M. Gessen

But it's important to her that she's doing all of this on her own, without Alan and Lena's help or interference.

Lena has other ideas.

Well, let's start with Lena suing Priscilla.

So what is the status of that case?

How did that go?

Remember, at his own murder-for-hire trial, Alan testified that he had solved many a life problem with a bribe.

As Priscilla describes it, a childhood friend of Alan's, a son of a close friend of Lena's, approached Priscilla with an offer, a monthly stipend in exchange for letting Lena see the kids.

Priscilla is talking about Lena.

Obviously unstable strikes me as an accurate description.

Because I've now read over 100 pages of court documents related to Lena's lawsuit.

And much of it corroborates what Priscilla told me happened next.

Lena confirmed money was offered.

although she doesn't characterize it as a bribe.

The court rejected Lena's attempt to claim Alan's parental time, but did order monthly supervised visits.

But Lena is Lena.

These issues started small.

One time, Lena loaded everyone into her car and drove to her house without Priscilla's permission.

Priscilla had hired a college student to supervise the visits.

So for the next time, Priscilla found a professional supervisor.

In a court filing, the supervisor offered the following professional assessment of the visits.