Casey Kasem’s Widow Files Wrongful Death Suit Against His Former Attorney.

Story by Inside Radio

The saga over the death of Casey Kasem continues as his widow, Jean Kasen, files a wrongful-death suit against the late countdown king’s attorney, Samuel D. Ingham III. According to court documents, she is accusing the lawyer of conspiring with the radio legend’s adult children “to isolate and kill Casey Kasem for financial gain,” Fox News reports.

Since his death in 2014 from a Parkinson’s-like disease, the longtime host of “American Top 40” and the voice of Shaggy on Scooby Doo has not been able to rest in peace. Accusations from both sides of Kasem’s family, with his adult children, including Kerri Kasem, and Jean Kasem, over his death and final resting place have dragged on for years.

In November 2018, a “48 Hours” special, “The Mysterious Death of Casey Kasem,” aired with Kerri Kasem and Jean Kasem trading barbs, as Jean told host Peter Van Sant, “They killed my husband. They killed their father.” Kerri countered, accusing Jean of her father’s death. “Jean killed my father. What she did led to his death.”

The children are also named in the latest suit, which claims that “Ingham and Casey’s older adult children ensured that Casey starved to death in a strange hospital far from home without his wife of more than three decades and youngest daughter [Liberty Kasem] by his side,” according to Fox News.

Instead of acting as an advocate for the ailing Kasem, Ingraham was “an active participant in this horrifying plot to end Casey’s life for financial gain. To that end, he performed actions that were far outside the bounds of any conceivable ‘representation’ of Casey,” the suit reads.