Comedian Jay Leno filed for conservatorship over his 43-year-old wife Mavis Leno’s estate in California on Friday after she was diagnosed with the disease. MadnessAccording to court documents.
The petition, filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court and obtained by “Entertainment Tonight,” says that Mewis, 77, “has been losing ability and orientation to space and time for many years,” and that her “current condition renders “He is unable to execute an estate plan.”
Court documents state that Leno “has always handled the couple’s finances throughout their marriage”, and that he wants to create a trust for their joint property that “will ensure that Mavis has enough assets to care for her.” has managed” if he dies before that.
Leno’s estate plan would also provide for Mavis’ brother, who is “her only surviving heir other than Jay.” The couple has no children.
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It is unclear when he was first diagnosed. A doctor’s report included in court documents dated November 28, 2023, describes Mavis’s dementia diagnosis and her symptoms. The doctor wrote that “It is my professional opinion that, due to her condition, Mavis is unable to meaningfully participate in the hearing on the petition to appoint a probate conservator nor will she understand the nature, force or effect of the hearing, He should be present.”
The doctor also checked a box in the report that said Mavis “does not have the capacity to give informed consent to any type of medical treatment.”
The hearing on the case is scheduled for April 9. “Entertainment Tonight” has contacted Leno for comment. CBS News contacted Leo’s representation for comment.
mavis leno was long term board member Chair of the non-profit Feminist Majority Foundation, a national women’s rights organization, and the group’s Campaign for Afghan Women and Girls.
Leno, 73, has faced several health problems in recent years. In November 2022, former host of “The Tonight Show” severely burned From a gasoline fire while working in his vintage car garage in Burbank. Then, exactly two months later, he broke several bones In a motorcycle accident.
Leno hosted “The Tonight Show” from 1992 to 2009 and again from 2010 to 2014, with a short stint in between hosted by comedian Conan O’Brien, who was controversially fired due to poor ratings.
one in 2014 interview With “60 Minutes” on the eve of Leno’s second departure from the show, Mavis came to her husband’s defense.
“It made me angry, because there was this perception that for some reason Jay had decided to leave the show,” Mavis told ’60 Minutes.’ “It was like he gave the show to Conan and then took it back. That didn’t happen, OK?”
