In July 1969, the first person to set foot on the moon's surface was Neil Armstrong. Nine minutes later, Edwin Eugene "Buzz" Aldrin Jr. touched down. History was made!
On the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11
next year, astronaut Buzz Aldrin, 88, seeks to remain an influential voice on our country's space exploration policy. Just last week he enjoyed a front-row seat at the White House during a meeting of the National Space Council. However, at the same time that Buzz is prepping for the big anniversary of his historical moment, he is involved in a legal battle with two of his children, Andrew Aldrin, 60, and Janice Aldrin, 51.
The Aldrin children claim that their 88-year-old father has dementia and is being manipulated by others and spending money at an alarming rate. They have indicated they are worried about the “alarming growth of Buzz’s increasingly lavish personal expenses — to more than $70,000 per month, on average." They asked a Florida court to grant them guardianship over their father so they can manage his financial affairs and make other decisions for him, expressing concern
about his mental decline.
Aldrin wholeheartedly disagrees and is disheartened by his children's actions. He filed a lawsuit of his own against his children, his long-time business manager, Christina Korp, and his family foundation alleging that they are improperly spending his money, mismanaging his affairs, and slandering him with assertions that he is suffering from dementia. He says that his children have taken
his passport away from him and have undermined his romantic relationships by forbidding him to remarry for the fourth time. Aldrin has also expressed that he wants his son removed as his trustee, so that he will never be in charge of his finances.
"Nobody is going to come close to thinking I should be under a guardianship,” he told The Wall Street Journal. Aldrin requested an evaluation from James Spar, a
geriatric psychiatrist at UCLA.
