In October, Redstone had unceremoniously dumped Manuela Herzer, his four-decades-younger former lover, and removed her from his will—a move that cost her some $50 million in cash, plus his $20 million Beverly Park mansion. He added: 'Within my first year, I witnessed how Holland utilized Redstone's wealth. “Although therapy helps, Sumner’s doctors believe that he will never be able to eat, drink, or speak intelligibly again,” she wrote. But does she love him? © 2020 Condé Nast.
By the end of 2014, no deal had been reached and Shari terminated the discussions.”) And both Holland and Herzer are gone, not only from Redstone’s side but also from his personal will. 'I had heard various rumors about Holland from people on staff and learned that she had been known as Sydney Stanger and was the co-founder of The Inner Circle, a VIP social club that advertised matchmaking services.'. She offered to have sex with him.
In additional filings, she argued that others—mainly Shari Redstone—had manipulated him to get her out of the house and get his money and power. Because up to now she’s had a great life.
A 2015 version of his will gave her $50 million in cash, plus the Beverly Park mansion, worth around $20 million. In 2000, she told me, he proposed marriage, but she declined, saying she did not want to re-marry. These are his words.
“I’m still very worried about Sumner.”. In 2013, she said, he asked her to take up residence at Beverly Park, which she did off and on for the next two years. Probably not. She went to the back gate and used her security code to get in, only to be confronted by Redstone’s driver, Isileli Tuanaki. tried to address this concern as well. Sydney Holland, left, and Manuela Herzer arriving at the Friendly House Los Angeles' 24th Annual Awards Luncheon at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on October 26, 2013. When Dauman spoke in a conference call to Wall Street analysts, the stock collapsed, especially after he challenged an analyst who claimed that Viacom’s financial results were “exceedingly poor.” Instead, he said, “our outlook and the facts have been distorted and obscured by the naysayers, self-interested critics and publicity seekers.”. (At the time of this writing, Read’s 37-page report has not been filed publicly, but the court was due to consider releasing it in mid-March.). Why Did Sydney Holland, Sumner Redstone’s Ex, Risk It All for an Ex-Con? Cowan found it hard to read the details “describing how this man is hanging on to life.”. He did not respond. The freshest-and most essential-updates from Washington, Wall Street, and Silicon Valley. Then Redstone heaves himself over the armrest of the chair, and the two women direct their attentions toward him. There were other signs that Herzer found troubling. She claims that neither she nor Holland prevented Shari or her family from seeing Redstone and that he made all decisions about whom he would see, which generally did not include Shari. That same day, Shari had supported Moonves to be the new chairman of CBS. It’s also an extraordinary turn of events for Redstone, a virtually self-made man who once upon a time, in a 1979 Boston hotel fire, clung to the window ledge of the burning building for dear life while flames lapped his body and melted his hand into a claw, until he could be rescued by a fireman on a ladder. She was incredulous. He instructed everyone around him to just ‘ignore her.’ ”, Redstone himself backed up Herzer’s view of access to him. In 2009, Redstone “surprised” Herzer and her children by buying her a home not far from his Beverly Park mansion. It was witnessed by Jagiello and another of Redstone’s nurses.
She tried calling Bishop again but got no answer. Play it now.
“Sumner and I treated each other like family,” Herzer says. According to a 2014 document included in a recent court filing, the beneficiaries of his stakes in both companies are his first wife, Phyllis (during her lifetime), and his five grandchildren—the aforementioned Brandon, 32, and Tyler, 30, plus their sister, Kimberlee, 33, and first cousins, Keryn Redstone, 33, and Lauren Redstone, 30—through a series of carefully constructed trusts, an arrangement that is separate from his personal wealth, which was to go to Holland and Herzer. “I asked again and Sumner made a grunting noise and began crying uncontrollably.” She remembered asking Jagiello what Redstone had said and Jagiello replying that Sumner wanted her to leave.
