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Shocking! Stan Lee’s former manager arrested on charges of elder abuse, theft and more

Stan Lee’s former business manager, Keya Morgan, was arrested in Arizona Saturday morning. He had been previously charged by Los Angeles County prosecutors with felony instances of theft, embezzlement, forgery or fraud against an elder adult, and false imprisonment of an elder adult.

Authorities say Keya sought to capitalize on the Marvel Comic mastermind’s wealth and exert influence over Stan even though he had no authority to act on his behalf. Police say Keya pocketed more than $262,000 from autograph signing sessions Stan did in May 2018. Authorities say Keya at one point also took Lee from his Hollywood Hills home to a Beverly Hills condominium “where Morgan had more control over Lee.”

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Stan's daughter, J.C. Lee, said in a request for a restraining order last year that Keya was manipulating the mentally declining Lee, preventing him from seeing family and friends, and trying to take control of his money and business affairs. Attorney Alex Kessel has said Keya has never abused or taken advantage of Lee. He also added in an email on Saturday that he had been in contact with prosecutors to arrange for Keya to surrender on Tuesday. “It is unfortunate that the DA and police did not honor our commitment to surrender next week and arrested him,” Kessel said in an email.

Stan was “removed from Morgan's control” in June 2018, when Keya was arrested by the LAPD for making fake 911 calls, allegedly performed in order to make Lee believe he was in danger. The actor died in November at the age of 95 in 2018. 

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