Heiress leaves Irishwoman, who was her health aide, $8 million in will

New York Court orders trial as her nephew disputes validity of 2007 will

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Former doctor Niels Lauersen, friend of Elsie McCarthy, and witness to the contested will

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A decade ago, Lauersen was jailed for lying to insurance companies about procedures he had never performed. When he was released from prison he was stripped of his medical license.

He told the court that Moles had paid him to feed her cats and McCarthy to walk the dog.

Earlier this year, Ljungkull’s lawyer, Jeff Ross, raised questions about the will in court along with the fact that Moles had cut checks for Lauersen and McCarthy which amounted to $140,000.

The court records showed that Lauersen received or endorsed checks worth $50,900 while McCarthy received $94,022. The court also heard that some of this money paid McCarthy’s rent and utilities.

McCarthy’s lawyer, Ira Turret, said there’s no proof that this money was stolen. He said some of the checks were gifts and others were reimbursements for money spent by McCarthy on her behalf.

According to court records the trial will resume on December 27th 2011.

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