article_snippet.sent: John Paul Getty III (left) had John Paul Getty III (left) ear cut off by Italian mobsters after being held to ransom for a portion of John Paul Getty III (left) wealthy family's fortune - which John Paul Getty III (left) grandfather initially refused to pay.  
article_snippet.sent: the boy’s ears was sent through the post that Getty coughed up and the hostage was released.
article_snippet.sent: eight, ten and 14 — went to court to change eight, ten and 14 — name to Getty.
article_snippet.sent: eight, ten and 14 — and eight, ten and 14 — mother, Cynthia Beck, it emerged, had been Gordon’s secret second family in Los Angeles, and the girls had decided to claim the girls birthright.