An IT director for HBO, Micky Liu, met Veronica Beckham in July 2014 while she was stripping at Scores night club in Atlantic City. The now ex-stripper asserts the pair enjoyed a purely platonic friendship. Three months after Liu passed away in March 2015, Beckham discovered she had been named the beneficiary to his retirement plan, an insurance policy, and his 401(k), which totaled $223,000. Liu’s sister sued Beckham alleging coercion. She stated, “Beckham, as a professional exotic dancer, was adept at applying and using coercion and manipulation upon men.” Despite this, Justice Rita Mella said there was little she could do; only previous beneficiaries could sue for the funds.
See Valerie Edwards, Stripper Wins the Right to Keep $223k Left To Her By ‘Lonely’ HBO Executive After They Met in a Strip Club Six Months Before His Death, Daily Mail, April 26, 2018.
