Gottschalk Got Conned?

When Dr. Louis A. Gottschalk’s wife died in 1993, he was appointed as the administrator of a family partnership valued at approximately $8 million.

The doctor’s son, Guy, is suing to have his dad removed as the administrator claiming that he has squandered over $1.3 million on a Nigerian internet scam. 

Dr. Gottschalk claims, however, that Guy is trying to carry out a vendetta against him.  Guy had previously lost a court battle in which he tried to have a conservator appointed to run the family partnership.

See William Lobdell, UCI Psychiatrist Bilked by Nigerian E-Mails, Suit Says, latimes.com, March 2, 2006.

Special thanks to Prof. Peter Henning for bringing the case to my attention.