Duke Estate Scandal - The Will: Family Secrets Revealed - S01 EP08 - Reality TV

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  • Опубликовано: 6 янв 2024
  • Uncover the shocking secrets surrounding Doris Duke's billion-dollar estate as accusations of theft, corruption, and murder swirl. When Doris passes away under suspicious circumstances, her butler, Bernard Lafferty, takes control, raising questions about his true intentions. The battle for her wealth ensues, revealing a tangled web of greed and manipulation. Explore the dramatic events leading to Lafferty's unexpected role as executor and trustee, and the contested will that exposes a complex and troubling narrative. Discover the truth behind Doris Duke's final days in this compelling episode of The Will: Family Secrets Revealed.
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Комментарии • 129

  • @mybooks1733
    @mybooks1733 3 месяца назад +49

    He encouraged her to get plastic surgery at age 70. All he wanted was for her to die quickly and unnecessary surgery in old age is harder to recover from

  • @kambrose1549
    @kambrose1549 3 месяца назад +60

    That smooth talking lawyer nakes me want to run a mile. He put a little spin on everything in favour of his client. A clever manipulator. They wree made for each other

    • @joanfourie1753
      @joanfourie1753 3 месяца назад +6

      Creepy Creepy

    • @user-vp1eq9oy5z
      @user-vp1eq9oy5z 2 месяца назад +2

      His best client ever.😂

    • @thebelissima64
      @thebelissima64 2 месяца назад +4

      I can't stand him, either. That's the kind of lawyer who would defend serial killers.

    • @bravolima7394
      @bravolima7394 Месяц назад

      The only competition lawyers have in lies are politicians

    • @user-ym7ui6hc6y
      @user-ym7ui6hc6y Месяц назад

      Total slime bag.

  • @olasmith8132
    @olasmith8132 3 месяца назад +30

    Sometimes we think as parents we would like to set our children for life financially, but perhaps the very best we can do for our children is to support them through helping them to discover what their best skills, interests and abilities are, to help them discover how to keep their health, to support them in their struggles to become capable, self sufficient, self supporting humans...but even then, old age can still harm our beloved children, the world can be such a dismal place....such a sad tale that often befalls the children of wealth.

    • @dianet2702
      @dianet2702 2 месяца назад +1

      Bcs it is there where the demons work harder. This is why wealth is such a great burden and not easy to handle.
      Many end up in the labyrinth of evil willingly or not.

  • @user-mn7xh9fi1q
    @user-mn7xh9fi1q 3 месяца назад +79

    He drank himself to death and also drugs nothing to do with a broken heart

    • @marirothbauer5407
      @marirothbauer5407 2 месяца назад +8

      Do not agree a broken 💙 can cause thoes problems.
      Doris was a cautious person.
      I think the Dr. giving her all thoes drugs should be prosecuted at her age morphine.. Really. As Daddy said " Trust Noone"
      She forgot thoes words.

    • @nouvel0001
      @nouvel0001 2 месяца назад +2

      The shock of losing all that money killed him. He hired the best lawyers & he did everything possible to lay his hands on the wealth & despite all his efforts losing it all would have been devastating

    • @user-oe1mb9hu9i
      @user-oe1mb9hu9i Месяц назад

      @@nouvel0001 Well she was cremated instead of being buried at sea and her signature was also not notaried and was different as if she were under the influence AND she was a savvy business woman who knew exactly WHY the money should be left with TWO exucutors rather than one - simply so that her final wishes and foundations would be carried out as SHE wished and not run the risk of her butler doing whatever he pleased.
      Too many coincidences.
      This said: 4.5M plus a salary of 0.5M per year - Wasn't that way enough for him and if he DID really think he'd been hard done by; he should have just taken that and left the sharks to themselves.
      He himself had Nobody so it's only normal he left everything to the only foundation he knew. The Duke Foundation.

    • @leelajapheth4051
      @leelajapheth4051 Месяц назад

      Who?

  • @texasrefugee7888
    @texasrefugee7888 3 месяца назад +29

    😂"when people are vulnerable lawyers get involved "😅 Come on. You mean when there are deep pockets, lawyers get involved.

