Angelique Buddy, who cozied up with Kim Kardashian, Kylie Jenner, and Kathy Hilton accused of fraud

A fiduciary who posed with the Kardashians and lived a lifetime of luxurious was stealing from the purchasers that trusted her to care for their rich property, an explosive new lawsuit reveals.

Angelique Buddy is accused of ripping off Patricia Mettler by overseeing a belief that was giving kickbacks to her husband by way of her firm Probate Companies Inc. positioned in Camarillo, CA.

Mettler, a Southern California Alzheimer’s affected person, was ill when Buddy was put answerable for her belief in 2021.

“She was unable to report the place she was born and raised, or to recall both the title of the highschool she attended or when she graduated. She was unable to recall prior employment, particulars of prior relationships, or the names of her kids,” court docket papers mentioned.

Buddy instantly employed Towngate In-Residence Companies, an organization owned by her husband David Esquibias to take care of Mettler, in keeping with the paperwork.

The property paid Towngate a staggering $1,110,000 over the just about 4 yr interval they cared for her. On the identical time Buddy paid herself over $165,000, making the overall bounty $1,275,860.34, the papers say.

In the meantime, social media posts present Buddy dwelling it up. In a single shot she poses with Kim Kardashian and Kylie Jenner on the 2022 Baby2Baby Gala in LA with the caption “Essentially the most extraordinary night.”

One other submit reveals her cozying as much as Kathy Hilton and thanking her for a beautiful vacation celebration, the 2 are each in pajamas and smiling in entrance of a large Christmas tree.

The lawsuit accuses Buddy of not making anybody conscious of the hiring of her husband together with Mettler’s legal professional.

“If a trustee has a battle of curiosity, and the beneficiary is incapacitated, the trustee can fulfill the requisite consent wanted to keep away from breach by both searching for court docket approval, disclosing the breach to a authorized consultant of the beneficiary, or searching for appointment of such a authorized consultant” the lawsuit says. 

The papers allege, “That Buddy did none of those or, if she did, they have been inadequate to bar her from legal responsibility for breach.”

It goes on to say that “even when Townsgate acquired compensation at a fee that was truthful and inside commonplace charges of similarly-provided care locally, neither of this stuff will defend Buddy from legal responsibility for her breach.”

Esquibias, her husband, is a lawyer who’s LinkedIn web page states he’s “Licensed by the State Bar of California as a Specialist in Property Planning, Belief and Probate Regulation.”

Probate Companies Inc’s web site advertises “integrity, and experience in your time of want.”

“Angelique Buddy additionally emphasizes the significance of understanding legal professional fiduciary obligation and moral property administration. When somebody is accountable for managing an property, they have to act in the most effective pursuits of the beneficiaries whereas following strict authorized pointers,” it says.

Calls to the corporate weren’t instantly returned.

Kinfolk are asking for Buddy to be eliminated as trustee, and asking for return of all property “improperly disbursed.” They’re additionally asking for legal professional charges to be paid.

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