#financial-abuse

#financial-abuse

Because of those injuries, his compensation was originally placed under the control of a trust. By 2017, however, he was assessed as being able to manage his own financial affairs. From that point on, Hampton, who was married to him at the time, was authorised to help oversee his accounts. Prosecutors told the court she abused that position almost immediately.

At the start I thought he was very gentlemanly, she said. He was being flash with money. He was telling me his business was doing very well and making lots of money. He said he could help me to raise money. Using the alias Christopher Telfer, the 38-year-old convinced her to transfer 3,132money she says she desperately needed. This money was so precious to me, she said. I was naive. He said to me that whatever money I had, I could send it to him.