  • @eh-i1841
    @eh-i1841 3 месяца назад +27

    The doctor never thought to tell the police about Doris’s worries.Never even acknowledged that it may be true.

    • @spinrash6000
      @spinrash6000 2 месяца назад

      Why in the world did they doctor give her all that narcotics knowing it will decrease her respiration and die. Criminals in every level

  • @juliandilling2702
    @juliandilling2702 3 месяца назад +24

    I never believe anything a defence lawyer says

  • @catherinegriessel56
    @catherinegriessel56 2 месяца назад +23

    Money don't buy happiness but you can live in misery comfortably 😂😂😂

  • @tresaholmes4868
    @tresaholmes4868 3 месяца назад +42

    The one defending the Butler is pathetic. I assume he didn't get as big a pay day as he wanted.

  • @teresatv9209
    @teresatv9209 3 месяца назад +75

    The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation has been operating since 1996. It funds the arts, medical research, the environment and child well- being. In 2021 it had $2.6 billion. Our Australian medical research team got a grant from it.

    • @eh-i1841
      @eh-i1841 3 месяца назад +11

      That’s amazing.Everlasting philanthropy.Wonderful.

    • @myopinion6092
      @myopinion6092 3 месяца назад +8

      so sad any of this money is wasted on the .lol arts....shameful

    • @marilougo6084
      @marilougo6084 3 месяца назад

      Wasnt Imelda Marcos borrowed $5M from Duke for Marcos lawyers? It was all in newspapers

  • @E-Kat
    @E-Kat 3 месяца назад +12

    It's so much better when the music dies down occasionally.

    • @Blackcat12853
      @Blackcat12853 2 месяца назад +1

      People seem to confuse a channel on RUclips with info stories with movies where dramatic music is added. Hate it 😮😮😮

  • @deniseb4426
    @deniseb4426 3 месяца назад +14

    Haven't we seen it again and again and again in the history of Humanity? Too much money brings disgrace. Give most of it to charities around the world, find a place you really love, and live a comfortable life.

    • @spinrash6000
      @spinrash6000 2 месяца назад +1

      Tell no one what you are worth. As a former nurse no way I would administer such drugs. I’m the type to call the police 😂😂😂Lol

  • @silkwebspider7506
    @silkwebspider7506 5 месяцев назад +34

    Interesting!, also interesting is Christopher mason as himself!, such a beautiful voice, and caring individual..

    • @whanuipuru4446
      @whanuipuru4446 3 месяца назад +2

      I was surprised to see and hear Christopher Mason in this video.
      Who is he a friend too? Duke or Lafferty?
      Im perplexed and I may add suspicious of his inclusion!

    • @saracreaney
      @saracreaney 2 месяца назад +1

      I love his voice. Compared to when he is presenting.

    • @saracreaney
      @saracreaney 2 месяца назад +1

      Friend to the decased lady.

  • @mybooks1733
    @mybooks1733 3 месяца назад +36

    The butler is a snake

  • @user-jp9wd4dd8s
    @user-jp9wd4dd8s 3 месяца назад +11

    I visited the Duke Family Farm in NJ 6 years ago and this was an interesting documentary.

  • @ada-zionezukanma8275
    @ada-zionezukanma8275 3 месяца назад +36

    BOTTOM LINE:
    Money AND Wealth ALONE do not bring Peace, Joy or Happiness.

    • @jeike6435
      @jeike6435 2 месяца назад +3

      Money makes things easier .....

    • @ada-zionezukanma8275
      @ada-zionezukanma8275 Месяц назад

      @@jeike6435
      Material things, yes, but, it does not solve ALL problems.
      As for me, the Joy of money or wealth is to use it to help those in need.

  • @mariapyrc6862
    @mariapyrc6862 3 месяца назад +17

    Excellently told story. With a happy ending of granting a dying womans wishes in the end.

    • @dianet2702
      @dianet2702 3 месяца назад +3

      A murdered woman.

    • @mariapyrc6862
      @mariapyrc6862 3 месяца назад +1

      ​​@@dianet2702it was never a trial about being murdered. You can also blame her doctors for over medicating her to death which is what doctors do at end of life patients.

