Prominent NYC Doctor Accused Of Trying To Steal Funds Of Impaired Widow Patient

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Donna and Bruce Spears are suing to reclaim their share of Helen Schlesinger's will.

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A prominent New York doctor swindled a 102-year-old Park Avenue patient, writing himself into her will and installing health care aides who mistreat the widow, a new lawsuit charges.
Donna Spears, a longtime friend of centenarian Helen Schlesinger, claims in her Manhattan civil suit that New York-Presbyterian physician Dr. Lawson Moyer has broken the law by both treating the 470 Park Ave. resident and appointing himself as her power of attorney.
“Moyer is making decisions for Helen that are not in her best interests,” Spears says in the suit.
Spears, of Wall Township, NJ, says she has known Schlesinger for 65 years. The frail woman, whose husband died in the 1950s, cannot get around on her own and requires 24-hour care.

http://nypost.com/2014/10/16/doctor-wrote-himself-into-102-year-old-patients-will-suit/

Doctor wrote himself into 102-year-old patient’s will: suit
By Julia Marsh
New York Post
October 16, 2014 | 4:27am
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An esteemed New York doctor may have tried to maliciously gain control of his wealthy widowed patient's estate, alleges a friend of the patient in a Manhattan civil suit.
The lawsuit filed by friend of the alleged victim Helen Schlesinger, Donna Spears, claims that New York-Presbyterian physician Dr. Lawson Moyer wrote himself into his patient's will, stripping herself of her multimillion-dollar inheritance.
Spears also claims that Dr. Moyer assigned abusive nurses who both mentally abuse and neglect his patient.

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In a will devised in 2003, Schlesinger's friend Spears and a family member were meant to inherit her multimillion-dollar estate except for $10,000 set aside for the Salvation Army.
Spears claims that after Dr. Moyer's became Schlesinger's primary care doctor in 2010 that he lessened Spears' inheritance to $25,000, left himself $100,000, and then assigned the rest of the money to various charities.
Spears said she would like a judge to appoint Schlesinger a guardian.

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Top NYC Doctor accused of trying to take over wealthy 102-year-old widowed patient's multimillion-dollar estate
Donna Spears claims Dr. Lawson Moyer has broken the law by becoming both 102-year-old Helen Schlesinger's doctor and power of attorney
Spears said that in 2003, her friend's fortune was meant to be spread among Spears and a family member except for $10,000 for the Salvation Army
Spears says in 2010 Dr. Moyer wrote himself in the will for a sum of $100,000, left Spears with just $25,000, and donated the rest to charities
Spears also claims that Dr. Moyer assigned abusive nurses who both mentally abuse and neglect her friend
By ALEXANDRA KLAUSNER FOR MAILONLINE
PUBLISHED: 09:36 EST, 16 October 2014 | UPDATED: 09:58 EST, 16 October 2014