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  • Kerri Kasem, Siblings, Uncle File Wrongful Death Suit Against Casey Kasem’s Widow

    Kerri Kasem and her siblings, Julie and Michael Kasem, have filed a wrongful death suit against their father, Casey Kasem’s, widow Jean Kasem. Casey Kasem’s brother joins his children in the lawsuit.

    “Casey’s early death occurred as a direct and proximate result of Jean’s neglect and physical abuse of Casey,” the lawsuit states.

    In the lawsuit, Julie, Michael, and Kerri Kasem–and their uncle, Mouner Kasem, are seeking more than $250,000. Earlier this year, prosecutors declined to charge Jean Kasem with elder abuse. Kerri Kasem says that decision is what led them to file this lawsuit.

    “We would rather see her in jail than receive one dime,” Kerri Kasem said. “We don’t care about the money. We care about justice.”

    The longtime American Top 40 host had a form of dementia and a severe bedsore at the time of his death. He was 82.

    Jean Kasem seemed to work hard at preventing Kerri Kasem and her siblings from seeing their father in the last years of his life. She even transported his body to Norway, and had him buried in an unmarked grave, despite his wishes to be buried in an L.A. cemetery.

    “What she did to my father is reprehensible,” Kerri Kasem said. “It’s disgusting. It’s horrific.”

    Julie, Michael, and Kerri Kasem hope that their lawsuit filed against Jean Kasem not only hold’s their late father’s widow accountable, they also hope it raises awareness about elder abuse.

    “People are going through this across the country every single day,” Kerri Kasem said.

    Do you think Jean Kasem’s actions in Casey Kasem’s last years amounted to elder abuse? How sad that people can get away with these kinds of atrocities against those who can’t defend themselves.

  • Casey Kasem’s Family Releases Medical Records After Jean Kasem Files Lawsuit Requesting Them

    Jean Kasem has succeeded in convincing the children of radio legend Casey Kasem to share all hospital records in their possession after she sued a hospital in Washington state to learn more about the last weeks of his life.

    “The Kasem children are happy to provide Mrs. Kasem with all such records in their possession,” the statement said. “These records indisputably show that Mr. Kasem was extremely ill when admitted to St. Anthony’s hospital on June 1, 2014.”

    Kerri, Mike and Julie Kasem said in a statement issued through their lawyer Troy Martin on Wednesday that the records will show that their father was well-cared for and that all appropriate measures were taken to preserve Kasem’s life. Records also indicate that when it was clear there was no more to be done to keep him alive, he was allowed to die comfortably.

    “These records also demonstrate that Kerri Kasem, as the court-appointed conservator of the person, authorized an aggressive course of treatment to combat the life-threatening infections Mr. Kasem had developed while under Mrs. Kasem’s care.”

    Jean Kasem filed suit earlier this month against St. Anthony Hospital in Gig Harbor, where Casey Kasem died from dementia last June at the age of 82.

    The statement also indicated that the American Top 40 host should have been placed in hospice care. However, Jean Kasem moved her husband to a friend’s home in Washington state from California. In the custody battle that ensued, Kerri Kasem won control of her father’s care and had him taken to the hospital.

    “When Casey entered the hospital, there was no expectation he had only a couple of weeks of life left to live,” said Jean Kasem’s attorney Lance Hester.

    A court hearing on the lawsuit is scheduled for April.

    Casey Kasem was laid to rest at Vestre Gravlund, a cemetery in Oslo, Norway, on Dec. 16, per his widow’s wishes.

  • Casey Kasem Still Unburied; Elder Abuse Investigation Goes to D.A.

    It’s been over five months since Casey Kasem died. And the man is still not buried.

    The beloved radio icon was the subject of tabloid press in his final days, as his wife and children fought each other for control of the man. Kasem’s wife Jean had whisked him away from a care facility and his whereabouts were unknown to his children from an earlier marriage. Kasem and Jean were found by law enforcement in Washington state, visiting friends.

    After Kasem died, the battle did not stop. According to TMZ, the LAPD has launched an investigation into charges of elder abuse against Jean Kasem, charges brought by Casey’s children.

    And now TMZ reports that the LAPD has handed that to the L.A. County District Attorney.

    Casey’s kids say that Jean’s neglect of Casey caused him to get bedsores that got infected and contributed to his death. They allege that Jean was more interested in keeping Casey from them than in actually taking care of him.