  • @MariaMaria-jn8cx
    @MariaMaria-jn8cx 3 месяца назад +9

    Jesus Christ! How insane can someone be!

  • @ylocoslovakia
    @ylocoslovakia 3 месяца назад +15

    On a side note, Doris was chums with former Philippine First lady Imelda Marcos and helped bail her out of her racketeering charges by loaning her $5million while they were exiled in Hawaii which was never paid back and has now doubled counting interest.

    • @dianet2702
      @dianet2702 3 месяца назад +5

      Oh , so she was really a wonderful person who helped other wonderful people out of their misery 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
      This explains how come she enjoyed the presence of such a thing in her life ,thing which in the end helped her meet her dad before time.

    • @carmeldelaney1086
      @carmeldelaney1086 3 месяца назад +3

      Shark Lawyers on both sides!

    • @mish4164
      @mish4164 2 месяца назад +2

      Imelda spent it on shoes! 😂😊🇦🇺. Thanks, an interesting detail.

    • @ralphramirez6286
      @ralphramirez6286 Месяц назад

      Doris graciously offered 5 million to be used as bail and guess what, First Lady Imelda Marcos won the trial! She visited and personally thanked Doris Duke in her mansion. That's true friendship based on decades of kindness and mutual admiration. Mrs. Marcos hosts Doris in her every trip to the Philippines.

    • @lynlane2520
      @lynlane2520 Месяц назад

      Christopher Mason!

  • @terrylovesenegal
    @terrylovesenegal 2 месяца назад +6

    Conclusion: if you are rich make sure your house is in order as there will be thousands of sharks out to get your inheritance.

    • @spinrash6000
      @spinrash6000 2 месяца назад

      Right if you have money give it to your charity before you die

  • @MissyB-M
    @MissyB-M 3 месяца назад +7

    She trusted the butler more than she did the doctor or lawyers!

  • @RP6575most
    @RP6575most Месяц назад +2

    Either Lafferty’s lawyer won’t admit defeat because it would mean that he was on the wrong side of the law or he’s completely naive. 😮

  • @saracreaney
    @saracreaney 2 месяца назад +6

    Personally if that man was that simple. The Duke should of chosen someone else.
    Talk about sour grapes with that defence attorney slating the judge.

  • @Inquisitor2024
    @Inquisitor2024 3 месяца назад +12

    "She was a hollowed out creature" 😂😂

  • @ioanamaria309
    @ioanamaria309 3 месяца назад +6

    She was such a beauty! Justice was served regarding the money! The rest is history!

  • @hirainawhaanga6253
    @hirainawhaanga6253 3 месяца назад +18

    The money is not the sadness
    What is sad is was not able to enjoy a real family life. No children no livein lover or husband . Don't know about cousins. ? Sad

    • @spinrash6000
      @spinrash6000 2 месяца назад

      She could of adopt in her younger years.

  • @dmsmiles4044
    @dmsmiles4044 2 месяца назад +4

    Not watched this all yet... But sounds like money brings insecurities with friends but simehow she latched on to a crook!

  • @MercyKangethe-fz7zo
    @MercyKangethe-fz7zo 2 месяца назад +5

    I love the Judge.

  • @judithwhite6148
    @judithwhite6148 3 месяца назад +7

    KARMA FOR BERNARD. You reap what you sow.

  • @dafinker3443
    @dafinker3443 3 месяца назад +12

    Yes 👏👏👏 Christopher Mason a fine fellow

  • @auroritamanuel5078
    @auroritamanuel5078 Месяц назад +1

    May you rest in peace.❤❤❤

  • @realsabrina9362
    @realsabrina9362 2 месяца назад +4

    "The love of money is the root of all evil." The Bible.😔🤢🤮

  • @user-bs2vk2gh6k
    @user-bs2vk2gh6k 2 месяца назад +3

    She appears to have led an empty life, nothing to leave behind, but houses and money, and angry greedy hyenas fighting over the bones

    • @marirothbauer5407
      @marirothbauer5407 2 месяца назад +2

      Doris feared cremation???? Your soul has left your body you do not feel anything. I would hate the thought of a beautuful expensive coffin with a rotting body inside being eaten up 😱 Cremation any day plus less expensive. You can have your body taken straight to the Crematorium for Cremation simple.

