An Astor family heir has revealed the juicy details of growing up within Rokeby – the prominent clan’s 43-room Hudson River manor – and it was more grumbling tummies than gold-plated china. Many assumed the Aldrich family, the 10th generation of Astor heirs, were eccentric hippies living off trust funds but, according to a fascinating Keep Reading…
Battle lines have been drawn in the Nelson Mandela estate ownership saga with veteran lawyer George Bizos, Tokyo Sexwale and advocate Bally Cheune saying they will argue it out in court. The three men have been accused by Mandela’s two daughters, Makaziwe and Zenani, of appointing themselves as directors of Harmonieux Investment Holdings and Magnifique Keep Reading…
On Monday Beaumont attorney Kip Lamb, 57, was sentenced to 15 years for swindling more than a million dollars from two separate clients. Court records show that on April 14, 2008, Lamb received $1,094,611 into a trust account as his client’s (New Life Tabernacle Church) portion of a hurricane insurance settlement. Lamb later transferred the Keep Reading…
Michael Clarke Duncan’s family has questions about Omarosa Manigault … specifically, whether the late actor’s fiancee unduly influenced him into re-writing his will months before he died and leaving almost everything to her. Judy Duncan, Michael’s sister, tells TMZ she’s hired a lawyer to investigate the circumstances surrounding the change to the actor’s will in Keep Reading…
Area resident Michael Youngblood has filed a civil barratry suit against Kubosh Bail Bonding and the Kubosh Law Office, alleging he was unwantedly solicited for representation for his traffic tickets. The suit was filed April 5 in Jefferson County District Court and also names Paul Kubash and Felix Michael Kubosh as defendants. Barratry, more commonly Keep Reading…
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