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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
public information office told Los Angeles City News Service.
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.
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 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.
(Reporting by Jill Serjeant; Editing by Lisa Shumaker)
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