  • @user-mq2kt1kx1c
    @user-mq2kt1kx1c 2 месяца назад +3

    Did she ever have a funeral, or was she just cremated with no one there. If so that incredibly sad.

  • @annwandia1632
    @annwandia1632 3 месяца назад +11

    Clearly the Butler was a master manipulator.

    • @user-mq2kt1kx1c
      @user-mq2kt1kx1c 2 месяца назад +3

      And you don’t need any intelligence for that! Bless her what a horrible end she had.

  • @krisbest6405
    @krisbest6405 3 месяца назад +2

    Hard to make a decision on the full truth but the butler was well taken care of and they used each other i my eyes. Having Companionship is a wonderful way to go out

  • @davidc3839
    @davidc3839 Месяц назад +1

    Lafferty is described as simple. In fact, he is a very clever and deceitful man. Lafferty had seen people being written out of the Will and he shortened her life. The right decision was to remove him as guardian. The lawyer is paid to say whatever. Her father did her no favours with his advice to trust no one.

  • @BrownyBird
    @BrownyBird Месяц назад +1

    I just finished my divorce with the most cunning person you ever met and I can tell you all I walked away with almost nothing. I just wanted over and give to my children the peace they deserved since the day they were born. My ex is an successful lawyer, but Gosh you better stay away from him. Anyway money didn't change me so it was easy for me to walk away from it. That's why I don't understand why people are so attached to money. Why lol for it? Why to betray for it? I will never understand!

  • @maggiefitzgerald1276
    @maggiefitzgerald1276 3 месяца назад +3

    Fascinating
    I had heard the story up to her death.
    All the legal action is new to me.

  • @456inthemix
    @456inthemix Месяц назад

    When is a contract void or voidable? A contract is void if it violates a legal prohibition, violates common decency or is missing essential parts of the contract. It is voidable if it came about through deception, threats or error.

  • @gloriatorome6435
    @gloriatorome6435 Месяц назад +2

    I liked the movie of this Bernard and Doris. With Susan Saradon and Ralph Fiennes

  • @kyleanuar9090
    @kyleanuar9090 3 месяца назад +3

    Doris could have lived to a hundred under her doctor's care.

  • @lindacosta3265
    @lindacosta3265 3 месяца назад +21

    The Butler’s lawyer is disgusting and appears here too much. He is merely a hiena…

    • @user-lo1iz8tj1v
      @user-lo1iz8tj1v 3 месяца назад +3

      Yes, a hyena.

    • @user-lx3cq7wj3w
      @user-lx3cq7wj3w 3 месяца назад +2

      What a sad story ....no one will ever know what she really wanted

  • @Kernowyon
    @Kernowyon Месяц назад

    Dr. Now been branching out in Houston 😅

  • @kualumpurzagreb3408
    @kualumpurzagreb3408 Месяц назад +1

    Behind Mansion Walls...Christopher Mason.
    True Life story.

  • @maryrussell6072
    @maryrussell6072 2 месяца назад +2

    That was one devious butler,I hope he got nothing in the end.

    • @marirothbauer5407
      @marirothbauer5407 2 месяца назад

      He received $1.4million which he willed to Charity.

    • @marirothbauer5407
      @marirothbauer5407 2 месяца назад +2

      Sorry ur was $4.1 million so he done well but the stress killed him lawyers can do that.

  • @CRAZYcat1515
    @CRAZYcat1515 Месяц назад +1

    Justice was served

  • @lynnwalker9935
    @lynnwalker9935 3 месяца назад +13

    What a sad life Doris Duke
    Had
    1 didn't know who was genuine and who wasn't
    As for the rest
    Wow so many twists and tails
    Hope they
    Are resting safely in God's arms
    So many problems money brings

    • @myopinion6092
      @myopinion6092 3 месяца назад +4

      money did Not bring any problems!! it was greed and dishonesty of low moral humans

  • @joyeleazar8893
    @joyeleazar8893 3 месяца назад +11

    Clearly, lots of money is unhealthy, mentally.

