, 2006.

Instances that Perry said were suspicious included Chan’s claim that the late Chinachem chairwoman had reminded him not to leave any fingerprints on the envelope when she handed him the will.

He also pointed out that Chan said his wife “was not very interested” when he showed her the will, which could have led to him becoming one of the richest men in Asia.

Peter Chan changed his name from Tony in March. The prosecution addresses him as “Tony Chan”.

The 53-year-old has pleaded not guilty to one count of forgery and one count of using a false instrument.

The second charge relates to his using the allegedly forged will with the intention of inducing others to accept it as genuine between April 4, 2007, and February 3, 2010.

“The defendant created false documents purported to be made as the last will of the late Nina Wang,” Perry said yesterday, adding that Chan had claimed himself to be the sole heir or beneficiary of the estate.

But he said Wang did not write the date and signature on the will, and the signatures of witnesses, Chinachem senior employee Ng Shung-mo and solicitor Wong Wing-cheung, were also forgeries. The prosecutor said a partial will that Wang executed in October 2006 formed the base of the counterfeit involved in Chan’s forgery trial, set down for 35 days.

Perry said this had probably been part of the fung shui rituals in connection with Wang’s health, but the document was not found after its creation.

Wang was seriously ill in late 2006 and died of cancer in 2007.

The court also heard that before Wang died, the forged will was unknown to her family and closest advisers, coming to light only after her death.

Chan told the family through his lawyers that he had the will.

Perry said Wang had executed a will in 2002 saying that her estate would go to the Chinachem Charitable Foundation, formed by Wang and her husband Teddy Wang Teh-huei in 1988.

When Wang made the 2002 will, she was “sensitive and appreciative” that her estate was not just hers, but also Teddy Wang’s, he said, asking the jury to consider whether she would later give everything to Chan.

Barrister Andrew Kan leads Chan’s legal team. The trial resumes on Monday before Mr Justice Andrew Macrae, with the prosecution outlining what took place when Chan and Wang met.

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Ex-fung shui guru Peter Chan ‘untruthful’ on will
Court hears argument that Peter Chan’s claims on the validity of a copy of Nina Wang’s will leaving him her estate ‘did not make sense’
Thomas Chan
May 25, 2013
South China Morning Post
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1245351/ex-fung-shui-guru-peter-chan-untruthful-will

Shortly before he died, executor Rick Guerard moved more than $105,000 from the estate of Arlene Bowsher to his own accounts, the attorney trying to recoup more than $180,000 for five of the estate’s beneficiaries disclosed Thursday in court.

The revelation came as part of the ongoing mystery about what happened to $900,000 left behind by Bowsher, a south side woman who died in 2007 at age 91. The five beneficiaries include the Capuchin friars and a food pantry.

Earlier, it was disclosed that Mitchell Barrock, a Brookfield attorney who represented Guerard, collected nearly $260,000 from the estate.

Guerard, who died virtually penniless last year just six weeks after receiving his final $39,000 from the estate, was the executor of Bowsher’s will, a document the nearly blind woman signed less than three months before her death in 2007.

On her deathbed Bowsher instructed Guerard to share half of his inheritance, a total of $340,000, with the five beneficiaries. That translates to about $68,000 each. When it was discovered that all of the money did not reach the beneficiaries, the dispute landed in Milwaukee County Circuit Court.

“Did it wind up in the hands of someone else? I don’t know,” Robert Rondini, the new executor of the Bowsher estate, said in the hearing before Milwaukee County Circuit Judge William Brash.

“I want to get to the bottom of what happened to the money” Rondini said.

The beneficiaries are the Province of St. Joseph of the Capuchin Order Inc.; Virgine Lawinger, a peace activist and retired nun; Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin; and Bowsher’s friends Maureen Stelega and Dorothy Drury. The Capuchins received no money, and the others were shorted by about $30,000 each, court records show.

“There is a substantial amount of money owed to people,” Rondini said during the 30-minute hearing. “They would like an explanation of what he did with the money.”

