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STAN LEE’S FORMER business manager has been charged in California with five counts of elder abuse involving the late Marvel Comics legend.
Los Angeles County prosecutors filed a range of charges against Keya Morgan last Friday, including theft, embezzlement, forgery or fraud against an elder adult, and false imprisonment of an elder adult.
The charges date to June 2018, when Morgan was working closely with Lee, who died in November at the age of 95.
A warrant has been issued for the arrest of the 43 year-old, but Morgan’s lawyer Alex Kessel has said he is not guilty.
“He has never abused or taken advantage of Mr Lee in any way,” Kessel said in an email. “We expect him to be completely exonerated of all charges.”
In June, lawyers for Lee and his daughter Joan were granted a restraining order against Morgan that barred contact with Lee and revealed that police were investigating him for elder abuse.
Lee, co-creator of characters including Spider-Man, Iron Man and The Incredible Hulk, was the face of Marvel Comics for decades.
His movie cameos, still emerging after his death in films like his appearance in the recently released Avengers: Endgame, remain a beloved element of the Marvel cinematic universe.
With reporting from Associated Press.
Avengers Assemble.
What a horrible human being to take advantage of a man in his 90s who had given so much joy to the world hope he gets sent away for a long time.
@Jake Kelly: well he must be guilty because you believe it’s true so no need for a trail just “send him away for a long time”…
@Jake Kelly: allegedly!!!!!!!!
@Craig Clancy: ok IF true then send away for a long time but considering stories like this were coming out before his death I feel like it’s more likely this is legit but if you wanna be pedantic about these things there’s a chance the guy is innocent
@Mairtin Antaine O Conaill: allegedly aka the word you can use to get away with saying anything
Sounds like family who didn’t have the will to take care of a man in his 90’s but has the “will” to take care of him now that he’s dead. Sad
@Noel Falkhall: again accusations of elder abuse towards Stan Lee were being reported on while he was still alive and some of the accusations were against Lee’s own daughter so there’s a lot more to this story than the usually “let’s call it BS because the victim is dead and we’re cynical about everything” mentality
Should have gone out like Hugh Hefner .
What, sepsis brought on by an E. coli infection?
@bopter: lol
@bopter: surrounded by women
Captain Bedpan …. not to the rescue ….
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