    • @myopinion6092
      @myopinion6092 3 месяца назад +3

      Not at all!! it's the lack of intelligence and surrounding yourself with dishonest greedy people.

  • @VeekoReal_space
    @VeekoReal_space Месяц назад

    Once one decides to make a living through the lenses and camera of the Social media, then the second part of this is left for the public through reactions and an extensive coverage of whatever was unconsciously left behind to make meaning of a complete story. The interview was well covered and soft pedal by Masubo1.

  • @sphumendlovu7482
    @sphumendlovu7482 Месяц назад

    Aybo maeh niyithathaphi imali engaka nina nodwa🙆🙆

  • @sunflower-im7lo
    @sunflower-im7lo 3 месяца назад +2

    I dont trust that lawyer, the daughter and the butler

  • @MercyKangethe-fz7zo
    @MercyKangethe-fz7zo 2 месяца назад +1

    No peace for the wicked. That butler was a thief.

  • @melaniamonicacraciun9900
    @melaniamonicacraciun9900 3 месяца назад +2

    Let's invite movie producers enjoy such inspirations when real life is..out of any imagination, let's invite everybody let these creepy stories go worthy, at least profits and incomes might be used to give some compensation victims, get in action everybody plizzzzzz ❤🎉❤

  • @maryrussell6072
    @maryrussell6072 2 месяца назад

    Sorry have to .Who sleeps like that,my beds like a war was like taken place.😂😂

  • @leelajapheth4051
    @leelajapheth4051 Месяц назад

    Exhumed Doris body. Do an autopsy

  • @maureenwright5151
    @maureenwright5151 2 месяца назад

    In some respects, pleased I have no money to give out or expect to come in.

  • @noelzydee2636
    @noelzydee2636 2 месяца назад

    Defense lawyer is a joke. Just saw right through Lafferty's childlike behavior. Defending him for nothing and in the end died for nothing.

  • @corneliuscornia4436
    @corneliuscornia4436 3 месяца назад +1

    Luck of the Irish😊

  • @margiehelberg4594
    @margiehelberg4594 2 месяца назад +2

    Doris ... no fool like an old fool. Lafferty's lawyer is talking through his ... er, nose

  • @kerry418
    @kerry418 3 месяца назад +6

    Mr Lafferty was treated very badly . He died and yet left everything to the foundation.

  • @user-wq9wd6qg6t
    @user-wq9wd6qg6t Месяц назад

    Lavatory is a drunken fruit, what a piece of work!

  • @jenniferbailey5914
    @jenniferbailey5914 3 месяца назад +6

    Karma!

  • @markpeachey7942
    @markpeachey7942 Месяц назад

    Lawyers are like a pack of wolves anything for money

  • @maximhollandnederlandthene7640
    @maximhollandnederlandthene7640 2 месяца назад

    Always the butler. 😅
    Old times or still the same. 🤔

  • @shadesofcoloursltd1362
    @shadesofcoloursltd1362 2 месяца назад

    I disagree with Lefarty"s lawyer

  • @eamonnleyden7040
    @eamonnleyden7040 2 месяца назад

    Looks like they done a job on the butler

  • @laikiugarland1082
    @laikiugarland1082 2 месяца назад +1

    howard can not be trusted in my opinion

  • @catherinegriessel56
    @catherinegriessel56 2 месяца назад

    65m, she should gave got more, are you having a😂

  • @homebuddha
    @homebuddha Месяц назад

    Undecided. Interesting mechanics. Clearly both sides were looking out for Dori’s best interests and the interests of the trust. Doris’s distrust continued after her death through the people defending what she stood for.

  • @leelajapheth4051
    @leelajapheth4051 Месяц назад

    Doris has no cousins?

  • @maryrussell6072
    @maryrussell6072 2 месяца назад

    To say she was insane is not only cruel but unnecessary the lady is dead.We all have different ways from others.

  • @ireneesch8555
    @ireneesch8555 3 месяца назад +7

    I wouldn't trust Demopopoulos further than I could throw him.

  • @bravolima7394
    @bravolima7394 Месяц назад +1

    No......karma caught up with him