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U.S. NEWS Tuesday 26 June 2018

Buzz Aldrin sues children,

alleging misuse of his finances

By MIKE SCHNEIDER been spending his assets at Aldrin continued making fi-
Associated Press “an alarming rate.” nancial decisions for him.
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Court-appointed mental “Specifically, defendant
Apollo 11 moonwalker Buzz health experts planned to Andrew Aldrin, as trustee,
Aldrin is suing two of his chil- evaluate Aldrin in Florida does not inform plaintiff of
dren and a former business on Tuesday and Wednes- pending or future business
manager, accusing them day. transactions, removes large
of misusing his credit cards, In April, the 88-year-old sums of monies from plain-
transferring money from an Aldrin underwent his own tiffs accounts, and contin-
account and slandering evaluation conducted ues to represent plaintiff In this Feb. 28, 2018, file photo, Buzz Aldrin attends the 15th
him by saying he has de- by a geriatric psychiatrist in business and social ca- annual Global Green Pre-Oscar Gala, at NeueHouse Hollywood
mentia. at UCLA, who said Aldrin pacities despite plaintiff’s in Los Angeles.
Aldrin’s lawsuit filed ear- scored “superior to nor- repeated requests for such Associated Press
lier this month in a Florida mal” for his age on tests. In representations to be termi- Aldrin’s oldest son, James, problems and accomplish
state court came a week Aldrin’s lawsuit, the former nated,” the lawsuit said. isn’t involved in the legal great things is strong,” the
after his children, Andrew astronaut asked a judge to Aldrin accused his daugh- fight. Aldrin children said. “We
and Janice, filed a petition remove Andrew Aldrin from ter, Janice, in the lawsuit of In a statement, Andrew love and respect our fa-
claiming their father was control of his financial af- not acting in his financial and Janice Aldrin said ther very much and remain
suffering from memory loss, fairs, social media accounts interests and conspiracy, they’re saddened by the hopeful that we can rise
delusions, paranoia and and several nonprofit and and he accused his former “unjustifiable” lawsuit. above this situation and
confusion. They asked for business enterprises. An- manager, Christina Korp, of “If nothing else, our fam- recover the strong relation-
the court to name them drew Aldrin had been a fraud, exploitation of the ily is resilient and our ability ship that built this founda-
his legal guardians, saying trustee of his father’s trust. elderly and unjust enrich- to work together to solve tion in the first place.”q
Aldrin was associating with Buzz Aldrin said in the com- ment. Also named in the
new friends who were try- plaint that despite revoking lawsuit are several busi-
ing to alienate Aldrin from the power of attorney he nesses and foundations run
his family and that he had had given his son, Andrew by the family.

Police: 2 dead, 1 hurt in

small plane crash in Detroit

DETROIT (AP) — The Na-
tional Transportation Safe-
ty Board is investigating a
small plane crash in a De-
troit neighborhood that
killed the pilot and one
of his two passengers. Air
safety investigator Andrew
Todd Fox said Monday that
no conclusive cause has
been determined for the
crash. Fox said the single-
engine Cessna fueled up
Sunday afternoon in West In this June 24, 2018 photo, Detroit police and fire department
Memphis, Arkansas. The personnel work at the scene of a small plane crash in Detroit.
plane was cleared to land Associated Press
Sunday night at a small mu- when he told the control stumbling from the burn-
nicipal airport on Detroit’s tower he was either “low ing wreckage. Fox said the
eastside when the pilot re- on fuel or out of fuel.” teen was in critical condi-
ported one landing gear The plane struck trees and tion at a hospital.
was not extended. a power line as it crashed The names of the victims
Fox said the pilot was cir- and caught fire. Video were not immediately
cling back to the airport shows a 17-year-old boy released.q