The legal battle between supermodel Hilary Rhoda and her mother has gotten nasty.
The beauty’s mom and former manager, Marianne — who, Hilary claims in the suit, stole money from her — blames her daughter’s husband, former NHL player Sean Avery, for the creating the rift.
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“Hilary has been sold a bill of goods in a desperate attempt and need
by (Avery) to take over every aspect of Hilary’s life,” spat a source
close to the family. “Which included a campaign to create doubt in her
mother’s representation of her in order to isolate and estrange her from
her mother.”
The suit filed in Manhattan Federal Court in 2014 claims that Marianne,
who has managed her daughter’s career since she was 15, “improperly
seized — and then abused — enormous power over Hilary’s finances.”
Marianne alleges in her own court papers that Avery— who married Hilary (pictured with him) this past October — squeezed Marianne out to replace her as Hilary’s manager with his own advisors.
“Allegations against Marianne are unsupported and are the predictable
mudslinging by Avery to discredit (her),” claimed the source.
The source said the one-time momager outright denies the allegation that she stole $1 million from her daughter.
The insider says that the million dollar wire transfer from her account
described in the court filing was “proven to be two transactions of
$600,000 and $400,000 that were transferred into another corporate
account owned by Hilary.” The source claims the money was never
transferred to Marianne.
Marianne’s court filings also deny her daughter’s claims that she
forged her daughter’s signature to move funds and diverted “substantial”
funds for her own retirement.
Calling the claims “ludicrous,” the source said, “This was a two-person
retirement plan of which Hilary was a plan participant which created as izable retirement for her and she was well aware of it from the start.”
Marianne has filed a countersuit.
Reached by Confidenti@l for comment, Marianne said: “It’s extremely sad
when someone works so hard to come between a mother and a daughter and
then decides to make it into a public matter. This is not a true and
accurate story being told, and it’s a shame that such lies can be
written in a lawsuit and the press picks it up as if it is truth.”
Hilary
Rhoda and Sean Avery
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The model’s lawyer, John Rosenberg, said: “Hilary prefers to address
these matter in the court proceedings rather than in the media
accordingly she will have no comment other than to state that she made
every effort to resolve these privately with her mother, that her mother
was unwilling to do so and that regretably she was left with no choice
but to obtain relief through the courts.”
Reps for Avery declined to comment.
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