Before he had a stroke in late 2008, Jim Brown was the mayor of Cynthiana and a hands-on businessman who compiled personal and business assets of approximately $115 million, including an ambulance service, a nursing home, a restaurant and a hotel. Now, Brown's well-being and financial affairs are at the mercy of a judge, who this summer ordered him taken from the home he shared with his wife following an employee's allegations that the former mayor was being mistreated, according to court documents.
Brown, who didn't want to leave his home, was transported by his own ambulance service and placed in Cynthiana's Grand Haven Nursing Home, which he also owns. Brown's wife, Kay Brown, was ordered not to have any contact with him and was jailed briefly without bail for not appearing at a hearing regarding her husband.
Kay Brown recently filed lawsuits in Jim Brown's native Magoffin County and in Johnson County, where the couple moved after the stroke, against her husband's temporary court-appointed guardian, Cynthiana attorney Edwin M. Culbertson.
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Former Cynthiana Mayor Mired in Odd Legal Battle
I hope Kay Brown finds NASGA and joins us. She's going to need support.
ReplyDeleteI am praying for this wife and she's going to need all the prayers she can get.
ReplyDeleteAt the mercy of the judge is exactly right and we all know,that's a very scary thought.
ReplyDeleteThe headline is backwards. The guardian is a good guy. The wife was a second wife and wasn't even married to him for two years before the mayor had his stroke. This is a smear on the guardian and it's unfair. I hope you guys take this down. The only reason you can't get the whole story is because the guardian has followed the law about confidentiality and can't comment. Meanwhile, misinformation is being spread and the guardian's hands are tied and can't even reveal anything to defend himself in the public eye. The judge is a very respectable man. Frankly, this is defamatory.
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