Last month, the aging media mogul bid adieu to longtime girlfriend Sydney Holland. Now comes word that he’s parted ways with Manuela Herzer, an ex who remained in the picture. William D. Cohan reports on further tumult in the House of Redstone.
Some six weeks after Sumner Redstone, the 92-year-old billionaire who controls Hollywood media powerhouses Viacom and CBS, tossed Sydney Holland, 44, his live-in girlfriend of four years, out of his Beverly Park mansion, the other shoe has dropped.
Sources tell Vanity Fair that on October 12 Redstone also banished Manuela Herzer, 51, his ex-flame, who seemed to have enjoyed an entente cordiale with Holland in caring for and entertaining the billionaire. Herzer dated Redstone during the 1990s and refused an offer of marriage from him, but they remained close friends. Today, she lives a few miles away from his mansion, and, some say, she had taken control of his day-to-day operations, including managing the dozen or so people employed there, many of whom were handling his round-the-clock health care.
That changed abruptly last week. “All of a sudden on Monday there were a bunch of lawyers and house staff standing around, and she walked back in the house and it was communicated to her that Sumner doesn’t want her there anymore,” says someone familiar with what happened that day. “Now whether that’s truly Sumner’s wishes remains to be determined . . . There are lawyers swarming all around.” This person says Herzer’s “primary concern” is for Redstone’s health care. “Right now the big issue is who is looking after Sumner, and that’s a real serious issue,” the source continues. “She doesn’t know why she’s not there anymore, and there’s no one around. No family. Nobody responsible. There’s a driver and a nurse supposedly running the show.”
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