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Leonard Cohen’s Heirs Accuse Ex-Manager of Forgery, Request Him to Be Removed as Trustee

Leonard Cohen’s children and heirs, Lorca and Adam Cohen, have filed a motion accusing the legendary singer-songwriter’s former manager, Robert Kory, and his legal representatives of forgery and asking the court to remove him from the role of trustee, to compel him to turn over the estate’s assets, and return the money he has earned from his activity in that role.

The motion, which follows a probate petition filed last fall, cites a deposition wherein Kory’s former attorney admits to removing a page from Cohen’s signed trust after the singer’s death and replacing it with one stating that Kory is the primary trustee — a felony.

It quotes Kory as placing the blame for the forgery on his former attorney, Reeve Chudd, whom he claims “modified a document unbeknownst to anybody”; the motion says Kory’s claims “strain credulity.” In the past, Kory has blamed a “scrivener’s error” for the discrepancy between the drafts of Cohen’s trust documents. He has noted that he has invested tremendous time and energy into generating returns for the estate that have made Adam and Lorca “enormously wealthy.” A trial is scheduled for March 29 in Los Angeles.

Read the source article at yahoo.com

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