Helmsley Dog’s Trust Fund Decreased
Trouble, a 9-year-old Maltese who inherited a $12 million trust fund when its owner Leona Helmsley died, will somehow have to get by on only $2 million. Manhattan Surrogate Judge Renee Roth reduced the fund and said the remaining $10 million will go to Helmsley’s charitable foundation. The judge said Helmsley was mentally unfit when she made that decision.
This court decision became official April 30 but was just made public Monday. The dog’s caretaker (who pulls down a $60,000 salary for his duties) said the $2 million figure would be sufficient to take care of the dog for 10 years. That’s good to know, we wouldn’t want the little critter to suffer.
Trouble has unwittingly been living up to its name since inheriting the Helmsley millions. The dog had to be moved from the 28-room estate it lived at in Connecticut after receiving death threats because of all the publicity it got for its inheritance. Trouble was flown under an assumed name to a Helmsley property in Florida. Sheesh, it’s a doggie witness protection program.
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