    TMZ has previously reported that Jean Kasem is fighting efforts by the kids to have an autopsy performed on Casey, and had repeatedly moved his body from place to place to prevent the autopsy. Currently, Kasem’s body is said to be in Oslo, Norway. It is not only unburied, but has not been embalmed as this matter grinds on.

    Back in June, shortly after Kasem’s death, daughter Kerri Kasem said that she was “pausing” her pursuit of elder abuse charges against Jean Kasem.

    But the LAPD did confirm then that an investigator was working with Kerri on the matter.

    “A detective has been in contact and is working with Kerri Kasem ever since Mr. Casey Kasem was removed from the Berkley East Convalescent Hospital on May 7, 2014,” an LAPD spokesman said. “Recently, the investigator was contacted by Mr. [Logan] Clarke, who is working for Kerri, and he received additional information from him regarding the case.”

  • Casey Kasem To Be Buried in Norway. Why?

    Casey Kasem‘s final resting place will apparently be in Oslo, Norway. One may wonder why in the world the American Top 40 host will be buried in a locale far from his country of birth and where his family currently lives.

    It seems Kasem’s widow has decided to take his remains with her when she moves to Norway in the near future. According to a spokeswoman for the funeral agency in Oslo, Kasem’s wife, Jean Kasem, cites her Norwegian heritage as one of the reasons for wanting to bury her late husband in Norway.

    Kasem died June 15 in Washington at the age of 82. His death came after a lengthy and nasty battle among his wife and his three children from a previous marriage over the care of the beloved radio host, who was suffering from the end stages of Parkinson’s Disease.

    The spokeswoman for the funeral service agency in Oslo said Jean Kasem also told the agency she plans to move to Norway later this year and prefers to have her late husband buried nearby so she will be able to visit his grave.

    According to Danny Deraney, a Los Angeles spokesman for the Kasem family , who are fighting against Jean Kasem’s plans to bury Kasem in Norway, the body is currently in Oslo but has yet to be buried.

    Deraney said Tuesday that the family members have signed a letter saying Jean Kasem “doesn’t have an ounce of Norwegian blood” and confirmed what other friends have said — that Kasem wanted to be buried in Forest Lawn cemetery in Los Angeles.

  • Casey Kasem’s Wife Wants Him Buried In Norway

    Officials in Norway are deciding on whether to grant the request of Casey Kasem’s wife to bury his body in Oslo in the face of protests from his children. Kasem’s children from his first wife are contesting Jean Kasem’s claim that he wanted to be buried in Norway, saying that the prominent radio DJ and television host had always wanted to be buried in California, where he lived for 53 years of his life.

    A Norwegian government official told NBC News that they had recently received a letter from Kasem’s children and friends asking them not to grant the request. Oslo’s Managing Director of Funeral Service Wenche Elizabeth Madsen Eriksson said that the letter has prompted them to consult attorneys about the matter. She said that the letter claims that Kasem had wanted to be buried in Forest Lawn in Glendale and that Jean did not allow Kasem’s children to visit him for a year before his death. They reportedly claimed that Jean had no Norwegian ancestry and that she wasn’t planning to move to the country.

    Eriksson confirmed that Kasem’s remains had arrived in Oslo. “Even if the reason [Jean Kasem] gave us wasn’t right, we don’t necessarily have to reject it. Casey Kasem can still be buried in Norway. But we must consider the whole situation.”

    The burial controversy follows reports that Kasem was moved by his wife from Berkley East Convalescent Hospital several times to Las Vegas and Seattle against doctor’s orders. In June, Kasem’s daughter Kerri was appointed with conservatorship of her father by a court and she was able to move him to Washington’s St. Anthony Hospital, where he died on June 15. However, Jean reportedly claimed his remains and sent them to a funeral home for autopsy, where they stayed for a month before she moved them to Montreal, Canada before Kasem’s children could request for their own autopsy.

    “[Jean is] hiding the body away from the authorities, family and friends,” said a representative of Kerri’s.

  • Casey Kasem Still Unburied a Month Later

    The feud between Jean Kasem and Casey Kasem’s children has gone on for years. The whole thing came to an ugly head a couple of months ago when Casey’s kids declared publicly that Casey was missing. He had been in a care facility and needed medical attention. Their concern was that she had taken Casey out of the country to keep his kids from seeing him in what could have been his final days alive.

    The children then went to court get legal help finding out where the ailing actor had been taken by Jean.

    After police located Casey and Jean traveling in Washington state, the court battle raged on over whether Jean could spirit him away from his kids when he was in failing health.

