NSW: Hutchence family sues Inxs

AAP General News (Australia)
08-10-1999
NSW: Hutchence family sues Inxs

The family of former INXS rocker MICHAEL HUTCHENCE is reportedly suing the band as part of
a search for royalties they claim are part of $25 million missing from the dead singer's
estate.

The Daily Telegraph reports lawyers for HUTCHENCE'S mother PATRICIA GLASSOP and his
half-sister TINA HUTCHENCE launched proceedings against the band's Sydney accountants Hughes
Pettit in a Brisbane Court last week.

The women claim HUTCHENCE'S former financial adviser COLIN DIAMOND and will executor ANDREW
PAUL hid the rocker's assets in a complex web of offshore trusts to save tax.

The paper says the pair are seeking up to $25 million in assets, including music, royalty
payments of an unspecified amount, to be included in his estate.

It's understood the women last month rejected an out-of-court settlement offer of $3
million and are instead seeking a figure closer to $10 million.

HUTCHENCE committed suicide at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Sydney's Double Bay in November
1997.

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