Billionaire’s Wife Sues N.Y. Law Firm Over Hate-Mail Claim (1)

The wife of billionaire Isaac Perlmutter sued the well-known New York law firm Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP for what she called frivolous claims made against the couple in their decade-long spat with a neighbor at a swanky Florida condominium complex.

Attorneys at the law firm -- founded by prominent litigator Marc Kasowitz -- spent years unsuccessfully trying to prove Laura Perlmutter and her husband, head of Walt Disney’s Marvel unit, used a hate-mail campaign to tarnish the reputation of millionaire Canadian businessman Harold Peerenboom in a feud over tennis courts, according to the lawsuit.

Donald Trump hands his pen to Isaac Perlmutter after signing an Executive Order in 2017. Laura Perlmutter stands next to her husband at second right.

Photographer: Andrew Harnik/AP Photo

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