    A judge allowed Kasem’s daughter, Kerri, to have him admitted to a hospital. The family feud got really bizarre when Jean Kasem threw raw hamburger meat at Kerri.

    It looked like everything had finally come to a close when Kasem died in the hospital on June 15. He was surrounded by his children. Everyone figured the battling was finished. Maybe there would be an inheritance dispute, but it was all over but the paperwork and lawyers.

    Guess again.

    Casey Kasem’s daughter, Kerri, who has been in the vanguard of the fight with Jean, has now announced that her father’s body has not yet been buried. She claims that it is at a funeral home in Tacoma, Washington. She says that Kasem’s kids want to bring his remains to California to be buried in accordance with his wishes.

    St. Anthony’s Hospital in Washington says that Jean Kasem did claim Casey’s remains, but they have no idea what happened with them after that.

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  • Kerri Kasem On Dad Casey Kasem’s Final Days

    Kerri Kasem talked earlier this week about her father Casey Kasem’s final moments. She shared some of these most private details with Access Hollywood’s Kit Hoover and Billy Bush on Monday. She had spoken earlier with the ladies on The View about her father’s passing and the ordeal that preceded his last days as well.

    Kerri told Gina and Billy about seeing her dad back in May for the first time in several months.

    “When I saw him on May 6, after not seeing him for five months because [his widow Jean] had moved him, I think, seven different times. So I did get a visit with him and that’s when she pulled him out of the home she put him in at 2:30 in the morning. When I did see him that day he was absolutely cognizant, completely aware of who my sister and I were… he talked a little bit, so he was there, completely there, he didn’t have any infection in him, he didn’t have a bed sore and then she ripped him out of there. Two weeks later I saw him and it was not good. He was going downhill fast,” she said.

    Fast forward next to just a little more than a month later–on June 15th, the day Casey Kasem passed away.

    “He was in a lot of pain and he was very sick… He did say, ‘I love you,’ and that was the last time I heard him talk,” Kerri Kasem explained. “I was there when he took his last breath… I was just so grateful that I could be there with him. I was just so happy that he didn’t die alone in a nursing home and not thinking that anybody loved him.”

    Less than a month later Kerri is planning to help others seek visitation rights of sick family members through the Kasem Cares Foundation–in memory of the American Top 40 icon.

    “The Kasem Cares foundation I started because after I went public with this I got hundreds of letters from people around the country… I kept thinking why can’t a judge just rule on visitation? Why do you have to go with a conservatorship and durable power of health? And they said there’s no law that allows a judge to rule on visitation, so I went to Sacramento. I said let’s get a law started [that would] allow a judge to rule on visitation… go to the ailing parent and say, ‘Would you like to see your kids?’ If that person says yes, boom, if the person says no, then that’s it.”

    Kudos to Kerri Kasem for working on behalf of others who might lose out on valuable time with sick loved ones. Casey Kasem no doubt knew of her actions in the last weeks of his life and was surely very proud of her. She will never regret her decision to fight for her and her sibling’s rights to see their ailing father.

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  • Casey Kasem Dies at 82 on Father’s Day

    Casey Kasem, best known for his radio show American Top 40, passed away early on Father’s Day at the age of 82. His death was confirmed earlier on Sunday by his agent Don Pitts.

    Kasem’s children Kerri, Mike, and Julie Kasem issued a joint statement about their dad’s death that was released by Casey Kasem’s rep Danny Deraney.

    “Early this Father’s Day morning, our dad Casey Kasem passed away surrounded by family and friends,” the statement reads. “Even though we know he is in a better place and no longer suffering, we are heartbroken … The world will miss Casey Kasem, an incredible talent and humanitarian; we will miss our Dad.”

    Casey Kasem had been hospitalized in Washington state for the past two weeks following court proceedings that not only put his daughter in charge of his medical decisions but also gave her permission to tell the hospital to withhold food and water during his last days. Kasem’s current wife Jean Kasem challenged both of these decisions but was overruled. She stayed away from her husband during his last two weeks even though the Kasem children urged her to come and spend these last days with her husband.

    Casey Kasem was one of the creators of American Top 40 back in the 1970s. The first show aired on July 4, 1970. The show counts down the top radio hits of the week and is now hosted by Ryan Seacrest. Seacrest posted the following about his dear friend and mentor.