Questions about the missing money have prompted the Milwaukee County District Attorney’s Office to look into the handling of the estate, according to three sources with knowledge of the probe. Barrock, who did not attend the hearing, has said that Guerard was responsible for disbursing money from the estate.

Rondini is asking Brash to find Barrock and/or the trust that Guerard left after his death in contempt for not paying the beneficiaries the amount they were owed. A 2009 court order mandated that Bowsher’s beneficiaries get paid before Barrock received his fees and that the lawyer’s fee was to come from Guerard’s inheritance — not directly from the estate. Barrock’s fees were to be one-third of Guerard’s net inheritance, according to the order.

Barrock was paid one week after the order was issued, records show.

A hearing on whether Barrock should be found in contempt was postponed to June 26, during which time he would show “he didn’t do anything wrong,” said his lawyer, Denis Regan, of Gimbel, Reilly, Guerin & Brown, a prominent criminal defense firm.

Rondini said he agreed to delay the contempt hearing after he gave Barrock’s lawyers “documents that will refresh his recollection regarding the fees he received in this case.” Regan declined to comment after the hearing.

On Thursday, Brash ordered that Chase Bank, which held Guerard’s money, give Rondini “all records, bank statements and canceled checks” for Guerard’s accounts from September 2009 until May.

Rondini said in court that Guerard was entitled to receive $226,800 from the estate but actually collected $285,470, including the $105,000 he received in the final months of his life.

Guerard died of lung cancer last year, and Ladd Frank, Guerard’s nephew who is the trustee of his uncle’s trust, “has absolutely no idea” what happened to the money he received, said Frank’s lawyer David Kingstad.

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Estate funds shifted to executor’s account, lawyer says
Cary Spivak
May 23, 2013
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
http://www.jsonline.com/business/estate-funds-moved-to-lawyers-account-new-executor-says-b9917598z1-208765501.html

Ned Lambton, the Earl of Durham, has fallen out with three of his five siblings over their attempts to claim a slice of the estate he inherited from his late father, the disgraced former Conservative minister Antony Lambton, in 2006.

Under British law the eldest male heir receives not only their parent’s title but also their entire estate – yet author and TV presenter Lady Lucinda Lambton, actress Lady Anne Lambton and Lady Beatrix Neville are hoping to apply Italian law, as the ex-defence minister lived there for nearly 30 years after being caught with a prostitute by the News of the World.

However, that would also include any assets the peer gave away during his lifetime – including the Grade II listed Lambton Castle, between Sunderland and Chester-le-Street, which is thought to be held in trust.

Now Lord Durham – who until recently had been negotiating with his sisters and their lawyers over the possibility of each receiving up to £1m in exchange for renouncing a much larger claim – has issued a High Court writ aimed at preventing the use of the foreign statutes.

The women’s lawyer, Ludovic de Walden, said the trio were “surprised” by the move, which “seems to have closed the door on what could have otherwise been a private and easily resolved family dispute”.

The High Court claim details how Lord Lambton made a will in 2004 – two years before his death – leaving his estate to his only son.

“None of the claimant’s sisters is mentioned in Lord Lambton’s will. No challenge to that will has ever been made,” the claim states.

The writ says the three sisters began legal proceedings of their own in September 2011 and that under Italian law all Lord Lambton’s assets should be included in the pot to be divided.

The seventh earl, whose previous wives include the current spouses of musician Jools Holland and actor Dominic West, is asking the High Court to declare that assets disposed prior to his father’s death do not form any part of his estate.

A spokesman for Lord Durham’s lawyers, Withers LLP, said: “Lord Lambton left everything at his death in 2006 to his only son Lord Durham, having already provided for his other children.”

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Sisters of the Earl of Durham launch court action over inheritance
Michael Brown
May 20, 2013
The Journal
http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-news/todays-news/2013/05/20/61634-33354151/

Her assets were spelled out this week in Fresno County Superior Court where the final distribution of her last will showed Fresno State receiving a bulk of her estate — about $2.17 million for student scholarships.

San Joaquin Gardens, the north Fresno retirement home where Kremen lived to the age of 102, received about $232,000 and all of her personal belongings, including her clothing, court records show.

