Whatever happened to this

I'm sure his care is probably very expensive. He didn't just have a brain tumor, but other health issues as well.

Why does a brain tumor patient need 7500$ per month, anyway ?
I know cancer patients in my country. Some of them received medicamentation for over a million euro. They didnt had to pay anything for it themselves. Its a damn human right.
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Leighton Meester's mother is an uneducated, self-indulgent, ex-convict in her 50s whose job choices are very limited due to her long criminal record (she doesn't want to clean motel rooms for the rest of her life) so she "exploits" her daughter and her acting career. Sadly, Leighton isn't alone for there are dozens (possibly hundreds) of parents out there who try to exploit their children's careers for their own personal agenda.
Gary Coleman is another perfect example where his adoptive parents philfered his trust fund while he was still in his teens during his early career on "Diff'erent Strokes" so they could never work and live off his salary, and how he sued them (as well as his agent, manager, lawyer, accountant) for stealing large numbers of money from his trust fund totaling $3.8 million over a period of 10 years (he won a $1,280,000 judgement from a long litigation trial).
Leighton has every right never to talk to or make contact with her mother ever again. (I would).

This is sad. Its like Ivy's story on GG is Leighton's real life story.

Fame hasn't gone to her head!
IF Ifound out that my mother was spending the money I was giving her to take
care of my brother was being wasted I would stop giving money to her, instead I would give the money to the younger brother.
From what I've heard the mother was in the wrong and Leighton is just doing what is fair for her behalf,is that so wrong? If Leighton's brother needs medical help I'm sure Leighton would assist in the meidical expences.

Leighton's brother had a brain tumor when he was five months old. it's ridiculous to say that Leighton gave her mom money for his medical expenses seventeen years later. He had another surgery in May2011 for a completely unrelated brain issue called trigeminal neuralgia, and one month later Leighton decided to cut him out of her life, including cancelling his medical insurance. Her mom has dismissed any case against Leighton and is trying to take care of her brother with absolutely no help from anyone. Leighton needs to stop taking advice from greedy Hollywood leeches and remember the family who stood by her when she had nothing. It's a shame success has gone to her head.

Her mother sounds horrible!
I'm definitely feeling sympathy for Leighton and her brother.
I'm surprised Leighton's always smiling; She must be really strong. That's definitely inspiring.

Her mom sounds like a total nutjob.
You just might get lucky for once in your miserable life.

The mother seems pretty horrible - then again isn't she a criminal? Leighton doesn't have to pay anything for her or the brother, anything she's doing is nice but she shouldn't be forced to shell out for it.

Very true but in some cases, such as this, a court can deem an adult unable to take care of themselves due to health issues, in which case he would have to have a legal guardian or care taker of sorts. If that is the case, and I'm not saying it is, they would have to look at Leighton's ability to take care of him in order to deem her the title of care taker or what have you, and with the fact that she is an actress and is probably gone more than she is home, it would take a lot for the courts to look past that and give her custody rights. This is just a possibility though.

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What a bitch using the money Leighton specifically earmarked for her brothers care for her own greed?
This is the woman who gave birth to Leighton while in PRISON!!!!!!
Leighton is beautiful on the inside as she is on the outside, you can bet shed be taking care of her little bro if she wasnt a successful actress or if she wasnt as busy shed take him from her mom.
If Leighton hit her with a bottle, you can bet she deserved it.

Exactly,Blake!!!!!

Her mom sounds like a royal bitch and a selfish evil woman!! Who would use money for her son's health for her own vain procedures? SICKENING!!

More headaches coming.heard that dear mama has countersued!!!!

Now I know why she was so convincing in The Roommate. She was playing her crazy @ss mom!

I wonder if all this is true, I think it is, but Leighton is such a private person,I read somewhere her Mom said that Leighton attacked her with a bottle and that is why she tried to counter sue her for 3 million dollars, I can't imagine Leighton attacking someone though.
Its horrible to think someone would use their sons health care money like that as well.
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This whole thing is just getting ugly
eace-pay!

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What a horrible story. My thoughts go out to her brother.

hannah, agreed on everything!
You can bet your bottom dollar that Leighton would be taking care of her brother 24/7 if she weren't a successful actress. That's just how she comes off to me.
This is so sad. The mom should get a job, seeing as how it's HER son and HER responsibility, and leave him with family to take care of him or something during her shifts.

Yeah,exactly..can't always trust the ones you love,sadly!!!