A Manhattan socialite has been accused of forcing her aging shipping-magnate husband into changing their prenuptial agreement so she could get her hands on US$8.4million before he dies.
The New York Post reports that a civil lawsuit filed in May says that socialite Antonia Kotovos Milonas, 62, used a variety of methods, including "threats, abuse and undue influence" to make her 88-year-old husband, Spiros Milonas, hand over the money which rightfully belongs to Spiros' daughters from his first marriage and his grandchildren.
The suit says that Antonia - Spiros' second wife - is "disgracefully just waiting for Spiros to die" and, in the meantime, trying to finagle as much money as she can from her elderly husband.
The money in question, the lawsuit claims, is part of the inheritance belonging to Spiros' daughters, Sofia Dingle and Claire Milonas.
Spiros, who heads up Ionian Management, and Antonia created the real estate company Axia in order to covert an Upper East Side apartment building into luxury condominiums.
In 2015 and 2016, the couple - through Axia - received loans totaling US$8.4million from trusts that Spiros and his daughters controlled, enabling Spiros and Antonia to develop the apartment building at lower interest rates and sans mortgage taxes, the Milonas family's attorney Judd Berstein told the New York Post.
