Dec 4

Trouble, an unpopular maltese

>   The Howler  —  SNIF  @  2:39 pm   

Leona Helmsey and Trouble

Do you remember Trouble, the Maltese who inherited $12 M from her rich owner, Leona Hemsley?
Well, it seems that some people think these dog don’t deserve what she got! A friend of Leona, John Codey, referred that he received any number of threats to kidnap the dog, and even death threats from previous bite victims. The dog is also famous because a housemaid sued Leona due to the bites of Trouble: she was obliged to feed her from her hands.

Leona Helmsey and Trouble

Ed Pilkington, in an article published today in The Guardian, refers that tha annual mantainance cost for trouble is $300,000. “The tiny white Maltese” he adds “has had to flee to Florida to escape certain unwelcome attention. It appears that the dog has become the subject of considerable interest among the criminal fraternity, who clearly view it as a double opportunity - to get themselves a free pet and earn millions of dollars in ransom money.

The article says that Trouble is not so popular as she “travels on a private jet, has her own winter home as well as a dedicated team of servants and security guards. Codey said that the bodyguards had come up with a cunning pseudonym to protect her identity - they now call her “Bauble”.



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