Brown v. Kay

OPINION AND ORDER

PAUL A. ENGELMAYER, District Judge:

This case involves claims relating to the art collection of the late Himan Brown (“Himan”), a well-known producer of radio and television programs. Plaintiff Barry Brown (“Barry”) is Himan’s long-estranged son. Barry brings claims of fraud *472and conversion against the executor of Hi-man’s estate (“the Estate”) and against two trusts created by Himan. In essence, Barry alleges that Himan subverted a provision of a long-ago separation agreement under which Himan and his ex-wife had provided that, upon the death of the latter of the two of them,…