LOS ANGELES : Mudd Says Father Viewed Mistresses as Family

Harvey S. Mudd II testified Tuesday in Superior Court that his father, the late multimillionaire Henry T. Mudd, referred to his many mistresses as “his special friends” and considered them part of his family.

Mudd, a 52-year-old Vermont writer, also testified that his father said he shared a marriage-like relationship with Eleanor (Lorraine) Oliver--a former mistress suing Mudd’s estate for $5 million in palimony.

“He told me his relationship with Lorraine was as a relationship with a wife, that it was companionship, dinner, talks, listening,” Mudd said. “It also included sexual intimacy.”