Legal Commentary

Poor Pooch

By TChris

Leona "Only the little people pay taxes" Helmsley famously left $12 million to her dog Trouble. We learn today that a judge reduced Trouble's trust fund to a mere $2 million. How is a well-bred poodle to survive with such a meager trust fund? Consider Trouble's expenses:

[Carl] Lekic put Trouble’s annual expenses at $190,000, which includes Lekic’s $60,000 guardian fee, $100,000 for ’round-the-clock security, $8,000 for grooming, $3,000 for miscellaneous expenses, $1,200 for food and anywhere from $2,500 to $18,000 for medical care.

Not to mention the occasional biscuit.

Full post as published by TalkLeft on June 16, 2008 (boomark / email).