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Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Kyle Richards’ three daughters with estranged husband Mauricio Umansky were dragged into the effort to place their 81-year-old grandfather Eduardo Umansky under a conservatorship amid a bitter family feud, In Touch can exclusively report.
According to court documents obtained by In Touch, Kyle, 55, and Mauricio’s daughters, Alexia Umansky, Sophia Umansky and Portia Umanksy, all signed paperwork informing the court they are aware of their father and aunt Sharon Umansky Benton’s efforts to take over control of Eduardo’s finances.
Alexia, 28, Sophia, 24, and Portia, 16, all told the court they did not need to be notified of any future hearings. Kyle and Maurico’s daughters all executed their paperwork on October 21.
Eduardo approved his son and daughter being appointed co-conservators.
As In Touch first reported, Mauricio, 54, and his sister filed a petition to put Eduardo under a conservatorship in August.
In court documents, they claimed Eduardo’s girlfriend had become more controlling and had been isolating their father.
Mauricio and his sister claimed, “Over the course of the past few months, [Eduardo’s] girlfriend has become more controlling limiting and regulating who [Eduardo] can visit with. She has begun to isolate him and is trying to get married even though they have been together for twenty years and never decided that they wanted to marry.”
Mauricio and Sharon added, “[Eduardo] is unable to resist undue influence and fraud and has been taken advantage of by his girlfriend. Over the court of the past eighteen months, [Eduardo] and [Mauricio and Sharon] have discovered that she has taken, secreted and appropriated more than $260,000 from [Eduardo] through undue influence, whether physical or emotional and/or fraud.”
The brother and sister continued, “During this time, [Eduardo] has written more than $260,000 worth of checks to his girlfriend for no reason other than she wanted it. In addition to those checks, there are an additional nearly $100,000 in expenses that have not [been] explained.”
Mauricio said his father “is unable to stop this abuse and behavior and is asking for assistance in reigning in this spending.”
At a hearing this week, the judge signed off on the conservatorship of Eduardo’s estate.
The court ruled, “The Court finds that sufficient evidence has been provided to grant the matter on calendar this date based upon the reading of the moving papers and consideration of all presented evidence.”
Further, the judge noted, “The Court finds from clear and convincing evidence that a Conservatorship of the Estate is necessary and appropriate in that the Proposed Conservatee is unable to care for his/her financial affairs and is subject to undue influence and the Conservatorship is the least restrictive alternative needed for the protection of Conservatee.”
The judge found Mauricio and his sister to be suitable co-conservators of Eduardo. The judge also set a hearing for January to determine whether Mauricio and Sharon will be granted additional powers in the conservatorship.
As In Touch first reported, Mauricio’s family fight with Eduardo’s longtime girlfriend, Simin Tabibni, turned nasty.
Sharon filed a restraining order against Simin claiming she physically attacked her during a recent encounter. Simin filed her own petition for a restraining order against Sharon. She claimed Sharon had “grabbed” her and “shoved” her to the ground during the same incident. Simin accused Sharon of conspiring against her after she had been with Eduardo for 17 years.
Simin’s petition claimed, “On another recent occasion, [Sharon] communicated to [Simin] that she plans on ensuring that her mother (who was divorced from her father many years ago) obtain a large portion of his asset and for [Simin] to get nothing.”
The filing continued, “Recently, [Simin] was reliably informed that said ex-wife has, quite incredibly, attempted to engage in renewed sexual relations with the father, some 30 years after their divorce. Additionally, and in spite of [Simin’s] pleading that they cease their interference in [Simin’s] relationship with the father, [Sharon] and her mother have engaged in a persistent pattern of slandering [Simin] to various third parties. Their conduct has not only hurt [Simin], but damaged her name and career.”
Simin also denied that she has been keeping Eduardo isolated from his family and friends. A hearing has been set for next month on both petitions.
On top of the family drama, Mauricio is battling a federal lawsuit over PPP loans his real estate company The Agency allegedly obtained. He has denied all allegations of wrongdoing.
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