Aug. 11 2023, Printed 3:00 p.m. ET
Larry King’s shut buddy Greg Christensen has demanded the legendary TV host’s widow Shawn pay him a 6-figure sum to cowl the authorized charges he racked up preventing her lawsuit, RadarOnline.com has realized.
In response to court docket paperwork obtained by RadarOnline.com, Greg, who was a longtime producing companion with Larry, requested the court docket to award him $237,967.50 in lawyer charges and one other $2,358.39 in prices for a grand complete of $240,325.89.
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A choose dismissed claims that Shawn filed in opposition to Greg and others. Consequently, he believes he’s entitled to his authorized invoice being paid.
As we beforehand reported, final 12 months, Shawn sued the administration agency Blouin & Firm, which labored for Shawn and Larry for years earlier than his 2021 dying.
Shawn and Larry married in 1997 however have been near divorce a number of instances throughout their relationship. Larry’s final try was filed in 2019 but it surely was not finalized earlier than he handed.
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The opposite defendants within the lawsuit included people who Shawn believed Larry despatched cash behind her again — whereas utilizing neighborhood funds.
Shawn accused Blouin & Firm of serving to Larry hold a secret checking account and make secret funds. The enterprise administration agency denied all allegations of wrongdoing.
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One of many defendants was Shawn’s personal sister Shannon, who she beforehand accused of getting an affair with Larry. Prior to now, Larry and Shannon each denied the accusations.
One other defendant was Greg, who Shawn claimed was despatched cash by Larry with out her information. She sued demanding $100 million in damages and the return of the cash transferred.
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In response, Greg admitted Larry despatched him cash however claimed it was for him to assist him separate from Shawn. He stated the funds have been used to lease an house and get the divorce course of rolling.
In court docket paperwork, he trashed Shawn claiming she “sought to regulate each facet of” Larry’s life.
The producer claimed after Larry suffered a stroke in 2019, Shawn “mistreated and abused Larry King in a lot of methods which I personally witnessed after I visited Larry King. Shawn King prohibited Larry King from dwelling or sleeping in the primary house and compelled him to dwell and sleep solely within the backhouse which was positioned behind their house which Larry King had bought.”
Additional, he claimed, “Shawn King additionally disadvantaged Larry King of his pockets and generally his cellphone for prolonged durations of time, preserving him trapped within the again home.”
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“Shawn King additional abused Larry King by proscribing the sources the caregivers had entry to so as to deal with Larry. By the use of instance, Shawn King typically tried to forestall the caregivers from getting into the primary home to acquire issues to take care of Larry, and so if one thing was not within the again home the caregivers must administer their care with out it or wait till it could possibly be introduced subsequent time or bought,” Greg claimed.
Shawn denied she was abusive. In a court docket declaration, she stated, “After Larry suffered his stroke in roughly 2019, I used to be actively concerned in caring for Larry, together with attending Larry’s many medical doctors’ appointments, serving to to coordinate well being care {and professional} caregivers for Larry, and spending many days (and sometimes sleeping in a single day) with Larry throughout his hospital stays.”
Shawn stated, “When Larry was launched from the hospital after his stroke, I spoke with Larry’s medical doctors who really helpful that it was higher for Larry to spend time in our separate visitor home so as to permit Larry to relaxation and to supply caregivers higher entry to Larry, who was utilizing a wheelchair.”
“As Larry’s well being declined, it’s my opinion that Greg Christensen and others working with the Blouin Defendants improperly influenced Larry to take actions that weren’t in the most effective pursuits of Larry or his household, together with submitting for a divorce that Larry by no means needed to file,” Shawn wrote.
Regardless of her argument, the choose ended up siding with Greg. The case in opposition to the opposite defendants stays ongoing.