Sides battle on after judge tosses Redstone health-care case
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The battle over the fortune of ailing media mogul Sumner Redstone shifted to a new front Monday after a judge threw out the case over his medical care and both sides vowed to hit each other with new lawsuits.
The 92-year-old who controls CBS Corp. and Viacom Inc. clearly stated his intentions in videotaped testimony last week, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge David J. Cowan ruled.
Redstone said in a profanity-laced deposition that he wanted his daughter, Shari, to make medical decisions for him if he is incapacitated and that he no longer wanted former girlfriend Manuela Herzer in his life.
Herzer filed a petition last year contending that Redstone lacked the mental capacity to expel her from his home and could no longer make informed decisions.
Redstone's attorneys sought to dismiss the case during the first day of a competency trial that began Friday, calling it an unnecessary public spectacle that would "compromise his dignity and privacy."