From the Associated Press: A judge has granted Mickey Rooney a temporary restraining order from his stepson, who is accused in court filings of withholding food and medicine from the 90-year-old veteran actor and meddling in his personal finances.
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Reva Goetz approved the stay-away order on Monday after attorneys for Rooney sought protection for the Academy Award-nominated actor, claiming he lives in fear of stepson Chris Aber.
The order requires Aber to stay 100 yards away from Rooney and his home and to refrain from contacting the actor until a hearing on Feb. 24, when the restraining order may be extended.
"Chris is verbally abusive toward Mickey," the court filing states. "He yells and screams at Mickey. He threatens, intimidates, bullies, and harasses Mickey.
"Mickey is effectively a prisoner in his own home," the filing states.
It accuses Aber of forcing Rooney to make certain personal appearances, and has required him to sign financial documents without reading them.
Attempts to find a working phone number for Aber were unsuccessful.
The actor's attorneys also obtained a temporary conservatorship for Rooney to protect his personal and financial interests. The order allows the attorneys to secure Rooney's financials assets and obtain control of his website and any financial documents in Aber's possession.
Rooney is described in a news release about the case as still being sharp-witted.
"All I want to do is live a peaceful life, to regain my life and be happy," Rooney wrote in a statement. "I pray to God each day to protect us, help us endure, and guide those other senior citizens who are also suffering."
Rooney's film career spans more than eight decades and he received four Academy Award nominations and an honorary Oscar. In the 1930s and 40s, he played Andy Hardy in a series of films, and received his first Oscar nominations in 1939 for "Babes in Arms" and in 1943 for "The Human Comedy."
Where is his wife Jan? Interesting that she isn't even mentioned ...
ReplyDeleteThat's my question. Where was Jan?
ReplyDeleteWho knows what the deal is. There is no doubt that Mickey filed charges against
his stepson. But Mickey also has all his marbles and from what I understand is
an ornery old goat who doesn't take crap from anyone.
Mickey has also been known to tell tales, as well as occasionally lash out in a
vindictive manner.
So who knows what the truth is, it's possible that Mickey has been abused, and
it is also possible that Mickey exagerated the facts to the police.
I guess we will learn more after the 24th.
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ReplyDeleteGood point. While you say he has all his marbles, God bless him, he sometimes goes off into the wild blue yonder during interviews. I just listened to his uncut TCM Private Screenings and it was all Robert Osborne could to do to keep him on point. He claims to have given Marilyn Monroe her name, and other wild stuff : ) I heard him in a recent interview where he totally denies his affair with Norma Shearer and said someone put that in his autobiography without his knowledge ... but on the TCM interview he first denies it, then acknowledges it! Good ol' Mickey.
ReplyDeletePerhaps Mickey Rooney's testimony before the Committee was actually the greatest accomplishment of his life. I will always think of him as a true and brave champion for the cause.
ReplyDeleteMuch of the horror he described personally enduring during his ordeal mirrors what also happens to guardianship and conservatorship abuse victims across the country, who lose all their civil rights and liberties under the guise of protection. Guardianship wards, unlike Mr. Rooney, even lose the right to complain.
Forewarned is forearmed! Please visit NASGA's websites at www.StopGuardianAbuse.org, www.AnOpenLetterToCongress.info and Blog at http://NASGA-StopGuardianAbuse.blogspot.com.
Guardianship abuse IS elder abuse.
Yours,
Elaine Renoire
NASGA