Don’t worry, I’ve got your back.”, On November 3, Dauman wrote in an affidavit, he again met with Redstone for 90 minutes at his house. He is a prisoner in his own home.” Two days later she filed suit in California state superior court seeking to reinstate the earlier health-care directive that had made her Redstone’s sole health-care agent. Nevada delays election result until Friday with just 51,000 votes left to count as Biden's lead increases and Trump sues, claiming 'tens of thousands' were cast in dead people's names, Arizona Secretary of State reveals result won't be announced until Friday because of 450,000 outstanding votes, as Biden's lead shrinks and Trump gets BACK into play, Moment foul-mouthed female anti-Trump protester, 24, is arrested in NYC for spitting in cop's face and screaming 'f*** you fascist', Trump's barrage of voting lawsuits explained: President seek to halt count in Michigan, claims non-residents cast votes in Nevada, and wants to stop 'late' ballots from coming into Pennsylvania, Team of independent, international election observers say they found zero evidence of fraud or voter manipulation, as Trump files a slew of lawsuits, Trump's lead shrinks in Georgia from 18,000 to 13,000 as race narrows with just 50,000 votes left to count, Trump leads Biden in North Carolina by 1.2% with 94% of the votes counted - but election officials say the results will not be known for another WEEK, Nancy on the ropes: Dems plot to oust Pelosi as Speaker after House majority shrank amid her refusal to do COVID deal as AOC's squad circles the embattled leader, Democratic Senator Gary Peters hangs on in Michigan - meaning control of Senate could come down to Georgia run-off elections in January, 'Voters are rejecting reality for a reality show': Biden-backing scientists complain in respected journal Nature that election result is 'horrific' and they 'have failed to communicate importance of truth to the general population', Ice Cube complains people are 'mad' at him for working with Trump and claims he got the president to 'commit to investing $500BN in the black community' - but fans hit back 'you got played', How Trump increased his support among black men with 1 in 5 voting for him - as Biden's drops 15% compared to Obama in 2008, How tragedy shaped the man poised to be President: After a life dogged by family trauma and political failure, Joe Biden - a used car salesman's son from Pennsylvania - closes in on the White House, Biden's odds to win the election hit all-time high of 87% after securing Wisconsin and Michigan, Election night TV viewership slumps 20% from 2016 as weary voters tune out from bitter campaign's finale, Charismatic Hillsong pastor who baptized Justin Bieber is sensationally SACKED for 'breaches of trust' and a 'recent revelation of moral failures', Republican voter, 49, says he was able to cast two ballots,at early polling and on Election Day in North Carolina, as Trump edges ahead in the state, Pastor who blamed premarital sex for COVID-19 dies from the virus after calling it a 'warning from God to unmarried couples and nonvirgin brides', Boy hostage, 12, is shot dead during police standoff after neighbor, 39, kills his Zumba instructor mom and wounds his sister, 16, WHO-led scheme to provide COVID drugs to poor countries will spend at least $320M on experimental antibody treatments used to treat Trump - but DROPS antiviral remdesivir, Holland said through her attorney that the, had indeed split and that she is 'very upset at this time', Redstone is still close with his other female friend, 50-year-old Manuela Herzer. Before long, Tuanaki called her and told her she could come to the house to get her things. Her debts disappeared.
Holland has a complicated personal backstory, including a few failed businesses, one of which was a Los Angeles matchmaking service. Less than a year ago Herzer and Holland were so confident of being Redstone’s principal gatekeepers and beneficiaries that they decided to reveal their roles, in the June 2015 issue of Vanity Fair (in “Endless Sumner,” by William D. Cohan).
The texts between her and Pilgrim bear witness to that view.
I ask you to honor this wish.” He signed off, “Love, Grumpy,” his tongue-in-cheek nickname for himself with them. Dauman was named the “first alternate” agent. She speaks English, French, and Spanish fluently. More and more, though, she felt that Jagiello was acting as Redstone’s interpreter. The $70 million she was to receive was designated to go instead to his charitable trust, which she was removed from running. of CBS, and Philippe Dauman, the C.E.O. Redstone’s roughly 80 percent stake in the voting shares of both CBS and Viacom is the major source of his vast wealth, estimated to be around $5 billion these days. The freshest-and most essential-updates from Washington, Wall Street, and Silicon Valley. She studied in Paris. “Sumner, if the stock was down 5 percent, he would fire people,” a media executive says. Tuanaki came by and told her to leave the house.
Pilgrim seemed to believe that Holland was just waiting around for Redstone to die and for her to collect her millions so that they could then live happily ever after.
According to Herzer’s filing, Redstone told her, “Shari is all about money…. “Mr. They posed for pictures, looking seductive in evening dresses, Holland in Pasadena and Herzer at Bemelmans Bar, in New York’s Carlyle hotel, downstairs from the multi-million-dollar apartment Redstone had bought for her. Her mother, a social worker, specialized in interventions in Los Angeles. Manuela Herzer's House (Google Maps).
“Philippe is my long-time friend and partner,” the statement began. He better come through.”, (In fairness to Holland, Herzer intimated to me last spring that Holland deserved the big payday she was expecting: “I mean, five years of your life with a man every single day like that. Herzer claimed Shari and her son Tyler Korff—two of the seven trustees of the family trust—opposed the feeding tube on religious grounds. His first wife meanwhile walked away with an undisclosed amount of money while also securing stocks for her grandchildren and that the couple's daughter Shari would assume her father's business role upon his death according to the Los Angeles Times. You’re flying out here, buying me houses—you’re giving me the world. The money in his personal estate that was once earmarked for Holland and Herzer is to be donated to charities, thus saving Shari and her family millions in taxes that N.A.I. “On both occasions,” Dauman wrote, “[Sumner] was engaged, attentive, and opinionated as ever.” He asserted, “I care deeply for Sumner and will do whatever is necessary to ensure that he continues to receive superior care.”, On November 23, Herzer removed her clothes and personal effects from Beverly Park: “When I went to the house to retrieve my things, they divided the house with the biggest, longest black curtain I have ever seen,” she recalls.
Fortunato, who is 39 years younger than Redstone, received $5million - $1million for every year the couple was married.