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Oct. 4, 2018

Steinbeck heir won’t pay judgment, argues she fears homelessness

Saying she fears bankruptcy and homelessness, Gail Knight Steinbeck, the widow of author John Steinbeck's son, has refused to pay a federal jury's March order of $13.15 million for disrupting film deals for East of Eden and The Grapes of Wrath, according to court documents filed earlier this week.

Steinbeck heir won’t pay judgment, argues she fears homelessness
A photograph of the author at the Salinas National Steinbeck Center in 2017.

Saying she fears bankruptcy and homelessness, Gail Knight Steinbeck, the widow of author John Steinbeck’s son, has refused to pay a federal jury’s March order of $13.15 million for disrupting film deals for East of Eden and The Grapes of Wrath, according to court documents filed earlier this week.

Attorneys for Waverly Scott Kaffaga, daughter of John Steinbeck’s late third wife, filed restraining and assignment orders in July hopin...

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