{"id":141014,"date":"2018-06-14T08:26:07","date_gmt":"2018-06-14T08:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/stan-lee-marvel-comics-magnate-subject-to-elder-abuse\/"},"modified":"2018-06-14T08:26:07","modified_gmt":"2018-06-14T08:26:07","slug":"stan-lee-marvel-comics-magnate-subject-to-elder-abuse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/stan-lee-marvel-comics-magnate-subject-to-elder-abuse\/","title":{"rendered":"Stan Lee: Marvel Comics magnate &#8216;subject to elder abuse&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>                                  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Stan Lee and Keya Morgan attend the &#039;Avengers: Infinity War&#039; World Premiere on April 23, 2018 in Los Angeles, California.\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/128F\/production\/_102015740_gettyimages-950775152.jpg\"\/>Image copyright                  Getty Images<figcaption>Image caption                                      Stan Lee (left) became close to Mr Morgan (right) after his wife&#039;s death                              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"caps\">A temporary restraining order has been issued in Los Angeles against the carer of Marvel Comics magnate Stan Lee, following allegations of elder abuse.<\/p>\n<p>Keya Morgan, who has been the 95-year-old&#039;s manager for several months, has taken advantage of Mr Lee&#039;s vulnerability, his former lawyer Tom Lallas says.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Morgan is yet to comment.<\/p>\n<p>Stan Lee co-created and promoted comics such as Spider-Man and Black Panther through his company Marvel Comics.<\/p>\n<p>Many became household names, leaping from the comic book to the big screen.<\/p>\n<p>New York memorabilia dealer Mr Morgan, 41, &quot;inserted himself into Mr Lee&#039;s life&quot; after after his British-born wife of 69 years, Joan, died in 2017, Mr Lallas wrote in the petition for the restraining order.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Lallas filed the petition on Mr Lee&#039;s behalf. Los Angeles Police are investigating the allegations of elder abuse.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Who could follow The Avengers?<\/li>\n<li>Why the snobbery about superhero films?<\/li>\n<li>Critics hail &#039;bedazzling&#039; Infinity War<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Mr Lallas has alleged in court documents that Mr Morgan controlled access to Mr Lee, including by hiring security guards, and moved him from his family home.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Mr Morgan is unduly influencing Mr Lee and isolating him,&quot; Mr Lallas wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Morgan was arrested on Monday on suspicion of making a false call to the police, reporting that a burglary was taking place at Mr Lee&#039;s home.<\/p>\n<p>Police say the call was made as two detectives and a social worker were conducting a welfare check on Mr Lee.<\/p>\n<figure>                                                                                                       Image copyright                  Getty Images<figcaption>Image caption                                      Joan Lee, Stan Lee&#039;s wife of almost 70 years, died last July aged 95                              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>According to a transcript of the 30 May call filed with the restraining order, Mr Morgan said that &quot;three unidentified people have gone inside this house and locked the door and locked his security out and I&#039;m very, very scared that they&#039;re harming him&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>In a video posted to his Twitter account this week, Mr Lee said that Mr Morgan, who was released on bail, was his &quot;only partner and business manager.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>                           Skip Twitter post  by @TheRealStanLee                              <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>My only partner and business manager is @KeyaMorgan not all the other people making false claims. pic.twitter.com\/JKUT1BZNI7<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 stan lee (@TheRealStanLee) June 10, 2018<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>              Report                          <\/p>\n<p>End of Twitter post  by @TheRealStanLee<\/p>\n<p>Whether Mr Lee is granted a permanent restraining order against Mr Morgan will be decided in a court hearing scheduled for 6 July.<\/p>\n<p>In May, Mr Lee announced his intention to sue an entertainment company he co-founded for $1bn (\u00a3742m).<\/p>\n<p>He said Pow! Entertainment had made him sign over his name and image rights when he was in an emotionally and physically fragile state.<\/p>\n<p>However Pow! said Mr Lee had &quot;clearly understood&quot; the terms of the agreement, adding the allegations were &quot;completely without merit&quot;.<\/p>\n<h2>You may also be interested in:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Boyega tells fans to stop harassing cast<\/li>\n<li>The warrior queen who &#039;achieved the incredible&#039;<\/li>\n<li>Nike suspends football boots supply to Iran<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image copyright Getty ImagesImage caption Stan Lee (left) became close to Mr Morgan (right) after his wife&#039;s death A temporary restraining order has been issued in Los Angeles against the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":141015,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-141014","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141014","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=141014"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141014\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/141015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=141014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=141014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=141014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}