Herzer claimed Shari and her son Tyler Korff—two of the seven trustees of the family trust—opposed the feeding tube on religious grounds.
In Malibu, Herzer claims, Redstone became obsessive about wanting to have sex. (According to her spokesperson, Shari Redstone is “not a party to this litigation” and declined to comment on the “settlement negotiations.”). According to Cowan, Ferrer contended that Jagiello “had told Redstone that Herzer had lied to and stolen from him, and hence the reason for her forced departure, and further is exercising an undue amount of control over Redstone’s care.” The judge wasn’t sure whether Ferrer was just a “disgruntled employee” or if there was some truth in the accusations. He was last seen at a birthday party thrown for him in May by Holland and Herzer at a restaurant in Bel Air.
Her father, a cosmetic dentist, pioneered the use of veneer to improve the look of teeth. They are no longer its beneficiaries, and whether they will get to keep the estimated $70 million worth of cash and gifts Sumner already bestowed on each of them remains to be seen.
“The sudden loss of her regular companionship—and shock at her betrayal—se[n]t Sumner into a visibly downward spiral both physically and mentally,” she wrote in her filings. “I asked again and Sumner made a grunting noise and began crying uncontrollably.” She remembered asking Jagiello what Redstone had said and Jagiello replying that Sumner wanted her to leave. In the January 2015 e-mail to Shari’s children, he wrote, “I need to clear up another misapprehension—neither Sydney nor Manuela controls the phones in my home.” He wrote that he had a “log of every incoming phone call” to prove his point. 'My days at work would start with text messages or phone calls with instructions — not from Redstone or a staff member but from Holland — as to what my responsibilities for the day would be. They are not telling anyone.'. Redstone knew that Shari had hired a private detective, Jim Elroy, to investigate the two women. Around the same time Jensen detailed his time working for Redstone, the New York Post claimed to have found an email between Holland and a former attorney and which she was allegedly told she was 'good for between $9 million and $10 million' because of her relationship with Redstone. Blanco found it to be “a poor attempt at a forgery.”, After he had been appointed to replace Herzer as Redstone’s health-care proxy, Dauman called her.
To this charge, Shari’s spokesperson issued a response saying, “Ms. According to Bloomberg, the agreement would have paid Herzer less than the combined $70 million windfall she once would have stood to inherit, but it still sounded like a good deal.
She won. In the latest twist, the aging billionaire’s ex-girlfriend makes her final demands—of sentimentality.
Published: 14:44 EST, 9 September 2015 | Updated: 16:54 EST, 9 September 2015.
The security guard told her that if she did not leave he would have her thrown out of the house. We’re supposed to have a fucking life, and all Sedona, Arizona, knows about us.’ I said, ‘My family and everybody wants to know what’s going on.’ ”, Pilgrim says things went downhill quickly. Among the conditions outlined in the Term Sheet, Sumner also wanted Shari to agree not to question the gifts that Holland and Herzer had already received from him—which, according to people close to Redstone, may have amounted to about $70 million each.
'I know it’s hard to believe, because I’ll tell you why.
A 2015 version of his will gave her $50 million in cash, plus the Beverly Park mansion, worth around $20 million. “I have dozens [of videos],” he says. “There has been no so-called alienation of any kind on the part of Sydney, Manuela, or anyone else, and please do not insult me by suggesting otherwise.
“It was as if he did not understand what was happening.” She resolved to stop coming to see him. “He looks like a corpse,” he says.
Redstone’s signature on the new health-care directive, notarized by Leah Bishop, is a long sweeping downward arc that trails off the bottom of the page.
When Pilgrim got word of what was happening, he says, he left the rehab clinic with no money and no ID and persuaded a cabdriver to drive him 18 hours back to Sedona. He also specified his six pallbearers: Brandon and Tyler Korff, his two grandsons; a nephew, Steven Sweetwood, who had been his longtime broker at Bear Stearns, before its 2008 demise (he is now at Stifel); Herzer’s son Bryan Chamchoum; and, finally, the two corporate C.E.O.’s who served at Redstone’s pleasure—Les Moonves, the C.E.O. Holland is currently staying at a luxury hotel in Beverly Hills following the split. would have paid. In the end, this proved to be a deal breaker. Holland became Redstone’s live-in girlfriend in 2011, a year or so after they had been introduced by Patti Stanger, the host of a Bravo reality show called The Millionaire Matchmaker. Meanwhile, a source close to Redstone says that Redstone’s credit-card bills are “10 percent” of what they were when Holland was in his life. Play it now. In early February, the decision was made that Redstone should resign from his chairmanship of both CBS and Viacom. (Through lawyers, Holland has declined to answer specific questions.). They remained friends, however, and Redstone often asked Herzer to vet the young women in whom he had taken an interest. Tim Jensen claimed that Holland had him withdraw over $1million while he worked for Redstone between 2011 and 2012 which he then gave to a handful of women. The Viacom board, which Dauman had cultivated for years, voted 10–1 in his favor, however.
By the end of the day, Viacom’s stock had fallen 21.5 percent, slicing some $320 million off of Redstone’s wealth.
