An esteemed New York doctor may have tried to maliciously gain control of his wealthy widowed patient's estate, alleges a friend of the patient in a Manhattan civil suit. The lawsuit filed by friend of the alleged victim Helen Schlesinger, Donna Spears, claims that New York-Presbyterian physician Dr. Lawson Moyer wrote himself into his patient's will, stripping herself of her multimillion-dollar inheritance. Spears also claims that Dr. Moyer assigned abusive nurses who both mentally abuse and neglect his patient. Multimillion-dollar estate: The lawsuit filed by friend of the alleged victim Helen Schlesinger, Donna Spears, claims that Dr. Lawson Moyer illegally wrote himself into his patient's will
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Donna Spears claims Dr. Lawson Moyer has broken the law by becoming both 102-year-old Helen Schlesinger's doctor and power of attorney
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Spears said that in 2003, her friend's fortune was meant to be spread among Spears and a family member except for $10,000 for the Salvation Army
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Spears says in 2010 Dr. Moyer wrote himself in the will for a sum of $100,000, left Spears with just $25,000, and donated the rest to charities
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Spears also claims that Dr. Moyer assigned abusive nurses who both mentally abuse and neglect her friend
Helen Schlesinger
Helen Schlesinger
Helen Schlesinger
Spears claims that after Dr. Moyer's became @placeholder's primary care doctor in 2010 that he lessened Spears' inheritance to $25,000, left himself $100,000, and then assigned the rest of the money to various charities.