Leonard Cohen’s Former Manager and Attorney Accused of Forging False Version of Trust
Leonard Cohen’s children and heirs, Lorca and Adam Cohen, have accused the late musician’s former manager Robert Kory and his attorney of forging a false version of Cohen’s trust, according to the filing obtained by TheWrap.According to the filing, Cohen’s daughter, Lorca Cohen, has alleged that Kory replaced a section of the trust that named Lorca, Adam and the musician’s ex-girlfriend and fellow musician, Anjani Thomas, as successor co-trustees of the Trust, with a forged “phony” section that named Kory as sole first successor trustee while Lorca and Adam were shifted to second trustees.The motion seeks confirmation that Kory is not, in fact, a rightful trustee and to replace Kory as the trustee in place of Lorca and Adam, as well as the order for Kory to compensate Lorca and Adam with the financial gain he undertook while acting as trustee. Following the legendary musician’s death in November 2016, the motion states that Kory executed an “Acceptance of Appointment as Sole Trustee” of the trust while failing to provide notice to Lorca and Adam that they had the right to receive the terms of the trust.Under a year later, Lorca participated in a series of email exchanges with Reeve Chudd, who previously served as Cohen’s estate planning attorney and at the time was acting as Kory’s attorney, regarding the trust.