So, if your son just died, what would be the first thing you would do? Would you be able to do anything or would you be grieving? Well, if you are Linda Monjack, you start drooling and seeing dollar signs in your head. Almost immediately after Simon died, Linda tried to kick Sharon Murphy out of Brittany's house. Linda was under the impression that Linda owned it now. Apparently she was devastated that she did not.
However, I am pretty sure she is not hurting for cash. Brittany Murphy's business manager told Kneepads that since Brittany died, Simon drained about 80% of the money from the bank accounts.
"There were huge amounts of money in [Brittany's] pension plan and bank account, and all of that's gone. I would see it on the statements. There was money being withdrawn by Simon, hundreds of thousands."
Who knew Brittany had that much? It sounds like she had a good business manager. He said that after Brittany married Simon he did not really ever get to see her or even talk to her because Simon controlled access to her and also cut off her cell phone. Everything had to go through him.
As for the hundreds of thousands of dollars? Well, this is what Linda Monjack said. "If there is money missing I have no idea where it is. He didn't get much, maybe a few hundred dollars, and he paid off his debts with it. He was spending his time crying his eyes out most of the time. He was in a terrible state."
Umm, how is it possible his debts were just a few hundred bucks? I bet Linda has an idea where the hundreds of thousands of dollars is. I bet no one goes looking for it though.
guess he was of the adage ya can't take it with you so spend it.....
ReplyDeleteYou should always have a separate account.
ReplyDeleteFuckery!
ReplyDeleteBut, did we expect anything less? I feel so bad for Brittany, even though, this was her choice. He cut off her cell phone? Really? Who would let someone do that to themselves? Sad. Very Sad.
When she died they published numerous articles on his background. He was being sued in the US and Europe by numerous people, each for hundreds of thousands. So he could easily need that much money in order to pay his debts. However paying your debts only takes you to zero net worth, from a negative net worth. It doesn't mean there is anything above zero for his mother. The key question is what he had a legal right to do. My understand is that her will left everything to her mother, including the (mortgaged) house. Normally this would mean that her mother would also inherit any pension plans etc. if included in the estate. I believe for certain types of plans you can designate a beneficiary other than your estate. If Brittany designated Simon as beneficiary then he could do whatever he wanted with the money. If he wasn't the beneficiary then he couldn't use the money. I'm surprised that Brittany's manager, talking about seeing the statements, didn't comment on who the named beneficary was. If it belonged to her mother then her mother could use Simon as an agent in administering them but that would not allow him to use the money for his own benefit. Obviously there is also estate and other tax considerations. I suspect something is amiss but its hard to make dead men accountable.
ReplyDeleteThis story just gets crazier every day.
ReplyDeleteEverything about the situation is bizarre and sad.
ReplyDeleteDid you read where they suspect mold in the house may have killed them? That mold causes pneumonia and anemia in people?? What's up with that anyone? Something is very strange here, besides the money. The whole money thing is very sad. The phone thing too. He was not good for Brittany.
ReplyDeleteWhat Daveb said. It doesn't make sense. If Britney left everything to her mom then how did Simon get his hands on her money AFTER her death?
ReplyDeleteHow can his mom make allegations that she owns the house if he didn't even own it?
Who ever started this story is just lying or Britney didn't leave everything to her mom.
Remember when she died Simon was all up in her mom's business? I bet that he weasled money out of her that was left to her by Brittany.
ReplyDeletei think Simon and Brit's mom were in on it and then she did him in too.
ReplyDeleteit's not to create mold if you know what you are doing. it's fucking sinister,but not hard.
The person I feel most sorry for is Brittany. Seems like she was being bled dry by everyone.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, weren't Sharon and Simon supposed to be moving to New York together after she died? Whatever happened to that plan??
well, the apple didn't fall far from the tree, as usual.
ReplyDeleteI'm guessing -- just guessing -- that Brittany's cash cow was voicing LuAnne on King of the Hill. I think it's those residuals from tv shows that are in nonstop constant syndication that make for serious long-term $$.
ReplyDeletewhere's classalpha when we need him?
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