that was the fight to get manuela out of the house. after she was kicked out, she sued and said, sumner did not have mental capacity. this is a big deal in the corporate world. people had been wondering for a year, why have we not heard from him? what's going on? she provided an answer to this. she was suing to be reinstated as his health guardian, basically, but also to say his decision to kick her out of the house was invalid and his decision to write her out of his will was invalid. that trial, which culminated in this absolute zoo where sumner was on videotape being interviewed, but no one could see the tape. they give a transcript. he did not say he did not want her in his life and he wanted his daughter sherry to be there. the trial was dismissed and that was the end of manuela. after that, that bizarre audiotape was leaked. we do not know who leaked it. brian: i cannot read much more of it. it says bob has never done a threesome with two men. sumner says he has done it with two women, so he is a little bit nervous but he is goin

that was in the midst of this trial over manuela.e finally stepped down from the board and handed over these negative chairmanship to the respective ceos. that was only because there was a gun to their heads, basically. people close to the company would say he is not technically on the board anymore. the have updated, made these changes to the bylaws of national amusements so that he does not have the ultimate say. you really have to stand on one leg and squint to see this logic. that he is only one vote among seven of the board members of national amusements. there's the board of the company and the board of national amusements, a private entity no one can see inside. he is just one vote among seven. even if he did not have his marbles, he would only be one vote. the problem with that is he personally still owns 80% of the stock of that entity. it is really strange that he is not in control legally. brian: one of the stories told so often about him that you write about is the story of the fire at the hotel in boston. tell the story.

s manuela caspar claridge spoke to the head of the un d.p. right here in davos and talked about the lion share project a flagship initiative that collaborates with businesses to protect wildlife and it wants to raise one hundred million dollars every year. i know what like life is under threat and the most in decline do we have to worry i think we have to worry a great deal we are losing nature and nature services species but also ecosystems every day on an unprecedented scale these are the foundations of life on the planet and that's why it is so important that we first of all understand how important a bee might be or a tree or a forest ecosystem fraud daily wellbeing and more important than to do something about it because it is we humans with our consumption patterns our economies our pollution that are destroying nature and we need nature to survive on this planet everybody knows that it seems but what can be done a lot first of all we all need to accept that we are part of helping to either solve the problem or make it worse and i think

the trial was dismissed and that was the end of manuela.fter that, that bizarre audiotape was leaked. we do not know who leaked it. brian: i cannot read much more of it. it says bob has never done a three some with two men. sumner says he has done it with two women. i want him to. what will happen will probably really excite you. it goes on and it can be read on television. has that ever been published other than in your book? keach: it was published on radar online. people knew about it. say this is --im he had a very lively love-life. in all of the court papers, both sides describe women coming in, ,eing paid for companionship and this was a pretty normal thing that was happening all the time. brian: does he still control 80% of the company? keach: yes. it is a little arcane, but he controls 80% of the national amusements, a holding company. that company controls 80% of the voting shares of cbs and viacom. brian: one of the reasons i go this way is there were people on the board that are well-known. main was on the board. parsons came on