Amid public triumph, private turmoil for Marvel’s Stan Lee

Lhis affairs. A series of court hearings for Morgan next week on the false emergency charges, a probation violation on an unrelated case that his arrest triggered, and the restraining order, may bring clarity.

Morgan, 42, did not respond to multiple emails seeking comment, and his cell phone has not been accepting messages for weeks.

But shortly after the restraining order, he tweeted :

“For over 10 years I have shown nothing but love, respect & kindness to Stan Lee, & his wife, a fact he has repeated countless times. I have NEVER EVER abused my dear friend. Everything you read in the #FakeNews is pure malicious lies & I will 100 percent prove it.”

Lallas and a lawyer representing JC Lee did not respond to multiple requests for comment.

Morgan’s restraining order does not allege he engaged in physical abuse of Lee, but that he isolated him from associates, friends and relatives, which is considered a form of elder abuse. “Isolation is the No. 1 red flag for abuse,” said Kerri Kasem, who has become an advocate for the elderly and their adult children after having to fight to see her father, Casey Kasem, before his 2014 death. “Because when you take your victim and you isolate them, you can then abuse them physically, financially, emotionally, sexually.”

Lee finds himself in a latein-life limbo that other celebrities, including Mickey Rooney and Peter Falk, have faced.

A conservatorship, giving a trusted person court-enforced control over his financial affairs, could be the next step.

While conservatorships can be abused it can be “a very necessary tool to protect somebody in his situation,” Martin said.

The fight over Lee may well be a forerunner to a big wave of similar battles to come as old age and decline arrives for baby boomers with huge entertainment holdings, including intellectual property that could pay off for decades, said Kenneth J. Abdo, another lawyer who works on entertainment estates, including Prince’s.