Entertainment & Sports,
Civil Litigation
Feb. 10, 2023
Stepdaughter of late theater mogul loses $680M claim
“The major defense is that this was a family business that Mr. Naify owned, and it was a separate property inherited 20 years before the marriage” between Naify and the plaintiff’s mother, said Benjamin K. Riley of Bartko Zankel Bunzel & Miller.
A San Francisco judge has ended a six-year litigation by denying any claim of interest or remaining relief for the stepdaughter of the late Robert Naify, an owner of the United Artists theater chain, over her claim for up to $680 million for what she alleged were wrongful shares of community property kept by Naify after her mother died.
Christina Cortese, on behalf of her mother Francesca Naify, was represented by Stacie P. Nelson, Yunnie...
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