Seventh-generation du Pont heir says he's nearly broke

AP Worldstream | January 14, 2006| | Copyright

SAMUEL MAULL, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
01-14-2006
Dateline: NEW YORK
A seventh-generation heir of the du Pont chemical fortune who receives $3,000 (euro2,470) a month from his trust says he is "destitute and homeless" because of mismanagment of his part of the family fortune.

Alexis I. du Pont de Bie, 62, said Friday that he had gone from a 268-acre (108.5-hectare) estate and 20-bedroom house where he grew up in Delaware, to his present status depending on the kindness of friends and relatives for a place to sleep.

In a lawsuit filed in Manhattan's state Supreme Court, de Bie ...

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