Kerri Kasem Statement on Los Angeles District Attorney’s Failure to File Charges Against Jean Kasem
May 22 2015 - 8:22PM
Business Wire
Kerri Kasem, the daughter of broadcaster Casey Kasem, released
the following statement this afternoon:
“My family is very sad to learn the Los Angeles County District
Attorney Jackie Lacey has decided not to file charges against Jean
Kasem. We did everything we could to save my Dad at the end of his
life, including getting an emergency court order for
conservatorship. But we were too late. My father’s second wife Jean
had done everything she could to keep our father from us while not
providing the quality care that he – and every other senior in our
society – deserves.
“We’re hopeful that the prosecutors in Kitsap County,
Washington, where my father was taken against his will and later
died, will do the right thing and file charges against Jean.
“The Los Angeles County District Attorney, with her professed
interest in ending elder abuse, could do more. Her website says
‘she leads the largest prosecutorial office in the nation, with
nearly 1,000 attorneys, 300 investigators and 800 support staff
members.’
“It’s a sad day in our country when our parents, family members
and loved ones die at the hands of others, and our elected
prosecutors elect to do nothing.”
Ms. Kasem is available for interviews. For more information
please email john@peoplemedia.la or call 800-600-7111 x 224.
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For Kasem Cares FoundationJohn Lockhart, 800-600-7111 x
224john@peoplemedia.la