Elder
abuse is a serious matter, and no one is immune to it. Not even a famous,
award-winning novelist like Harper Lee, who authored To Kill a Mockingbird.
Lee,
who is now 88 years old, is set to release her second novel, Go Set a Watchman, which she actually
wrote over 50 years ago. While the news of a second novel set-off a buzz on
social media, many Mockingbird fans expressed
skepticism on the reasons behind the release.
Lee
currently resides in an assisted living facility and is said to be in declining
health – is it possible that she could have not
knowingly consented to the release of
the second novel? The New York Times recently reported that there is at
least one complaint of elder abuse at Lee’s assisted living facility connected
to the book’s release, and Alabama state officials are now investigating the
claims.
Officials
interviewed Lee in February, as well as employees of her assisted living
facility and some of her friends following the unspecified complaint tied it to
the publication of Go Set a Watchman.
Allegedly,
Lee “appeared capable of understanding questions and provided cogent answers to
investigators," according to the Times report. However, writer Marja Mills
wrote a book chronicling the 18 months she spent living next to Lee. Alice Lee,
Harper Lee’s elder sister, added to Mills’ transcript that Harper, “doesn’t
know from one minute to the other what she’s told anybody.”
For
her part, Harper Lee has yet to speak directly to reporters about the new novel
or about her mental state. The closest she has come to commenting on either is
in a two-word statement she gave after receiving a letter from an Alabama
reporter: “Go Away!”
Fausone
Bohn, LLP Michigan Elder Abuse Attorneys can help you and your family with your
elder abuse claim. If you feel that your parents or grandparents have been
subject to abuse, coercion, or fraud at a nursing home or an assisted living
facility, give us a call today at 248-468-4536.
Read
more on the issue here: https://www.yahoo.com/music/s/alabama-investigates-claim-elder-abuse-over-harper-lee-071922680.html
And in
the Washington Post:
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