5-year war: Zhanna Friske's parents sued Dmitry Shepelev for millions
'23.07.2020'
Source: Newspaper.ru
The court satisfied the requirement of the artist's family to reimburse the TV presenter for a third of the amount that the relatives transferred to Rusfond after the loss of 21 million rubles collected for the treatment of the star, reports Newspaper.ru.
Presnensky Court of Moscow ordered TV presenter Dmitry Shepelev to pay 7 million rubles (about 98 thousand US dollars) to the family of singer Zhanna Friske, who died five years ago on June 15, 2015, writes Moskovsky Komsomolets.
This amount should be compensation for the fact that the artist's parents reimbursed the Rusfond funds collected for the treatment of Friske. It is noted that 7 million rubles are one third of the total.
Friske's parents initially appealed to the Khamovnichesky court, where they filed a lawsuit to recover 7,2 million rubles from the singer's civil husband. They noted that Rusfond managed to raise 67 million rubles (946 thousand US dollars) for her treatment, of which 21 million rubles remained unspent. It was said that this money was planned to be directed to the treatment of children with cancer, but it turned out that the money disappeared from the account.
The case of the loss of funds was taken over by the Perovsky court, which levied execution on the parents of Friske and her son Platon, who became the legal heirs of the artist. Her family was able to pay off the debt, but demanded that Shepelev reimburse a third of the amount, since his son Friske remained with him. Shepelev did not want to pay such an amount to the parents of his deceased common-law wife and sent a claim to the Presnensky court. He wanted them to be charged 10 million rubles (141 thousand US dollars) - a third of the total amount, taking into account the interest that had managed to "run over" during this time. According to the TV presenter, this money should have gone to Plato.
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Both claims were referred to the Presnensky court at the place of Platon's residence and were considered within the same process.
During the meeting, it was established that the former son-in-law suggested that Friske's parents conclude an amicable agreement, but they did not meet him halfway in this matter and said that Shepelev had missed the statute of limitations.
According to the representative of Shepelev, he became aware of the withdrawal of money from the accounts by Jeanne's mother by a power of attorney issued by the singer's father, only after the trial in the Perovsky court, since before that he had not been acquainted with the case materials due to the lack of the status of the accused.
“We believed that all the money was spent on Jeanne's needs. The fact of withdrawing money two weeks before Zhanna's death was established only by the Perovskiy court. Then Shepelev also learned that Jeanne's parents "saved them for their grandson." Therefore, we cannot say that the statute of limitations has been missed, ”said Shepelev's representative.
Friske's mother said that she withdrew the amount from the account on behalf of her daughter, to whom she transferred the money, subsequently spent by the singer at her discretion. At the request of Shepelev's lawyer, it was also decided to attach to the case a recording of an interview with the artist's father, where he stated that his daughter was in a coma for three months before her death.
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“Since December 2014, Zhanna has been unable to walk, and since March 2015 she has been in a coma. How could they transfer this money to Jeanne, if she was not able to answer for herself? " - Shepelev's lawyer asked the court.
According to him, the singer's family kept the money at home, so the bailiffs did not manage to find them while checking bank accounts, while a certain share of the debt was reimbursed to Rusfond thanks to the sale of real estate recorded in the singer. Only after it became clear that Friske's apartment was being foreclosed, her parents agreed to pay the remaining debt in cash.
“What does Plato have to do with it? This is an abuse of the right - they enriched themselves illegally. A lawsuit was brought against Jeanne's child at the expense of the money that he inherited. If they want to recover part of Plato's property, then let them return part of the money that belonged to him, ”added the representative of the TV presenter.
According to him, Shepelev will be ready to drop the claim if Friske's parents refuse him. A spokeswoman for the singer's family said that the money in question "was not included in the hereditary mass."
After mutual accusations from both sides, the court, without announcing the motivation (the participants in the case will receive it later), announced a decision to satisfy the demands of Friske's parents.
