Talk About an Allowance!
Don't you just feel terrible for this guy?
In January, Alexis du Pont de Bie Sr., 62, who grew up in a du Pont family mansion and inherited $7 million, filed a lawsuit in New York City accusing his estate's trustees of mismanagement that has reduced his wealth to $2 million and necessitated a cut in his allowance to $3,000 a month, making him, he said, "literally destitute and homeless."
Granted, I wouldn't be thrilled if someone mismanaged my funds to the tune of a $5 million loss, but still... Destitute and homeless?
[Source: Arizona Daily Star]
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