In 2018, Stan Lee passed away. Passed away at the age of 95, this American comic book legend was linked, despite himself, to cases of breach of trust, abuse of the weak, and even blood theft. The name of his daughter, J.C. Lee, then emerged, with accusations linking her to abuse of the weak against the elderly, both towards her father and her mother, Joan. Years later, J.C. Lee breaks his silence.
Multiple accusations against J.C. Lee and those around him
It was in 2017, after the death of her mother, that accusations against J.C. Lee, Stan Lee's daughter, began to appear. But it was the following year, in an article in The Hollywood Reporter, that the accusations gained momentum. According to the American media, under pressure from three other people linked to the Lees, J.C. Lee frequently pressured his parents for money and control of their property. Verbal arguments, physical altercations, the Lees even came to blows. THR then published photos of a bruise on Joan Lee's arm, including detailed accusations that J.C. Lee then denied.
Since then, radio silence. However, works depicting Stan Lee's life have poured in since his death. In addition to J.L. Mast's Fathers of Marvel Comics, Stan Lee's life could soon have been featured in Stan Lee: The Final Chapter, an independent work aimed at reestablishing the truth once and for all, and above all denouncing the abuses suffered by the comic book legend. However, due to a lack of funding (only €74,859 was raised out of the €264,496 requested on Kickstarer), the project was canceled. However, its instigator, Jon Bolerjack, was Stan Lee's personal assistant during the last years of his life. Camera in hand, he filmed Stan Lee's life for hours, accompanying him to all his events. But after witnessing the mistreatment he suffered, he decided to turn his project into a documentary.
J.C. Lee returns to the case, 6 years after Stan Lee's death
And recently, it's J.C. Lee, Stan Lee's daughter, who decides to reopen Pandora's box by speaking out for the first time in an interview with Business Insider to deny past allegations that she committed elder abuse against both her father and mother. For J.C. Lee claims that all the accusations were "a lie," explaining that she did not publicly deny them at the time of the initial THR article's publication because of the advice of those around her.
"You think I haven't regretted it until today? It's all lies. That photo is insane. I never did it." she explains. However, J.C. Lee admits to having argued with her parents at times, particularly over money. Despite After all, she claims it never got physical: "I never touched my parents," she chants. Entitled "Growing Up Marvel," this interview with J.C. Lee is blocked by a paywall. We won't reveal more here; you can read her full comments in the Business Insider interview.
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