Estranged Ringling Bros. Circus Heirs Enter a Legal Ring of Fire
Karen Feld and her dog Campari are seen at her home in Washington.Bob Burgess
By: Madison Gray
The heirs to The Greatest Show on Earth are apparently experiencing what is perhaps the saddest trial on earth. It involves two siblings whose father has brought wonder and amazement to generations of children.Karen Feld, 63, is suing her younger brother Kenneth, 62, for $110 million for assault. But the litigation has its roots in the estrangement of the two offspring of Irving Feld, who owned Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. Feld groomed his son for the family business from a young age, but his will cut his daughter out of it more than two decades ago.
The late multimillionaire owned Feld Entertainment, which Kenneth now runs, and its holdings include Disney on Ice, drag racing and monster truck shows. But the younger Feld is fiercely private about the family, and in his sister's lawsuit he is accused of trying to control his sister for fear she will reveal damaging secrets about their father, according to an Associated Press report.
Karen Feld said her brother had bodyguards attack her and throw her out of their aunt's bereavement ritual, inflicting injury that required surgery. Kenneth Feld has filed a counterclaim for trespassing.Read more: http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/05/06/estranged-ringling-bros-circus-heirs-enter-a-legal-ring-of-fire/#ixzz1LcAvWs4F
The late multimillionaire owned Feld Entertainment, which Kenneth now runs, and its holdings include Disney on Ice, drag racing and monster truck shows. But the younger Feld is fiercely private about the family, and in his sister's lawsuit he is accused of trying to control his sister for fear she will reveal damaging secrets about their father, according to an Associated Press report.
Karen Feld said her brother had bodyguards attack her and throw her out of their aunt's bereavement ritual, inflicting injury that required surgery. Kenneth Feld has filed a counterclaim for trespassing.Read more: http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/05/06/estranged-ringling-bros-circus-heirs-enter-a-legal-ring-of-fire/#ixzz1LcAvWs4F
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