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Comic book legend Stan Lee’s manager charged with elder abuse

Los Angeles police have charged the former manager of late comic book legend Stan Lee with elder abuse.

Los Angeles police have charged the former manager of late comic book legend Stan Lee with elder abuse.
Los Angeles police have charged the former manager of late comic book legend Stan Lee with elder abuse. Source: AP

The former manager of Stan Lee has been charged with elder abuse against the late comic book legend.

Keya Morgan was charged on Friday with five counts of elder abuse, including false imprisonment, fraud and forgery stemming from an incident last summer when Lee was 95 years old, a spokeswoman for the Los Angeles Superior Court said on Monday.

Keya Morgan (right)was charged on Friday with five counts of elder abuse.
Keya Morgan (right)was charged on Friday with five counts of elder abuse. Source: AP

The spokeswoman added that a warrant for Morgan's arrest had been issued.

Morgan, a New York-based memorabilia collector who became involved with Lee in 2017, was served with a restraining order last year after Lee's family accused him of elder abuse.

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The Los Angeles District Attorney's office on Monday said it was unable to provide any information.

An attorney for Morgan could not be located, but last year Morgan denied allegations of abuse.

Lee, the co-creator of Spider-Man, Iron Man, The Hulk and dozens of other Marvel superheroes, died in 2018 at the age of 95.
Lee, the co-creator of Spider-Man, Iron Man, The Hulk and dozens of other Marvel superheroes, died in 2018 at the age of 95. Source: The Washington Post

Lee, the co-creator of Spider-Man, Iron Man, The Hulk and dozens of other Marvel superheroes, died in November 2018 at the age of 95.

In court documents last year, Morgan was accused of seizing control of Lee's Hollywood Hills home and hiring security guards with orders to keep away relatives and associates before moving the comic book creator to an unfamiliar condominium.


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