Philip Seymour Hoffman Girlfriend: 'Twister' Star Left $35 Million For Mimi O'Donnell
Philip Seymour Hoffman, an Oscar-winning actor who died tragically at age of 46 in February of a heroin overdose, left all of his fortune to his longtime girlfriend and nothing to his three children.
According to eonline.com, probate documents filed in New York City indicated that Hoffman had insisted to his former accountant David Friedman that he "did not want his children to be considered 'trust fund' kids." Consequently, he did not set aside any wealth for his son Cooper, 10, and daughters Tallulah, 7, and Willa, 5.
Friedman told attorney James H. Hill that the "Hunger Games" star had let him know as recently as one year before his death that his wishes had not changed as far as leaving everything to partner Mimi O'Donnell, certain that she would be raising their children with the money.
The accountant also said that Hoffman treated O'Donnell "in the same manner as if she were a spouse," though he "simply did not believe in marriage" and that "did not affect his affinity or relationship" with her.
The late actor's 13-page initial will, signed back in 2004 when Cooper was only 1 year old, includes notable clause for his son's residence.
"It is my strong desire, and not direction to my guardian, that my son, Cooper Hoffman, be raised and reside in or near the borough of Manhattan in the State of New York, or Chicago, Illinois, or San Francisco, California," Hoffman stated.
"If my Guardian cannot reside in any of these cities," he requested his son "visit these cities at least twice per year ... so that my son will be exposed to the culture, arts and architecture that such cities offer."
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