Jody, who now runs his father’s recording label ABKCO with its
lucrative copyrights on songs by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards as well
as The Who’s Pete Townsend, claims his father “didn’t give gifts” so was
unlikely to shower his companion with the pieces.
The longtime girlfriend of the late Beatles and Rolling
Stones manager Allen Klein is in a tug of war with his son over at least
$1 million in artwork she claims her beau gifted her before he died in
2009.
Iris Keitel lived with Klein — a gruff, aggressive
businessman who some blame for the Beatles breakup as much as they blame
Yoko Ono — for over 20 years in his E. 58th Street apartment, even
though he was still married to his estranged wife.
Now Klein’s
son, Jody Klein, is accusing Keitel of hauling 15 pieces of pricey
artwork and furniture to her new pad including a $120,000 painting by
Jeanne Rij-Rousseau.
The alleged
property snatch is also the subject of a Manhattan Supreme Court lawsuit
brought by ABKCO last year, claiming that Keitel was hanging on to an
original John Lennon drawing titled “Let’s Have a Dream” that belonged
to the label.
Keitel was notably excluded from Klein’s will,
which left the bulk of his estate to his wife and his three children.
But Keitel’s attorney, Leonard Baum, said the recording giant made
“significant provisions” for his client outside of the will.
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