Stan Lee Fires Longtime Manager Max "Mac Anderson" possible Embezzlement and abuse! 5 5

[MarvelComicsArt]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5428459/Stan-Lees-longtime-manager-fired-honeytrap-claims.html

(article link above)

Uk newspaper claims that Stan Lee fires longtime Manager Max "Mac Anderson"...  claims of embezzlement  have reared its ugly head .

But it does not stop there , elder abuse, trying to force Stan Lee to change his will...to write his daughter out of the will. 

"Stan Lee claims he is afraid for his life!" 

I had always heard stories about Max his manager , tales of embezzlement , even of elder abuse.

But those were just rumors even from reliable sources until proven are just that , there was never any factual evidence provided.

If the above article is indeed true , than its just awful. And i feel terrible for Mr.Lee and his daughter.

( and hopefully no nasty remarks about "Kharma being a person_without_enough_empathy". please keep in mind that elder abuse of any kind is very serious and terrible )

Has any collector had any interactions with Max, anything that stands out as being inappropriate ? 

Max was always buying high end original comic art at comic conventions ,was he using funds that may have been embezzled , was he trading in autographs for art?

He also always bragged that he had at least 25,000  Stan Lee autographs stashed away for a rainy day when Stan passed.

Just curious?

 

[Bronty]

When someone comes forward with a contentious story like this and they only have six posts total, they usually have an axe to grind.      Maybe that's not you; I don't know you.     

But I'm left wondering.

Edited March 1, 2018 by Bronty

[MarvelComicsArt]

i apologize i posted this twice somehow , also it should read( "Kharma being a bit*h) and not "Kharma being a person_without_enough_empathy"

[MarvelComicsArt]

No malintent here, i have had no direct interactions with Max , and i truly hope that somehow this article is all a huge misunderstanding . 

I wanted to get insight from other collectors. And as i mentioned elder abuse is not something that should be ever be taken lightly.  

My point of reference is this article . Whatever stories i heard  in the past no matter the source i always took as rumors... nothing more. 

I would never ruin someones reputation because i heard a story. Its just that.... a story.

Does anyone have any insight?

[thehumantorch]

Disturbing if true

[Artboy99]

Comics General would get a better discussion going. This is the Original Art forum, just FYI

[MarvelComicsArt]

Thank you i just reposted it there, still new to this.

i appreciate your advice

thanks

[The Voord]

The Daily Mail is a long-established and widely-read tabloid newspaper over here in the UK.  Can't see them running a totally bogus story?

[vodou]

9 minutes ago, The Voord said:

The Daily Mail is a long-established and widely-read tabloid newspaper over here in the UK.  Can't see them running a totally bogus story?

Credit the non-UK readers of your post: your statement could be read straight or as sarcasm, equally.

"Tabloid" carries a certain stigma here in the States that may not be the case elsewhere.

[cheekyj2112]

I actually thought the same thing re tabloids reference, and I'm in the UK.  Tabloids aren't exactly renowned for their journalistic integrity.

[Skizz]

The Daily Mail is the tabloidest of tabloids that tends to divide all things in existence is two categories: things that cause cancer and things that prevent cancer. Sometimes the same item appears on both list.

For those outside the UK, I would take anything the Daily Mail says with a fistful of salt. 

[Mercury Man]

So the guy on the left is Max Anderson.  I never really got a good vibe from him at the Stan Lee signings I've been to.   He definitely is an anti-photo nazi, even if you are 100 feet away.  

[vodou]

8 hours ago, Mercury Man said:

He definitely is an anti-photo nazi, even if you are 100 feet away.

Hilarious. Uh don't bring Stan out in public at all then. Dude. LOL. Love those must have total control type personalities

[James J Johnson]

23 hours ago, thehumantorch said:

Disturbing if true

If true, it certainly wouldn't be the first time in this hobby that a confidant with access to a lot of his boss'/clients' money indulged themselves with unauthorized purchases.

[thehumantorch]

23 minutes ago, James J Johnson said:

If true, it certainly wouldn't be the first time in this hobby that a confidant with access to a lot of his boss'/clients' money indulged themselves with unauthorized purchases.

Sadly, it happens too often.

 

[James J Johnson]

21 hours ago, Mercury Man said:

So the guy on the left is Max Anderson.  I never really got a good vibe from him at the Stan Lee signings I've been to.   He definitely is an anti-photo nazi, even if you are 100 feet away.  

 

[mattn792]

I'd wager a small sum Max and Linda are holed up together somewhere in Mexico right now.  Will they manage to stay off the grid is the next question.

[thirdgreenham]

I hope this isn’t true. So, so sad, if it is. 

[TheRealVenom]

I'm not sure about anything in the ugly situation.

Guys like Neal Adams and Steranko and recently J Scott Campbell have come forward as saying Max treated Stan like a father and they are afraid for stan in this situation. This whole thing just wreaks of fish. Something is not right here. 

[AnthonyTheAbyss]

8 minutes ago, TheRealVenom said:

Guys like Neal Adams and Steranko and recently J Scott Campbell have come forward as saying Max treated Stan like a father and they are afraid for stan in this situation.

Huh?  Me no understand sentence.

 

Are these guys defending Max or not defending Max?