    Kasem also did many radio and TV commercials–lending his distinguished voice to countless products and events. He didn’t appear on screen, however. He also provided the voice of Shaggy in the Scooby-Doo franchise for many years.

    The American music world has lost a legend. Casey Kasem was many young music enthusiasts’ first voice on the radio, introducing them to a wealth of music and sharing tidbits about the bands and their songs. Fans are missing him already.

    An autopsy won’t be performed on Kasem since a doctor was present when he passed away. Daughter Julie Kasem plans to host a memorial celebration at her Northridge, Caifornia, home on Saturday June 21 for her father. No other funeral arrangements have yet been announced.

    Casey Kasem’s last months weren’t particularly peaceful ones, even though his children certainly had his best interests at heart. May he rest in eternal peace now that his battles on earth are over.

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  • Casey Kasem: Daughter Decides to Withhold Food, Hydration, Medicine

    Casey Kasem, the 82-year-old ailing DJ whose initial claim to fame was a radio show called American Top 40, will no longer receive food, hydration, and medicine per a decision made by his daughter Kerri Kasem on Wednesday. According to a judge’s ruling earlier in the day she was granted permission to put these measures in place in an effort to switch their father’s care to a comfort oriented regimen.

    “Transitioning our father’s treatment to comfort-oriented care was one of the hardest decisions we’ve ever had to make,” Kasem’s children–Kerri and her brother and sister–said in a statement. The statement also included excerpts from their father’s heath directive which stated that he desired no form of “life-sustaining procedures, including nutrition and hydration.”

    Casey Kasem suffers from Lewy body disease which is a form of dementia displaying symptoms similar to Parkinson’s disease. In addition he has a large infected bedsore that Kerri Kasem maintains he acquired when wife Jean Kasem removed him from the country.

    The Kasem children and Jean Kasem have been in an ongoing battle over the care of Casey Kasem for quite some time. Jean Kasem long held power of attorney over her husband’s care. Kerri Kasem and her siblings sought a court order after being disallowed visitation with their father. Following the incident whereby Jean Kasem removing her husband from the country, Kerri Kasem was given authority by a judge to handle his medical affairs.

    Casey Kasem is in a Washington hospital under hospice care.

    Withholding food and water may sound cruel for people in Casey Kasem’s condition, but it isn’t. Instead it can actually prevent a patient like Kasem from developing pneumonia.

    Jean Kasem and her attorney are reportedly exploring their legal options regarding this decision made by Kerri Kasem and her siblings. They both believe that Casey Kasem is being “starved and cut off from medicine until he dies.”

    Casey Kasem clearly doesn’t have many days left on earth. It sounds like his children want him kept comfortable until he dies. If he developed pneumonia at this stage his end days would be very uncomfortable. It seems more cruel to consider a fate like that.

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  • Casey Kasem Hospitalized After Wife Throws Raw Meat

    The family feud over the care of radio icon Casey Kasem just keeps getting uglier.

    Kasem’s wife, Jean, chucked a raw piece of meat at his daughter Sunday when Kerri Kasem attempted to take the radio icon to a hospital.

    The feud is between Kasem’s children and his wife of 30 years, Jean. The family members are battling it out in court over who has the legal authority to care for the 82-year-old who is suffering from Lewy body disease, the second most common type of progressive dementia after Alzheimer’s.

    Kasem’s daughter — who won a California court order this month to become the temporary conservator for her ailing father before he went missing — won court approval from a Kitsap County, Washington, judge Friday to visit her father and take him to the doctor. Kerri visited her father Friday later in the day for the first time since he was taken to Washington state two weeks ago from a California nursing care center, according to CNN.

    As part of Friday’s court decision, the judge said Kerri could have Casey hospitalized if necessary, which is why she showed up Sunday with an ambulance at the home where he and Jean are staying.

    But, it was pretty much over-Jean’s-dead-body.

    Jean told NBC she was following a bible verse from King James when she threw the meat.

    “In the name of King David, I threw a piece of raw meat into the street in exchange for my husband to the wild rabid dogs,” she said.

    Ambulance workers finally made their way inside and took Casey to a nearby hospital.

    The Kitsap County judge granted Kerri permission Friday to visit her father one hour a day at a local home where Kasem and his wife are staying with close friends.

    “I’m not going to say anything much except that I’m happy with how the court proceedings went today,” Kerri Kasem said.

    Jean Kasem, however, was angry with the outcome of the court proceedings.

    “Shame on these children,” she told reporters.

