Pedestrian Observer GB: Leona Helmsleys' Maltese Dog Trouble

Doggone it Leona Helmsleys’ Maltese dog Trouble is in trouble financially. The poor bitch well, actually she is not exactly poor because she is still a millionaire when a Manhattan judge quietly reduced her $12million trust fund to $2million with the $10million going to Leona Helmsley's charity foundation. Here is what NYPost Screw the Pooch has to say:

Trouble is living in Florida with Carl Lekic, the general manager of the Helmsley Sandcastle Hotel.

In an affidavit, Lekic says Trouble appears to be very happy in her new permanent home and is doing well in all respects, and the extra cash wouldn't buy her more happiness.

"Two million dollars . . . would be enough money to pay for Trouble's maintenance and welfare at the highest standards of care for more than 10 years, which is more that twice her reasonably anticipated life expectancy," he said.

Lekic put her annual expenses at $190,000, which includes his $60,000 guardian fee, $100,000 for 'round-the-clock security, $8,000 for grooming, $3,000 for miscellaneous expenses, $1,200 for food and anywhere from $2,500 to $18,000 for medical care.

Dang, life indeed is going to the dogs considering what this mutt spends on food alone is enough to make 1.9 million Filipino families desperately feel sorry for themselves that will take them more than 3 years to earn, earning a measly income of $1 a day.

The late Leona Helmsley dubbed as the Queen of Mean by the press is also known to be friends with wanna be Queen Imelda Marcos the bitter errr better half of the late strong man Ferdinand Marcos of the Philippines.

Anyway, Trouble is the only dog or should we say life's a bitch for her that gets in trouble receiving death threats and being sued by her former caretaker and Leona Helmsley's ex-housekeeper Zamfira Sfara, 48 for "mauling" she claims she got from that sweet pooch repeatedly back in 2004.

Oh that bitch in the picture is not Trouble but some mutt that looks like her so in case the Abu Sayyaf Group (an alleged creation of the Philippine Military according to some people) are planning a kidnap for ransom scheme, sorry wrong bitch. On the other hand those ASG animals should just stick to abducting dogs but not the Maltese though. Since they act like dogs on heat when they get the animal urge to rape their victims, might as well do it with their own kind....... those trained to fight nasty Pitt Bull is a good match.