Stan Lee and daughter
Stan Lee’s daughter is suing one of her father’s former personal assistants for slander after he went on a podcast and claimed she grabbed Stan by the neck and slammed his head into a chair, this is according to a new $25 million lawsuit.
Stan Lee was an American writer and former president of Marvel Comics. In 1961, Lee created ‘The Fantastic Four’ for Marvel Comics, and went on to create titles, including ‘Spider Man’ and ‘The Incredible Hulk’. He died at the age of 95 in November 2018.
According to TMZ, one year after his death, his daughter Joan Celia Lee in the suit claims her father’s ex-assistant, Bradley Herman, appeared on a podcast published a few days after Stan’s death and said, “JC Lee took her father by the neck and grabbed his neck and slammed his head back into the wood portion of the chair.”
According to the documents, JC claims Herman’s statement was totally false, saying she never struck her father and never tried to choke him. Stan’s daughter says she believes Herman, who she claims was fired in early 2018, made the false statement because he was seeking revenge against her.
In the suit, JC claims Herman stole from Stan before being fired, and she claims Herman regularly forged Stan’s signature on loans.
Also in the documents, JC claims her father denied she ever hit, struck or strangled him in multiple interviews with the media. She claims Herman knew the narrative was false when he relayed it on the podcast. JC is also suing the podcast’s host, Alan Duke.