LOS ANGELES : Judge Throws Out Some of Mudd Mistress’s Claims

A judge Friday threw out a woman’s claims that her late multimillionaire lover had defrauded and intentionally inflicted emotional distress on her, but the judge left two breach of contract allegations intact.

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Florence Pickard agreed with attorneys for the estate of Henry Mudd that there was insufficient evidence to support the claim that he intentionally misled Lorraine Oliver with false promises of lifetime support.

Mudd, who died of leukemia in 1990 at age 77, kept seven mistresses during his later years. Though he wed one of them months before he died, the multimillionaire continued his extramarital relationships.