    She then played an audio recording of what sounded like a groaning man. She told reporters the moaning came from her husband when he heard about Friday’s court activity.

    “He’s crying,” Jean Kasem said.

    “That was just so sad and wrong,” Casey’s daughter Mary Kasem said. “We don’t know if that’s him or not. But if it is, he’s probably groaning because he has stage three bed sores, a lung infection, and a bladder infection. For her to put out something like that and claim that is just awful.”

    The Washington state judge will hold another hearing June 6 on whether the California court order naming Kerri as her father’s temporary conservator is applicable in Washington state.

    Casey Kasem was the radio host of music countdown shows American Top 40 and Casey’s Top 40. Kasem was also the voice of Shaggy in the cartoon Scooby Doo and an announcer for NBC. He retired in 2009.

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  • Casey Kasem Found — What the Heck Happened?

    After days of court appearances and hand-wringing in the press, radio legend Casey Kasem has been found alive and well in Washington state.

    Kasem was with his wife, Jean Kasem. Police who located him say that he was doing fine and was receiving proper medical care for his advanced Parkinson’s condition. According to police, the Kasem’s were visiting on vacation.

    The whole thing started when Kasem’s adult children went to court to get an order from a judge to locate their father. They said he had been checked out of a medical care facility, they did not know where he was, and that his life and health were in jeopardy due to his Parkinson’s condition.

    A judge granted daughter Kerri Kasem a temporary conservatorship for her father while they tried to find him.

    The entire case seems like a false alarm, at this point. But the Kasem kids say that their stepmother is trying to keep them from their father. She says they are money-grubbing and just want his sizable estate, coming around and feigning interest in his waning years. The kids say they want none of his money.

    The feud between Jean Kasem, who has been with casey since 1980, and his kids from a previous marriage, is a longstanding fight.

    So far, there is no explanation regarding the Kasem kids’ insistence that their father should never have been removed from his care facility. They say that he is too frail for travel, and that he would have had to be transported in a plane that was specially equipped for such a condition.

    Initially, there was a concern that Kasem had been taken out of the country entirely, which really concerned his kids.

    Kasem himself is unable to speak nowadays. But in his heyday, he was the voice of American Top 40 radio, listened to each week by millions of people.

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  • Jean Kasem Hiding Casey Kasem from Family?

    Casey Kasem is a legend in radio. The man was the voice of American Top 40 in the United States throughout the childhood of many people. Others also know him as the voice of Shaggy on Scooby-Doo. But now Casey Kasem has gone missing, and wife Jean Kasem is nowhere to be found either.

    Casey Kasem is now 82, suffers from advanced Parkinson’s disease, can not speak and has to be fed through a tube. He was in an assisted living facility until recently, but Jean Kasem requested he be released. Now his own children don’t know where he is.

    Casey’s daughter, Kerri Kasem, best known for her part in the syndicated radio program Sixx Sense with Nikki Sixx, went to see Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Daniel Murphy about finding her father. Jean Kasem is her step-mother, and the two have been estranged for years. The judge ordered Kerri a temporary conservator for her dad. During the hearing, Jean Kasem’s attorney revealed that Casey had been removed from the country, but that he did not know where they were.

    “I’m just praying to God she hasn’t hurt him. He’s very ill and fragile right now. He would need an airplane with special medical services,” Kerri Kasem said.

    The judge also ordered a court investigator and adult protective services to find out where Kasem is.

    “We’re going to find him, take care of him and love him,” Kerri Kasem said. “He’s going to be with family, not stuck in some unfamiliar place where he’s dying alone.”

    In an official release from Sixx Sense, it was revealed that Kerri Kasem “is actively lobbying a Visitation Bill that would provide reasonable accommodations for adult children who want to visit their parents, and provide children the right to know when an ailing parent’s health becomes worse or if the parent dies.”

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  • Casey Kasem Missing: Did Wife Have Him Moved Out of the Country?

    Casey Kasem is reportedly missing and an investigation into his whereabouts has been launched. Several reports say his wife has had the ailing American Top 40 host moved out of the country, much to the dismay of his children. Kasem, who is 82, suffers from advanced Parkinson’s disease. He has lost his ability to speak and has spent time in a number of medical facilities his wife, Jean Kasem, has chosen.

