The daughter of actor John Amos claims that her brother no extended has the authority to make health-related decisions for their father, who was a short while ago hospitalized.
On Friday, Shannon Amos issued a press release defending herself and talking out in opposition to her brother, K.C. Amos, as the Custer County Sheriff’s Office environment in Colorado proceeds to investigate allegations of “elder abuse” involving their 83-year-old father.
Shannon Amos earlier claimed on Instagram that John Amos was “a sufferer of elder abuse and monetary exploitation.”
“My priority has often been the safety, steadiness, and very well-staying of my father,” Shannon Amos reported Friday in a statement presented to The Situations.
“Removing Mr. Kelly K.C. Amos as professional medical electrical power of attorney is an important phase in the therapeutic of my father and household. Even though I experienced hoped that this relatives matter could stay personal, modern allegations accusing me of elder abuse and other fake statements have pressured me to acquire legal action.”
K.C. Amos did not quickly react Sunday to The Times’ ask for for comment.
In addition to saying that her brother is no longer performing as the medical energy of attorney for their father — “who is now recovering under the treatment of other relatives members” — a rep for Shannon Amos reported she has filed a cease and desist from K.C. Amos “to need that he stop making false statements on community platforms which have brought on defamation to her name and damage to her organization.”
The push launch also notes that — though “an lively investigation is at this time underway” in Colorado — Shannon Amos “did not publicly name … K.C. Amos as a suspect, inspite of his response as this kind of.”
“My family members and I keep on to be united in the recovery of my father and I hope this make a difference will be solved quickly by way of the appropriate authorities,” Shannon Amos reported.
A great deal of the uncertainty surrounding John Amos’ health and properly-being stems from a June 8 Instagram post in which Shannon Amos claimed that her father’s life was “hanging by a thread” just after he experienced allegedly been put in an intensive care unit in Memphis, Tenn. She leveled the “elder abuse” and “financial exploitation” allegations in the same article.
At the time, Shannon Amos also inspired her Instagram followers to donate to “a have confidence in fund” she experienced established up for her father as a result of GoFundMe.
Later that working day, however, the former “Good Times” star advised TMZ that he was not in the ICU, his existence was not in threat and he was not suffering from abuse. The “Roots” alum said he didn’t know why his daughter experienced introduced a GoFundMe marketing campaign for him.
In a telephone conversation with The Times before this month, John Amos’ longtime publicist, Belinda Foster, echoed that the veteran actor was undertaking just wonderful. She claimed that her client was in the healthcare facility recovering effectively immediately after health professionals correctly drained some fluid from his lower body.
“He said to let everyone know he is with his son and he is Alright,” Foster advised The Times. “They are heading to share far more information and facts at the ideal time.”
Meanwhile, K.C. Amos has been discrediting his sister with social media posts reiterating that her GoFundMe campaign was “not authorized” by their father. He also shared a online video on June 15 of John Amos in a hospital mattress telling someone around the mobile phone that he has experienced “ongoing issues” with his daughter.
Shannon Amos “has taken advantage of me,” John Amos suggests in the online video. “She’s one particular that I would attribute my elderly [sic] abuse to.”
John Amos states in the very same clip that all of his preceding health-related problems “had been corrected, or at the very least addressed” and that he is “confident in the doctors” who have been caring for him.
On Monday, a spokesperson for GoFundMe confirmed in a statement supplied to The Instances that the fundraising system had removed Shannon Amos’ marketing campaign “upon remaining educated that Mr. Amos wished to decline the resources lifted on his behalf.”
“All money remained securely held by payment processors through our evaluation and all donors have now been refunded,” the spokesperson mentioned.
As for the Colorado investigation, the Custer County Sheriff’s Business verified June 9 in a push launch that it was hunting into an allegation indicating that John Amos “could be a sufferer of a crime” — with the words and phrases “could be” emphasized in bold kind.
While the state of Colorado does not have a certain charge for elder abuse, the sheriff’s office claimed that crimes typically dedicated towards the elderly involve legal negligence, assault, theft, theft, caretaker neglect, sexual assault and exploitation.
“Mr. Amos has been a beloved member of our local community for numerous a long time,” the Custer County Sheriff’s Place of work explained in a statement.
“We want to ship our effectively needs to Mr. Amos and hope that he has a speedy recovery.”
The Colorado Bureau of Investigation, which is collaborating with the Custer County Sheriff’s Office environment on the John Amos situation, told The Moments there have been no updates as of Sunday afternoon.
