A convicted child molester, the former stepdad to the twin heirs of philanthropist Doris Duke’s tobacco fortune, may be trying to grab their cash, new court documents allege.
JPMorgan — trustee for about half of the 15-year-olds’ estimated $60 million inheritance — accused sex offender Randy Williams, 49, of commandeering their mom’s e-mail account to request funds, according to the April 8 Manhattan Surrogate’s Court filing.
“At the most basic level, [JPMorgan] is concerned about the potential risks to the children,” Francis Simms, the bank’s trustee, wrote in court documents.
Daisha Inman, 52, is mom to Georgia Noel Lahi Inman and Walker Patterson Inman III.
Daisha married Williams in 2003. The couple divorced but are still romantically involved, Simms maintains.
“Randy Williams is a convicted sex offender whose past criminal acts include molesting his minor stepdaughters,” he warns in the filing.
He is also “prohibited from having contact with his biological son due to a Washington [state] court’s determination that he sexually abused and neglected the boy,” the court documents allege.
Simms refers to a restraining order recently placed on Williams that prevents him from communicating with the twins.
Daisha, a former topless dancer who was the fourth wife of Georgia’s and Walker’s late father, Walker Inman Jr., now lives in Salt Lake City, Utah, with the children. Their dad, Duke’s nephew, died from a drug overdose in 2010 shortly after splitting from Daisha.
In a 2009 divorce proceeding, a Wyoming judge wrote that the “mother’s lifestyle and relationships, particularly with Randy Williams, raise legitimate concerns about her . . . commitment to a relationship with her children.”
After Daisha made “increasingly suspicious requests” to the trustees for “funds to purchase gold coins” and for a trip to Las Vegas last October, JPMorgan discovered discrepancies in e-mails from her.
The trustee suspects that Williams was using her e-mail, according to the documents.
“Ms. Inman [should] be restrained from expending funds from Georgia’s account in any manner that directly or indirectly benefits Randy Williams,” Simms asks the court.
The trustee also claims that Williams conspired with his ex-wife to split a 3 percent commission from the purchase of a $4.3 million mansion for the family.
“Randy Williams selected the $4.3 million home for purchase because it was described in local media as the most expensive home on the Isle of Palm,” in South Carolina, where Daisha had been living before moving west, according to the court filing.
Since 2010, Daisha has blown through $850,000 of the kids’ inheritance on clothing, vacations and holiday gifts, the trustee alleges.
Daisha referred inquiries to her attorney, who did not return calls for comment. Williams also did not return messages.