Abuse allegations make case of elderly gay couple murky

[WillParkinson]

Abuse allegations make case of elderly gay couple murky

Allegations of abuse are making a tale of an elderly gay couple allegedly separated by Sonoma County, Calif., officials even more murky and divisive.

After a run-in with county officials left Clay Greene forcefully separated from his long-time partner, Harold Scull, now deceased, a lawsuit was filed on Greene’s behalf.

In 2008, after what Greene calls a slip-and-fall accident, paramedics were called to the home. Scull was hospitalized. After finding bruises on Scull, hospital employees alerted county officials to the possibility of elder abuse. Scull was released to a rehabilitation facility where he died a few months later. Greene, after Scull’s hospitalization, was never allowed to see his partner again.

County officials took control of the house the pair shared for two decades and auctioned off the men’s property.

According to the Bay Area Reporter, court documents state that “county employees went to the men’s home and in front of Greene commented that the couples’ belongings ‘will look great in my living room’ and that ‘my wife will love this.’”

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[donco6]

1. What's murky?

Wouldn't one have bruises after a slip-and-fall? What it the first slip and fall? And can an accusation mean stripping someone of access to the partner and wresting control of all assets?