    Judge Daniel S. Murphy of the Los Angeles Superior Court has ordered a court investigator as well as adult protective services to find out where Casey Kasem is being treated and to report those findings back to the court immediately. Kasem’s children recently complained about not being able to spend time with their ill father. An agreement between them and Jean Kasem supposedly allow the children to visit with their father on a regular basis. Jean Kasem previously kept all of Casey Kasem’s family members away from him. A court-appointed physician informed the court prior to the agreement that Kasem had expressed a desire to visit with his children. Jean Kasem agreed to visitation, but only if daughter Julie would drop her bid for a legal conservatorship, which she did.

    Judge Murphy’s order came following a statement Jean Kasem’s attorney Craig Marcus made on her behalf during a hearing on Monday. Marcus indicated that while he didn’t know exactly where Casey Kasem was, he indicated that he was no longer in the United States.

    “I have no idea where he is,” Marcus said.

    Twitter is abuzz with speculation over Kasem’s disappearance, with one person tweeting the catch phrase the popular radio host used during his American Top 40 weekly show.

    This statement caused the judge to spring into action and resulted in stunned protests from Casey Kasem’s two daughters.

    “Your statements concern me even more,” the judge told Marcus, who declined to comment any further on the matter following the hearing.

    Where do you suppose Jean Kasem has moved her husband to and why? Is she trying to get him some kind of treatment for Parkinson’s disease that isn’t available in this country or is she simply trying to prevent him from spending any time with his children?

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  • Kerri Kasem: Not Loving Visitation Agreement at All

    Kerri, Mike and Julie Kasem told the media in September that their father’s current wife was not allowing them to visit him.

    It got so bad that Casey Kasem’s ex-wife, children, friends and colleagues staged a protest in front of his home with signs declaring how much they miss and love Kasem.

    As Kasem’s Parkinson’s Disease worsened, the kids got more frantic to see him. They quickly decimated any public suspicions of seeking financial opportunities from their wealthy father; they were all trust fund recipients and now hold well-paying jobs. They are aware that they have already been cut out of the will since the new marriage and have accepted that.

    The Kasem offspring decided to take it a step further by bringing their concerns to the courts to request a conservatorship. According to the Associated Press, a settlement between the two parties has been reached to avoid that. The two younger siblings, Mike and Julie, are happy and relieved– but the eldest, Kerri Kasem is not.

    As the settlement was announced Friday, Kerri Kasem remains dissatisfied. The settlement terms are not publicized, but Kerri wishes to find an agreement that allows her to visit her father without some of those restrictions placed.

    What do you think: Is this a case of the younger, wicked step-mother trying to protect her name in the will, or a case of a wife knowing what’s best for her ailing husband? It is hoped that the affairs swirling around Casey Kasem are not causing extra distress for him as he deals with a debilitating illness.

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  • Casey Kasem: Judge Rejects Conservatorship

    Casey Kasem has been in the news a lot lately, not only for his battle with Parikinson’s disease, but also for the battle between his wife and kids.

    It was previously reported that Kasem’s wife, Jean Kasem, was keeping his children away from him. Kasem’s three eldest children, from a previous marriage, Mike, Julie, and Kerri, staged a protest outside of their father’s Los Angeles home in October, hoping they would get through to Jean and she would allow them to visit.

    “My dad is very sick, and we have been completely shut off from him for the last three months,” Kerri said last month. “There is no money issue here, we just want to see our dad. We love him, and everyone knows his kids and grandkids are a source of joy for him.”

    Soon after the protest, Julie started seeking a temporary conservatorship for her father. However, as of Tuesday, the judged ruled against it. “He’s receiving either good to excellent care,” Superior Court Judge, Lesley C. Green, stated. “I find no good cause for a temporary conservatorship.”

    While Kasem’s children are happy to hear that their father is being well taken care of, they are still trying to pursue some kind of arraignment where they can visit their father…hopefully in time for the holidays.

    “We’re not looking to provide a piecemeal solution, we’re looking to bring peace to this matter,” said Jean’s attorney Marshall Grossman. Kasem has voiced that he would like to see his children, therefore the attorneys are working to find the best possible solution for all parties.

    “As my clients haven’t had the opportunity to see their father for some months now, they were happy to learn through investigation of the court appointed expert and the probate investigator that their father was being physically well taken care of,” said Julie’s lawyer, Andrew Katzenstein. He continued, “Also they were happy that the judge focused her attention on the important issue of visitation. Mr. Kasem has a long strong and loving relationship with his adult children and we are continuing to try and reach resolution with the other side so visits can begin again.”

