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Larry King’s widow, Shawn King, reached a settlement with the man who accused her of abusing the late talk show host in his final years, In Touch can exclusively report.
According to court documents obtained by In Touch, Shawn, 64, agreed to pay Larry’s friend Greg Christensen a total of $185,000 to settle their legal battle. In her filing, Shawn said she already sent over the money to Greg.
As a result, Greg, who produced over 3,5000 episodes of Larry King Live, will call off his hearing on attorney fees.
As In Touch previously reported, Shawn filed a $100 million lawsuit against the business management firm Blouin & Company in October 2022.
Shawn said she and Larry used the firm for years. The duo wed in 1997 and were close to divorce many times but were still legally married at the time of Larry’s death at the age 87 in 2019.
Shawn objected to the will that Larry’s son Larry King Jr. submitted in court. However, the parties worked out a private deal to resolve the matter.
In her lawsuit, Shawn accused Blouin & Company of conspiring with Larry to transfer millions of dollars in community property to third parties behind her back. Shawn claimed Larry, with the help of the business managers, created secret bank accounts to help hide the transfers from her.
“The Blouin Defendants led a fraudulent and malicious conspiracy to steal money from their own client, Mrs. King, and deprive Mrs. King from her rights and interests in the estate of her late husband,” the lawsuit read.
The other defendants to the lawsuit included people Shawn believed received money from Larry without her knowing. One of the people she sued was Greg. She took issue with $40,000 that Larry sent him.
In response, Greg slammed Shawn and her lawsuit. He claimed Larry sent him the money to help him escape her.
Greg accused Shawn of mistreating Larry after his 2019 stoke.
He claimed Shawn “mistreated and abused Larry King in a number of ways which I personally witnessed when I visited Larry King. Shawn King prohibited Larry King from living or sleeping in the main home and forced him to live and sleep only in the backhouse which was located behind their home which Larry King had purchased. Shawn King also deprived Larry King of his wallet and sometimes his phone for extended periods of time, keeping him trapped in the back house,” he added.
Shawn denied the claims in court.
“After Larry suffered his stroke in approximately 2019, I was actively involved in caring for Larry, including attending Larry’s many doctors’ appointments, helping to coordinate healthcare and professional caregivers for Larry, and spending many days (and often sleeping overnight) with Larry during his hospital stays,” she told the court.
She added, “When Larry was released from the hospital after his stroke, I spoke with Larry’s doctors who recommended that it was better for Larry to spend time in our separate guest house in order to allow Larry to rest and to provide caregivers better access to Larry, who was using a wheelchair.”
“As Larry’s health declined, it is my opinion that Greg Christensen and others working with the Blouin Defendants improperly influenced Larry to take actions that were not in the best interests of Larry or his family, including filing for a divorce that Larry never wanted to file,” Shawn continued.
Greg was able to convince the court to dismiss all claims against him. As a result, he was seeking over $230,000 in attorney fees.
The settlement with Shawn resolved the issue. As In Touch first reported, Shawn also dismissed all claims against Blouin after reaching a confidential settlement in July.
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