Former Yahoo and Warner Bros. chief executive Terry Semel, who has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, has been placed in a care home against his wishes, according to a new legal filing by his son Eric.
On Wednesday, Eric Semel filed a petition for temporary conservatorship of his father, asserting that Terry Semel’s wife, Jane, has “abused her authority over Terry in taking actions that are in direct contravention with Terry’s stated wishes and best interests.”
Those actions include moving him from his Bel Air home to the Motion Picture Television Fund House (a retirement home for members of the entertainment industry with a specialty care unit for those suffering from Alzheimer’s or dementia), making unilateral changes to his care staff and “seemingly arbitrarily” changing his medication.