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  • Casey Kasem: Conservatorship Denied In Case

    In early October, Casey Kasem’s children filed a petition to gain control of the ailing American Top 40 radio legend. On Tuesday, a judge denied their conservatorship saying Kasem was receiving adequate medical care.

    Kasem’s children filed for conservatorship because they said his wife of more than 30 years, Jean, was keeping them from seeing their 81-year-old father.

    Kasem’s daughter Julie filed the petition to get temporary conservatorship of her father to make sure he was being properly cared for while suffering from Parkinson’s disease and to allow his children from his first marriage to see their father whenever they could. In October, Julie told ABC News, “I don’t want any of the money. She can have all of it…all of it and then some. Just give us our father.”

    The conservatorship was denied because Superior Court Judge Lesley Green received reports from doctors that Kasem was receiving the medical attention he needs from his home with Jean.

    Lawyers for all parties were urged to reach an agreement that would allow Kasem’s three adult children, Julie, Mike and Kerri, to visit with their father by Judge Green. While Judge Green admits there is obvious “bad blood” between the parties, Kasem has told a doctor who evaluated him that he would like to see his children.

    Jean Kasem is denying that she was completely keeping Kasem’s children from visiting with him. Her lawyer Marshall Grossman said Kasem’s children denied an arrangement allowing them to see their father once a month and on all major holidays. “Jean has offered Casey’s other adult children visitation rights on major holidays, Casey’s birthday and every three weeks. They have declined this offer and it remains open,” said Grossman.

    Grossman told Judge Green, “We’re looking to bring peace, not piecemeal,” and he hopes an agreement can be reached to keep from further court action.

    A court date for December 20, 2013 was made by Judge Green where she hopes an visitation agreement for Kasem’s children has been reached.

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  • Casey Kasem on Death Bed, According to Wife

    Casey Kasem, world-famous Top 40 host, and center of recent controversy, is very near death and has only months to live, according to TMZ. Kasem’s wife, Jean filed court documents that stated, “My husband is terminally ill and unable to leave home.” This was in the on-going legal case brought against the Kasems by former caretaker, HIlda Loza, who was suing them for claims that she was mistreated and cheated by Jean during her employment with the couple.

    Jean did not appear at the hearing. The wife of her lawyer appeared on Jean’s behalf. The woman told the judge that Jean wanted a continuance for a few months because that’s how long it will take for “the situation to resolve or end, unfortunately”, alluding to Casey’s impending death.

    This is not the first time Jean Kasem has made headlines for her dealings with her husband, who suffers from advanced Parkinson’s disease. At the beginning of October, Kasem’s three older children were accusing Jean of prohibitting them from seeing their 81-year-old, ailing father. They protested outside the Kasem home, and had the cops called on them.

    They claimed the protest had nothing to do with money. Kerri, his daughter, said she wants to send a message to her dad: “Your children are here for you. We have not abandoned you.”

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    A few days later, Casey’s children filed a legal petition to gain control of his healthcare. The petition states that Kasem is suffering from advanced Parkinson’s disease, and is being isolated from his friends, family members and children, by his wife. The filing for conservatorship was submitted by Julie, Kerri and Mike Kasem, and says that Jean refuses to reveal the name of Casey’s primary care physician.

    What a disgraceful mess to mar the radio icon’s last days. It remains to be seen if his stubborn wife will cooperate and let Casey’s kids have a role in their father’s life in these last few precious moments. I have a feeling she’ll regret it if she doesn’t…

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  • Kasem’s Kids File for Control of His Health Care

    The three adult children of radio host Casey Kasem have filed a legal petition to gain control of his health care, after unsuccessfully staging a protest outside of the former radio host’s Los Angeles mansion on October 1, in an attempt to convince their step-mother Jean to let them see him.

    The petition states that Kasem is suffering from advanced Parkinson’s disease, and is being isolated from his friends, family members and children, by his wife. The filing for conservatorship was submitted by Julie, Kerri and Mike Kasem, and says that Jean refuses to reveal the name of Casey’s primary care physician.

    Kemal Amin “Casey” Kasem, 81, is known for hosting the nationally syndicated Top 40 countdown show “American Top 40” and for voicing the character Shaggy in the Saturday morning cartoon franchise Scooby-Doo.

    Daughter Julie Kasem, who has a master’s in medicine, along with her husband Dr. Jamil Aboulhosn, showed papers signed by Casey himself in 2007, which granted them the power of attorney over is health care, if a situation arose to where he couldn’t make any decisions himself. Still, former actress Jean, the former radio show host’s wife of 30 years, won’t even let his kids near him.

