Pursuits
Sumner Redstone Ex-Girlfriend Won’t Get New Competency Trial
- Los Angeles probate judge rejects Manuela Herzer’s request
- Herzer lost earlier bid to challenge media mogul’s fitness
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A former girlfriend and confidante of Sumner Redstone won’t get a new trial to argue the 93-year-old media billionaire was mentally incompetent when he evicted her from his mansion last year and replaced her as his health-care agent.
A probate court judge in Los Angeles Monday denied Manuela Herzer’s request for a new trial. The same judge in May dismissed Herzer’s case after one day of trial, finding that Redstone’s videotaped deposition made it clear he didn’t want her in his life any longer.