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When George\u2019s health took a turn for the worse, Diane hired a live-in caregiver. \u201cLooking back, [she] thinks the anguish and trauma she was enduring at this time contributed to her letting herself put her trust in Gunvalson and Hashemian as they seemed so sincere and appeared to be working for Diane\u2019s best interests,\u201d the filing stated.<\/span><\/p>\nField alleged that the pair pushed her to invest in a life insurance policy without explaining \u201chow much it would cost.\u201d Hashemian, she claimed, had said that she needed to only make a \u201cone and done\u201d payment of $300,000 to cover the $6 million that would be paid to her family after her death.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nIn hindsight, \u201cDiane realizes this was an intentional, misleading, and false misrepresentation. Instead, it was the perfect time for Hashemian to tell her that she would need to pay $300,000 yearly for this policy, which he never told Diane,\u201d the suit claimed.<\/span><\/p>\nField inked a contract in December 2019 in \u201creliance on Gunvalson\u2019s \u201cfraudulent sales tactics\u201d and while feeling \u201cdespair\u201d over George\u2019s physical decline. In 2020, she was diagnosed with lung cancer and had surgery to treat it. Several weeks after her operation, she paid another $300,000 toward her life insurance.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cEven though she thought she only had to make this $300,000 payment once when she opened the policy based on what Hashemian had promised her, her hands were tied up, and she paid it again because she felt like she had no other choice,\u201d the legal docs claimed.<\/span><\/p>\nGeorge died in October 2021, and Field claimed that afterward, Gunvalson and Hashemian persuaded her to put George\u2019s funds into a standalone annuity account. The following year, \u201cshe started to question why she was paying this $300,000 premium yet again, as this was not what Hashemian had promised her, but she went ahead and did it anyway, as her husband had recently passed away and she was still mourning his loss (and she was recovering from her own hip surgery).\u201d<\/span><\/p>\nIn December 2022, Field claimed that she emailed Gunvalson and Hashemian, writing that \u201cshe felt uninformed by them and that the annuities and life insurance policy they convinced her to open did not seem to be the best investments for her, as they tie up large sums of money for a long time that she may never be able to use, for maybe longer than she will live or will be too old to enjoy.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\nIn March 2023, Gunvalson offered Field the option to lower her life-insurance premium to $100,000 annually, and Field took the deal and \u201csold some of her stock\u201d to make that first $100K payment. Meanwhile, her death benefit had been reduced to $3.5 million.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nWhen Field was supposed to pay the next $100K in the spring of 2024, Gunvalson \u201crepeatedly contacted Diane to remind her.\u201d Instead, Field bypassed Gunvalson and \u201creached out to Allianz directly in April 2024 to see what the due date was, and a representative at Allianz told Diane that she had over $600,000 in her account since she was previously paying $300,000 a year in premiums. Diane was told that she does not have to send any payment at all because of this excess in her account.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\nIn conclusion, Field\u2019s suit declared, \u201cDefendants planned and engaged in their pattern of elder financial abuse with malice, oppression, and fraud.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\nThank You!<\/h3>\n
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Us Weekly<\/i> has reached out to Gunvalson, Hashemian and Coto Insurance for comment.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nThis wasn\u2019t the first time one of Gunvalson\u2019s former clients has sued her. Joan Lile<\/strong>, then 82, accused the reality star in 2019 of raising premium costs. That lawsuit was dismissed with prejudice.<\/span><\/p>\nGunvalson\u2019s former costar, Teddi Mellencamp<\/strong>, seemingly reacted to the lawsuit on Tuesday, July 30, writing on X<\/a>, <\/span>\u201cI HAVE NEVER ABUSED MULTIPLE ELDERS IN MY LIFE.\u201d RHOC<\/em> fans will know that Mellencamp, 43, was riffing on an iconic Gunvalson line from season 8 of the series. That line: \u201cI have never been with multiple partners in my life!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
Field alleged that the pair pushed her to invest in a life insurance policy without explaining \u201chow much it would cost.\u201d Hashemian, she claimed, had said that she needed to only make a \u201cone and done\u201d payment of $300,000 to cover the $6 million that would be paid to her family after her death.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n In hindsight, \u201cDiane realizes this was an intentional, misleading, and false misrepresentation. Instead, it was the perfect time for Hashemian to tell her that she would need to pay $300,000 yearly for this policy, which he never told Diane,\u201d the suit claimed.<\/span><\/p>\n Field inked a contract in December 2019 in \u201creliance on Gunvalson\u2019s \u201cfraudulent sales tactics\u201d and while feeling \u201cdespair\u201d over George\u2019s physical decline. In 2020, she was diagnosed with lung cancer and had surgery to treat it. Several weeks after her operation, she paid another $300,000 toward her life insurance.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cEven though she thought she only had to make this $300,000 payment once when she opened the policy based on what Hashemian had promised her, her hands were tied up, and she paid it again because she felt like she had no other choice,\u201d the legal docs claimed.<\/span><\/p>\n George died in October 2021, and Field claimed that afterward, Gunvalson and Hashemian persuaded her to put George\u2019s funds into a standalone annuity account. The following year, \u201cshe started to question why she was paying this $300,000 premium yet again, as this was not what Hashemian had promised her, but she went ahead and did it anyway, as her husband had recently passed away and she was still mourning his loss (and she was recovering from her own hip surgery).\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n In December 2022, Field claimed that she emailed Gunvalson and Hashemian, writing that \u201cshe felt uninformed by them and that the annuities and life insurance policy they convinced her to open did not seem to be the best investments for her, as they tie up large sums of money for a long time that she may never be able to use, for maybe longer than she will live or will be too old to enjoy.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n In March 2023, Gunvalson offered Field the option to lower her life-insurance premium to $100,000 annually, and Field took the deal and \u201csold some of her stock\u201d to make that first $100K payment. Meanwhile, her death benefit had been reduced to $3.5 million.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n When Field was supposed to pay the next $100K in the spring of 2024, Gunvalson \u201crepeatedly contacted Diane to remind her.\u201d Instead, Field bypassed Gunvalson and \u201creached out to Allianz directly in April 2024 to see what the due date was, and a representative at Allianz told Diane that she had over $600,000 in her account since she was previously paying $300,000 a year in premiums. Diane was told that she does not have to send any payment at all because of this excess in her account.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n In conclusion, Field\u2019s suit declared, \u201cDefendants planned and engaged in their pattern of elder financial abuse with malice, oppression, and fraud.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n Us Weekly<\/i> has reached out to Gunvalson, Hashemian and Coto Insurance for comment.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n This wasn\u2019t the first time one of Gunvalson\u2019s former clients has sued her. Joan Lile<\/strong>, then 82, accused the reality star in 2019 of raising premium costs. That lawsuit was dismissed with prejudice.<\/span><\/p>\n Gunvalson\u2019s former costar, Teddi Mellencamp<\/strong>, seemingly reacted to the lawsuit on Tuesday, July 30, writing on X<\/a>, <\/span>\u201cI HAVE NEVER ABUSED MULTIPLE ELDERS IN MY LIFE.\u201d RHOC<\/em> fans will know that Mellencamp, 43, was riffing on an iconic Gunvalson line from season 8 of the series. That line: \u201cI have never been with multiple partners in my life!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\nThank You!<\/h3>\n