    The petition also suggests that Kasem might be suffering from early-onset Parkinson’s dementia, adding that “The proposed conservatee has the ability to shuffle short distances, but is mainly bedridden and requires the assistance of a wheelchair to move any distance,” the court papers state.

    Court documents also reveal that Julie Kasem has extensive experience in caring for elderly patients, and worked for five years caring for terminally ill veterans. Her husband is cardiovascular doctor. Attorney Andrew N. Katzenstein, hired by the Kasem children, has no comment.

    All three elder Kasem children admit that they haven’t had the best relationship with Jean, and Julie states, “I don’t want any of his money, I don’t want his estate, I don’t want anything – I simply want to see my father on a regular basis . . . give him a hug, hold his hand, give him a massage, put a smile on his face. It’s that simple.”

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  • Jean Kasem will not let her Husband’s Kids Visit him

    His name may not ring an immediate bell, but his voice sure would. Casey Kasem has hosted “America’s Top 40”, one of the most widely listened to radio shows, for decades. Now, at age 81, he is battling the advanced stages of Parkinson’s disease, and his wife, Jean Kasem, is not allowing his children to visit him.

    Casey’s three eldest children, from a previous marriage, Mike, Julie, and Kerri, staged a protest outside of their father’s Los Angeles mansion on October 1, trying to convince their step-mother to let them see their father.

    “My dad is very sick, and we have been completely shut off from him for the last three months,” Kerri said. “There is no money issue here, we just want to see our dad. We love him, and everyone knows his kids and grandkids are a source of joy for him.”

    Casey’s will does not name his children as beneficiaries, but they say that is not the reason
    they want to see him. They all have very good jobs and trust funds of their own, and say money is not an issue.

    “Look, people fight and they don’t like each other, and that’s fine. But it’s cruel to keep us from seeing our dad,” Kerri said. “We don’t want any money from Jean. We don’t care about that. We were raised well, and we support ourselves.”

    All three children admit that they haven’t had the best relationship with Jean, but say it is cruel to keep them away from their father.

    “I don’t want any of his money, I don’t want his estate, I don’t want anything,” Julie said. “I simply want to see my father on a regular basis . . . give him a hug, hold his hand, give him a massage, put a smile on his face. It’s that simple.”

    Along with Casey’s children, the group protesting included many of Casey’s friends and co-workers. Jean immediately called the police to keep the group away from her home.

    “They said it was a ‘high alert’ call. I guess my dad’s 70-year-old friends are a threat,” Kerri said. “Most of them were just sitting there.”

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  • Casey Kasem’s Wife Won’t Let Kids See Him

    Casey Kasem, the most widely-recognized voice on radio, and host of America’s Top 40 for many a decade, is in serious condition. The 81-year-old suffers from advanced Parkinson’s Disease, and is homebound, in the care of his wife of 33 years, Jean. But reportedly, Jean and her stepkids, if you can call them that as adults, have a long nasty history, and Casey’s children aren’t allowed in to see him at all, according to TMZ.

    Kerri, Julie, and Mike, Casey’s three oldest children, were with a group of Casey’s friends, family, and former co-workers outside his Holmby Hills (a swanky neighborhood in Los Angeles next to Beverly Hills) home. The small group of protesters were standing around, holding signs that read “Let Casey See His Kids,” and “Why?” when Jean called the police to have them driven off yesterday. Apparently Casey hasn’t been heard from in three months and his children are extremely concerned and agitated.

    Casey’s brother says that he hasn’t spoken to Jean in the 33 years that she has been married to Casey, and Kerri, 41, Casey’s daughter, says it’s not at all about the money. They knew long ago that they are not included in their dad’s will. They just want to see their dad and make sure he’s ok. She wants to send a message to her dad: “Your children are here for you. We have not abandoned you.”

    “Look, people fight and they don’t like each other, and that’s fine. But it’s cruel to keep us from seeing our dad,” she told the New York Daily News. “We don’t want any money from Jean. We don’t care about that. We were raised well, and we support ourselves.”

    “My dad is very sick, and we have been completely shut off from him for the last three months,” she said. “There is no money issue here, we just want to see our dad. We love him, and everyone knows his kids and grandkids are a source of joy for him.”

    Kerri believes that the isolation could be making her father’s condition worse. Will the family of the radio legend be able to make amends and get along while he is still alive so that when he dies, it can be in peace? That remains to be seen.

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