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re: Beth Claybourne, BR Interior Designer, has 7 million scammed by sick husband's caretaker.

Posted on 6/13/23 at 11:46 am to
Posted by Tigahs24Seven
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Posted on 6/13/23 at 11:46 am to
Braud allegedly also had his Power of Attorney changed to her. She may have written the obit herself. She covered ALL of her bases.....or, so she thought. She did not take into account Beth Claybourne's wealthy contacts in criminal justice in BR.
The Son from Cali was another part of this puzzle.
This post was edited on 6/14/23 at 8:41 am
Posted by RT1941
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Posted on 6/13/23 at 11:50 am to
nm
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Posted by VolunGator
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Posted on 6/13/23 at 11:50 am to
Watch "I Care Alot" on Netflix

Awesome movie about this very subject/scenario.
Posted by Motorboat
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Posted on 6/13/23 at 11:54 am to
quote:

new Son, the CA dude, an alleged porn star, was another part of this.


Damn. Now this might qualify for a Netflix documentary
Posted by HouseMom
Member since Jun 2020
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Posted on 6/13/23 at 11:58 am to
I'm confused. The caretaker only worked with him for 4 months, but was able to understand every single one of his financial holdings? He was sick enough with dementia to need a caretaker, but could somehow give her all of this information. And how on earth would she accomplish this task alone?

In the middle of "Succession" right now, so everything seems fishy.
Posted by LaBR4
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Posted on 6/13/23 at 11:59 am to
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new Son, the CA dude, an alleged porn star, was another part of this.


Posted by RT1941
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Posted on 6/13/23 at 12:01 pm to
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Garrett has been a long time family friend and customer.


So was Beth his estranged wife, as listed in his obituary?
Posted by HoustonGumbeauxGuy
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Posted on 6/13/23 at 12:02 pm to
Well done
Posted by MrLSU
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Posted on 6/13/23 at 12:03 pm to
quote:

The caretaker only worked with him for 4 months, but was able to understand every single one of his financial holdings?


There is always more than one person involved in these types of scams. No one person alone can pull them off.
Posted by nes2010
Member since Jun 2014
7568 posts
Posted on 6/13/23 at 12:03 pm to
I am assuming this is related to the story.

LINK

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Francis Claybourn instituted a proceeding for the temporary interdiction of her husband, eighty-four-year-old Garrett Claybourn, alleging that he suffered from worsening dementia and other medical conditions that rendered him unable to care for himself. In her supporting affidavit, Mrs. Claybourn attested she learned that Mr. Claybourn transferred nearly $1 million in community funds to newly opened accounts, at least one of which was opened under the names of Mr. Claybourn and Ms. Finley as power of attorney. Mrs. Claybourn denied knowing Ms. Finley but opined that Ms. Finley was an attorney introduced to Mr. Claybourn by his caregiver and Ms. Finley’s former client, Melba Braud, who then encouraged Mr. Claybourn to hire Ms. Finley as his power of attorney, assisted him in transferring the community funds to the new accounts, and gave Ms. Finley unfettered access to them. The trial court signed an order of temporary interdiction the same day the petition was filed, appointed Mrs. Claybourn temporary curator, and appointed attorney Kim Brooks to represent Mr. Claybourn.

Ms. Finley then filed a motion on Mr. Claybourn’s behalf, claiming to be his attorney and seeking both a temporary restraining order against the appointment of Mrs. Claybourn as curator and the dismissal of the interdiction proceeding based on fraud and ill practices. The trial court signed the order filed with Ms. Finley’s motion that ordered Mrs. Claybourn to show cause why the interdiction proceeding should not be dismissed but struck through the language granting the requested temporary restraining order.

Mr. Claybourn’s court-appointed attorney, Ms. Brooks, then filed an ex parte motion to nullify all powers of attorney executed by Mr. Claybourn prior to the order of temporary interdiction and to freeze the account opened in Mr. Claybourn’s and Ms. Finley’s names. The trial court granted the motion the same date it was filed and ordered both the removal of Ms. Finley’s name from the account and the termination of the power of attorney issued to Ms. Finley pending further orders.
Posted by HoustonGumbeauxGuy
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Posted on 6/13/23 at 12:05 pm to
Posted by Tigahs24Seven
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Posted on 6/13/23 at 12:16 pm to
Yes, it is related, and Ms. Finley had allegedly been Braud's attorney in other proceedings before Braud worked for Mr. Claybourne and then allegedly introduced him to attorney Finley.
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Posted by LSUJML
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Member since May 2008
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Posted on 6/13/23 at 12:21 pm to
So the lawyer had to be promised a cut of the money, right?
When my Grandpa changed his will at age 96 they had a social worker do a cognitive test & the lawyer spoke to him & made sure he wasn’t being asked or forced into changes
Posted by Tvilletiger
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Member since Oct 2015
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Posted on 6/13/23 at 12:23 pm to
How did she think she would get away with this. I mean you don’t think the family is going to raise shot when he does and everything has been changed.
Posted by Jim Rockford
Member since May 2011
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Posted on 6/13/23 at 12:43 pm to
Finley is or was an adjunct professor at Southern and is a former assistant DA, according to her LinkedIn. The McClindon fellow is Catholic High/LSU. Somebody here has to know him.
Posted by chalmetteowl
Chalmette
Member since Jan 2008
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Posted on 6/13/23 at 12:53 pm to
“Child’s play”- Jack Stephens
Posted by tadman
Member since Jun 2020
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Posted on 6/13/23 at 12:59 pm to


meanwhile an old guy is scamming all of us
Posted by joemuggs
Baton Rouge
Member since Nov 2007
617 posts
Posted on 6/13/23 at 1:31 pm to
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The Son may have been a "recent" supposed genetic find in California from what I understand. The Son listed may be real, not sure, but the new Son, the CA dude, an alleged porn star, was another part of this.





excuse me, what?!?!?!? where can i find more on this turn of events?
Posted by Tigahs24Seven
Charlie Kirk's America
Member since Nov 2007
14557 posts
Posted on 6/13/23 at 1:43 pm to
This is information that came from an aquintance, that Ms. Braud was married to previously, and who is currently financially ruined. I believe she has been married either 5 or 6 times.. Most recently last weekend to a female. I don't think you will find an article on this person who claims to be this man's Son.
Posted by BugAC
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Member since Oct 2007
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Posted on 6/13/23 at 1:48 pm to
This at the bottom of the article...

quote:

In 2017, the WBRZ Investigative Unit exposed Tasha Clark Amar at the Council on Aging. She named herself in one of her elderly client's wills and was set to benefit thousands of dollars until she was exposed. Clark Amar backed away from the will after she was exposed. She was not arrested, and many people believe it had something to do with her mother's influence. Her mom, Janice Clark, was a sitting judge at the 19th Judicial District Court at the time.


and this

LINK

quote:

Employees at the East Baton Rouge Council on Aging are ringing alarm bells after they said the board recently granted CEO Tasha Clark Amar sole authority to sign checks for the agency. Two signatures on expenditures are no longer required, and employees said Clark Amar needs more oversight, not less.

Clark Amar was exposed by the WBRZ Investigative Unit in 2017 after she named herself in an elderly client’s will. A series of stories led to tremendous fallout. When the dust settled, Clark Amar backed away from the will.

Years have passed since. Recently, an employee came to the WBRZ Investigative Unit expressing concerns about what happened. One employee speaking to us on condition of anonymity said the situation smells awful.

“I do not believe based upon what happend in the past with a senior and Ms. Amar possibly manipulating her out of her personal money, being able to only sign checks,” the employee said. “Being the only signature required for the Council on Aging.”
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