The photo is from the front page of today’s Cincinnati Enquirer. Jack, in yellow, and his St. X teammates wanted to run all out for 400 yards in the Turkey Day Race so they could be in the lead and “make the paper.” Somehow, that plan came to fruition. I love the smiles and the gap to the pack.
A Bobbi Kristina Brown update. An Atlanta judge ruled two weeks ago that Nick Gordon, the boyfriend of Bobbi Kristina Brown, is liable for $36 million in damagesto her estate and to her father, Bobby Brown, for allegedly causing her death by providing her the drugs in her body at the time of her death and for assaulting her. The judge determined the amount of damages after Gordon stopped appearing in the case a year ago and the estate was awarded a default judgment (because Gordon stopped participating in the case) in September.
Only two points:
1. Gordon does not have the funds to pay the judgment and will likely declare bankruptcy to avoid paying them.
2. There is no word on when Bobby Brown will be held liable for providing drugs to, and ruining the career of, Whitney Houston.
I subbed for Paul Daugherty’s The Morning Line blog in the Cincinnati Enquirer again this morning. I am critical of UC’s Tommy Tuberville and listed some possible replacements. I hope you like it.
Bill Cornwell lived in a Greenwich Village brownstone with his same sex partner for 50 years. When he died two years ago, his will left the building and all of his possessions to his partner. However, the will was only witnessed by one individual while NY law requires two witnesses. Without a valid will, his estate will pass to his closest living relatives who are his nieces and nephews who recently sold the building for $7 million. The partner has since filed suit trying to prove that he and Mr. Cornwell were actually married, although they were not, so he can be considered the closest heir.
So many points and such short attention spans:
1. All wills require two witnesses not related to the individual and who will not receive any assets under the will.
2. Using a DIY will kit could lead to problems with properly executing wills (among other issues)
3. The legal arguments made by the partner verge on stupid. One of them is that even though they lived in NY, which does not recognize common law marriage, they bought a dog in Pennsylvania in 1991 as a symbol of their commitment to each other and because Pennsylvania used to recognize common law marriage they should be considered as married.
4. The 85 year old partner would be better off dropping the law suit and accepting the offer of the nieces and nephews to live in the apartment for 5 years at a monthly rental of $10 and receive $250,000 upon the sale of the building.
5. The entire problem could have been avoided if they had simply married each other once gay marriage became legal.
6. One niece claimed, apparently with a straight face, that her uncle did not want his partner to inherit or he would have properly executed the will. She also suggested that perhaps the men were just friends or great companions. The address of the rock under which she lives is unknown.