“He did not seem able to communicate with me, was frail looking, and was not fully aware of his surroundings or what was happening around him.” She met with him five times after he kicked Holland out.
He walked away from a settlement worth $6 to $8 million.
“My sperm.”, “I know. She decided to move him to a Malibu oceanfront home that he had previously arranged to rent for six months from its owner, billionaire Larry Ellison. Manuela Herzer was kicked out of Redstone's mansion on Oct. 12, and she claims it was without the 92-year-old mogul's full consent.
Just the day before, even though the Viacom stock had fallen by around one-third since the start of 2015, the press had received a statement expressing Redstone’s support for Philippe Dauman. In October, Redstone had unceremoniously dumped Manuela Herzer, his four-decades-younger former lover, and removed her from his will—a move that cost her some $50 million in cash, plus his $20 million Beverly Park mansion. He’s old-school—he takes care of whoever he wants to take care of.”.
I did, and I confronted her about it and said, ‘What the fuck is this?’ I said, ‘I don’t understand, Sydney. He hired Bryan Freedman, a tough Los Angeles litigator, to threaten to file suit against Holland unless she entered into settlement negotiations with him.
Herzer’s attack on the Redstone family reached a new low with her unfounded claim to the court that Shari’s devotion to her father is motivated by money or power, and not love. He shook his head no.
The money in his personal estate that was once earmarked for Holland and Herzer is to be donated to charities, thus saving Shari and her family millions in taxes that N.A.I. She started Rich Hippie Productions, a currently inactive Hollywood production company, and a personal charitable foundation. Born Sydney Stanger (no relation to Patti), Holland came from a well-to-do family in La Jolla, California. That same day, Shari had supported Moonves to be the new chairman of CBS. He wrote that the case raises legitimate concern about who can best care for Redstone. There’s no sex.”. That same day, Redstone became “irate” about his granddaughter Keryn’s use of his credit card to pay for her move to Los Angeles to stay with him, Herzer continued, explaining that he had given Keryn permission to use the card days before but could no longer remember doing so. This was an odd development, since both Dauman and Dooley have full-time jobs at Viacom, in New York. The $70 million she was to receive was designated to go instead to his charitable trust, which she was removed from running. Photo-Illustration by Sean McCabe; By Frederick M. Brown (Shari), Carol M. Highsmith/Buyenlarge (Background), Christopher Patey (Sumner), Alberto E. Rodriguez (Dauman), all from Getty Images; By Ray Tamarra/WireImage (Moonves). I don’t have a doubt in my mind,' said Herzer. While in the past I had seen him disinterested and even fall asleep when a movie did not keep his interest, this time was different. Then Redstone heaves himself over the armrest of the chair, and the two women direct their attentions toward him. Herzer was there, along with her brother Carlos.
It was a monologue by Mr. Dauman.” (An attorney for Dauman said that his client would not comment on anything related to this case, except to say that “Herzer and her lawyers have shown themselves fully capable of inaccurate and self serving public statements.”).
He loves you.
He did. She speaks English, French, and Spanish fluently.
'I mean, five years of your life with a man every single day like that. She asked Redstone if he was O.K. She has his best interests at heart. “This old man is draining u!!! Pennsylvania says it may have election result TODAY that could put us all out of our misery and end wait for America's next President, Hurry up already! “They placed security guards all over the house and hid the staff. By early 2015, Pilgrim was living in a $3.5 million house she had bought in Sedona. Even Dauman and Moonves have been dragged into the mess.
A source close to Holland says that she still loves Redstone and that it is “extremely painful” for her to watch from afar what is happening to him. According to Herzer’s filing, Redstone told her, “Shari is all about money…. According to people who have heard about it, the tape shows a “butt naked” Redstone watching two women kissing. Holland has a complicated personal backstory, including a few failed businesses, one of which was a Los Angeles matchmaking service. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement (updated 1/1/20) and Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement (updated 1/1/20) and Your California Privacy Rights.
“It has to be an unusual situation where a parent still at this late date puts his East Coast business colleagues ahead of an adult child, or for that matter adult grandchildren, in terms of his care,” he wrote.
Jensen said the relationship between him and Holland began to sour and he was let go in 2012, but refused to accept the $36,000 he would be paid to sign a non-disclosure agreement. During some periods over the years, they have been estranged. Later, Herzer says, she checked on Redstone and found him in a very deep sleep, in the middle of watching a baseball playoff game. “They have not let me see him since that day…. “Mr.
(Andelman declined to comment; Tuanaki could not be reached for comment; and Bishop did not respond to repeated requests to comment for this article.
“Sumner appeared to believe him, not aware of the truth.” (Attempts to reach Jagiello were not successful. “It’s upsetting that this is happening,” wrote Leah Bishop, Redstone’s personal estate lawyer at Loeb & Loeb, in a November 2014 e-mail to Holland and Herzer, “but Sumner cannot stop Shari from doing this.” So the deal to buy Shari’s stake in N.A.I.
For her it’s a job almost, it’s a job.”), Pilgrim says he couldn’t believe his eyes when he read about Holland and Redstone in Vanity Fair, especially the passages about how much Holland loved Redstone, how beautiful his hair was, and how he had such soft skin.