She’s the Leona Helmsley of the Sunshine State.
Gail Posner, the daughter of infamous corporate-takeover king Victor Posner, has bequeathed her seven-bedroom, $8.3 million Miami mansion and a $3 million trust fund to her overpampered pooches, according to court papers.
The 67-year-old heiress died in March, leaving a will that made her three pets, including a Chihuahua named Conchita — whom she called “one of the world’s most spoiled dogs” — sitting pretty.
Also hitting the jackpot were seven personal aides, including bodyguards and housekeepers, who were given a total of $26 million — and the right to live rent-free in the mansion while caring for the animals, the documents show.
But the will unleashed a lawsuit filed by Gail Posner’s only living son, Hollywood screenwriter Bret Carr, claiming his mom was drugged and “brainwashed” into spending lavishly on the dogs.
Carr alleges that his mother’s personal aides directed the “deeply disturbed” woman to spend excessive amounts of money on the dogs — buying them diamond jewelry and a four-season wardrobe — in a “ruse” to steal the fortune.
The filmmaker, who has only a handful of low-budget credits to his name, said his mom’s workers manipulated a publicity campaign for the dogs in order to justify a huge inheritance over which they’d get control.
In a 2007 interview, Posner said she bought a $15,000 diamond-studded Cartier necklace for Conchita but it didn’t meet the dog’s refined tastes.
“Conchita is the only girl I know who doesn’t consider diamonds her best friend,” she told the Miami Herald.
Last year, Posner said she took Conchita with her on shopping sprees and even considered getting a Range Rover — for the pup.
“Gail had a serious drug problem. She had cancer and suffered from bipolar disorder and she was easily influenced,” Carr’s lawyer, Bruce Katzen, told The Post.
In his lawsuit, Carr said his mom should have left the entire estate to him, since Victor’s will established a trust for his grandkids — which Carr claims Gail raided.
She changed her will in 2008, after she was already dying from cancer, and added the vast sums for her pups and workers.
The bizarre case is reminiscent of “Queen of Mean” Helmsley, who left $12 million to her Maltese, named Trouble, while ignoring two of her grandkids. A judge later knocked that amount down to $2 million.
This isn’t the first scandal for the Posner family. Victor, who died in 2002, pleaded no contest to tax evasion in 1987.
He was subsequently barred from being involved with publicly held companies.