![]() ![]() "I never expected to get anything out of this."īrunner's bowing out and Lentz's loss leaves Freeman, a former cage fighter, and Channels.Ĭhannels' claim to the estate lies in a will that names him as executor and sole beneficiary and specifically disinherits any children or heirs. "I'm over my head," Lentz said outside court, saying he was going to focus on his music and promote himself as Matthew Manson. Without a lawyer to help Lentz navigate the legal system, he was lost and said he was relieved in some ways to be done with the court fight. The will had deficiencies such as only one signature from a witness to Manson signing it and Freeman's lawyers said it was a fraud. The will named Ben Gurecki, another so-called murderabilia dealer and friend of Manson, as executor. Unlike Brunner, who asked to withdraw his petition because he didn't think he could win, Lentz was still hopeful that a will naming him as beneficiary would give him a claim to the estate, which includes rights to songs Manson penned and other possible intellectual property. But Klein told him he had blown deadlines and his time was up. Lentz made his first court appearance in the case Friday and asked the judge to give him more time to find a lawyer. Judge Clifford Klein narrowed the case down to Jason Freeman, a man who says he's the cult leader's grandson, and Michael Channels, a pen pal who peddled memorabilia he collected from Manson. ![]() Manson, 83, was serving a life sentence for orchestrating the 1969 killings of pregnant actress Sharon Tate and eight others. 19, 2017, at Bakersfield Mercy Hospital of heart failure triggered by colon cancer that had spread to other parts of his body.įreeman previously told the judge that he would not voluntarily agree to DNA testing, but would obey a court order to do so.LOS ANGELES - Two men who claimed the most direct line of descent to murder mastermind Charles Manson were eliminated Friday from the bitter battle over his estate.Ī Los Angeles Superior Court judge dismissed probate petitions by Matthew Lentz, a musician who claims he was fathered by Manson at a 1967 orgy, and Michael Brunner, whose mother was a member of the "Manson family" when he was born.īecause both men were adopted, which severs their legal link to Manson, their claims had been on shaky ground since another court dismissed their bid to claim his corpse after he died in November. He has been tasked with recovering property, on behalf of Freeman, that Manson left behind in prison when he died at age 83 Nov. Davis said he personally has no way of getting in contact with Freeman to find out what he intends to do.Īttorney Dale Kiken is the current temporary special administrator of the Manson estate. In his court papers, Channels said Manson's 2002 will, filed in Kern County in November 2017, names him as the executor of Manson's estate.Īlan Davis, an attorney for Dale Kiken, a lawyer and current temporary special administrator of the Manson estate, said his client told him Freeman is considering various options, including an appeal of Klein's order. 5 hearing that Freeman had not yet taken the test, prompting the judge to set the Jan. Channels' attorney, David Baldwin, told the court during the Dec. 10, but Freeman filed an appeal a day earlier.įormer Manson penpal Michael Channels, who has filed a competing petition to be permanent administrator of the estate, had asked for the DNA test of Freeman. 5, the judge issued an order saying it had to be done by Jan. 22 directing that 44-year-old Jason Freeman provide a DNA sample. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Clifford Klein signed an order Nov. ![]() A man who says he's the grandson of Charles Manson and wants to be the permanent administrator of the infamous criminal's estate has appealed a judge's order that he undergo DNA testing to prove his kinship. ![]()
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