A Manhattan real estate billionaire’s son should be barred from getting a share of his father’s fortune — because he lied to try to cut his dad’s lover out of the will, she argued in court papers.
Natalia Vostrikova insisted in new filings that Steven Gurney-Goldman had gone against his wealthy dad Allan’s wishes when he made gruesome allegations she neglected the ailing man, who died alone in Russia in January 2022 at age 78.
Gurney-Goldman “now must face the consequences,” Vostrikova said in her Nassau County Supreme Court filing.
Allan Goldman, who struggled with Parkinson’s disease for years, was the son of real estate tycoon Sol Goldman, who built a Manhattan real estate empire that once included the Chrysler Building.
Allan was in a “severely deteriorated” state with multiple organ failures and bedsores following a months-long visit to Russia with Vostrikova when he died, Gurney-Goldman claimed in a 2022 lawsuit filed against Vostrikova.
Vostrikova, the older man’s lover and caretaker who also served as the family nanny decades earlier, allegedly left Allan Goldman alone in a five-star hotel in Moscow while she lived a luxe life on his dime, Gurney-Goldman contended in the legal filing.
The son claimed Vostrikova neglected his dad in a bid to hasten his death — and collect her $2 million inheritance sooner.
Vostrikova — who claims Russian authorities cleared her of any wrongdoing in Allan’s death — wants the whole case tossed out of court.
“Not only that they were in love, they were a couple. He cared for her and she cared for him,” said her lawyer Kian Khatibi.
Goldman left an estate worth at least $250 million, court records show, and had a 25% interest in his father’s company, Solil Management, which is worth an estimated $12 billion, according to Forbes.
A lawyer for Gurney-Goldman contended that Vostrikova was not cleared of wrongdoing and that Russian authorities refused to investigate the matter.
“As the executor of his father’s will, Mr. Gurney-Goldman is upholding his fiduciary duty by bringing a wrongful death action against the woman whom we’ve alleged is responsible for his father’s untimely death,” attorney Daniel Noble said. “Ms. Vostrikova’s claim that Mr. Gurney-Goldman should be disinherited as a result is erroneous and meritless.”
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