Ultimately, this shows how messy a family can really be when it comes to money. Child actress Liesel Matthews, whose real name is now Liesel Pritzker Simmons, is the niece of Jay and Donald Pritzker, co-founders of the Hyatt hotel chain. In 1998, a year before his death, Jay was said to be worth $5 billion.
Well, here's where the chaos comes in: In 2002, Liesel filed a $6 billion lawsuit against her father and other relatives, claiming they had schemed to protect her inheritance. She believed she and her brother had “looted” a billion dollars from her trust fund. Her brother Matthew also joined the lawsuit. The story is wild and her family was allegedly involved in some pretty shady dealings that neither she nor her brother were involved in. Eventually the case was settled out of court and Liesel and Matthew both received their salaries. According to Forbes, the Pritzker family is worth a total of $41.6 billion, and Liesel alone is worth $1.5 billion.
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