Kremen’s death last year caused a stir because in her 2001 will she promised her entire estate to Fresno State. The university honored her and her late husband, Benjamin, by naming the education school after them.

Kremen’s death last year caused a stir because in her 2001 will she promised her entire estate to Fresno State. The university honored her and her late husband, Benjamin, by naming the education school after them.

But before she died on June 15, Kremen changed her will to add American Baptist Homes of the West, a foundation for San Joaquin Gardens. She also named Joe Anderson, the foundation’s president, as her executor.

The looming fight over her money was averted Tuesday with both sides stipulating to the final distribution of her assets, court documents show.

The estate paid Anderson and his Sacramento attorney, Emily Foehr, nearly $40,605 apiece for their work. Fresno State and the foundation divided the rest of the estate, valued at an estimated $2.43 million.

Anderson could not be reached to comment. In an email, Foehr wrote that the final distribution followed Kremen’s wishes.

When Kremen made her pledge in 2001 her estate was about $4 million, Fresno State attorney John Melikian said. Kremen, however, lived 11 more years and the value of her estate, after paying living expenses, dipped to about $2,431,000, he said.

In accordance with Kremen’s will, Fresno State received $1,073,077.57 in cash and stocks and bonds from such corporations as Colgate Palmolive, IBM, Pfizer Inc., 3M and PG&E that collectively have a market value of about $1.1 million, Melikian said.

The San Joaquin Gardens foundation also received cash from the estate and all of Kremen’s personal belongings, including a 1951 Baldwin piano, 10 baseball caps, 111 scarves, a 1930s shoe shine box and 136 pairs of women’s slacks.

Kent Clark, associate vice president for development at Fresno State, said Friday that university officials are “deeply grateful” to Kremen and her husband’s support of Fresno State students over the years.

“It’s a fantastic gift,” he said.

In addition to her will, Kremen gave several “significant donations” to Fresno State while she was alive, Clark said. University policy, however, prohibited him from divulging the amount.

Clark said there was no animosity toward Anderson and the San Joaquin Gardens foundation. Kremen donated her money as she wished, he said.

Kremen made her gift in memory of her husband, who founded Fresno State’s school counselor-education program. He also was a faculty member for more than 25 years before retiring in 1976. Benjamin Kremen died in 1995.

Kremen’s will mandates that Fresno State create an endowment dedicated to giving scholarships to students interested in becoming guidance counselors. The scholarship students will be selected by a committee that comprises two members appointed by Fresno State and three members appointed by American Baptist Homes of the West, the will said.

Kremen also warned Fresno State that if her and her husband’s name were taken off the education building, her entire estate must be given to the American Baptist Homes of the West.

Clark said no one has hinted at taking such action. “That’s not our intent,” he said.

Kremen died without children or heirs.

The court file showed that she made her first will in 1996 — a year after her husband died — and changed it and her executor a number of times.

In each will, she mentioned Fresno State as a benefactor. But in one will she wanted to give part of her estate to such groups as the Poverello House, American Cancer Society, Marjaree Mason Center, Salvation Army and Children’s Hospital Central California.

“It is not my intention, and has never been my intention, for my entire estate, including the entire remainder of the 2001 trust, to pass to the (Fresno State) endowment upon my death,” she wrote in her last will, dated April 30, 2011.

Fresno attorney Joanne Sanoian, who is not associated with the case but reviewed the final distribution document, said she found nothing unusual with it. “Fresno State received the lion’s share, just as her will stated,” said Sanoian, a probate attorney since 1982.

But Sanoian said Kremen’s will fits a disturbing trend. Typically, when a husband and wife make a gift, they stick to it, Sanoian said. But when one of them dies, the survivor “tends to get pressured from outside influences.”

“She had a lot of dough and people knew it,” Sanoian said.

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Marion Kremen’s assets go to Fresno State, San Joaquin Gardens
Pablo Lopez
May 17, 2013
The Fresno Bee
http://www.fresnobee.com/2013/05/17/3304193/marion-kremens-assets-go-to-fresno.html#storylink=cpy