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.
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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