I grew up watching this actor in the show Different Strokes, and no one in my family knew the issues surrounding the show, least of all me. On this date in 1993, one of the stars, Gary Coleman, won a massive lawsuit against his parents. His parents (and business manager) misappropriated his amazing hundreds of thousands of dollars he earned as a child on that show, and this lawsuit won him 1.28 million.
For more info:
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:http://www.experiencefestival.com/a/Gary_Coleman_-_Legal_struggles/id/1417718&strip=1
http://www.takepart.com/article/2011/02/23/retro-action-february-23-1993-gary-coleman-wins-back-13-million-his-parents
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I’m really beginning to think that parents should not be business managers. There is too much temptation to take what is not yours.
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I absolutely agree with you!
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