‘Good Times’ actor’s daughter says dad neglected
LOS ANGELES — The daughter of TV actor John Amos is still issuing a dueling claim about the care of her father and an investigation into those allegations has been opened by the Los Angeles Police Department.
However, the 84-year-old star of “Good Times” and the seminal “Roots” miniseries has denied recent reports and allegations made by daughter Shannon Amos, who has for months accused her brother Kelly “K.C.” Amos of neglect and not providing proper care for their father — claims that father and son have disagreed with.
Through his longtime spokesperson, Amos told The Los Angeles Times on Monday that he is “feeling well and working diligently on various projects,” and also said “the story about neglect is false and unmerited.”
The LAPD on Monday confirmed to The Times that an elder abuse report had been generated and an “open and ongoing investigation” was underway.
Shannon Amos claimed on Instagram that John Amos was “a victim of elder abuse and financial exploitation” and said that her father was in the hospital, his life “hanging by a thread” — a claim John Amos has repeatedly denied. According to the actor’s publicist, John Amos was hospitalized at the time but was recovering after doctors successfully drained some fluid from his lower body.
In July, K.C. Amos was arrested in New Jersey on suspicion of making “terroristic threats” against his sister amid the siblings’ public dispute. Shannon Amos reported that her brother had threatened to kill her, per a complaint obtained by People magazine.
In a Monday statement to The Times, Shannon Amos alleged that her father’s health issues “have been downplayed despite multiple hospitalizations” under her brother’s care.
“People think this is about money and rivalry … it is not,” she said in the statement. “We went through this before with my Mother, who also suffered tremendous neglect. We are trying to prevent the same thing from happening to my Father.”