Actor John Malkovich’s lawyers complain he’ll only get $670K of $2.2M of claim in Madoff scam
By APThursday, April 1, 2010
Actor Malkovich in legal drama over Madoff claim
NEW YORK — Actor John Malkovich’s lawyers have complained to a judge in New York overseeing the bankruptcy of jailed financier Bernie Madoff that he’ll only get $670,000 of his $2.2 million claim.
The lawyers filed papers Thursday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court saying the actor should be entitled to $2.2 million. They say the trustee handling the estate determined that the actor was entitled to the smaller number and that’s wrong.
The 56-year-old star of such films as “Being John Malkovich” and “Burn After Reading” is among thousands of investors who lost tens of billions of dollars in the multi-decade fraud that Madoff revealed in December 2008 when he ran out of money.
Madoff is serving a 150-year jail term after pleading guilty to fraud charges.
