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Wednesday, March 8, 2000
Slain teen's father ordered to account for donations
Girl's grandmother files suit claiming memorial funds were used to buy motorcycles and a pickup
By Stephen Hawkins
Associated Press
FORT WORTH - A court has ordered the father of Amy Robinson to account for money he received through a fund he set up after his 19-year-old daughter's 1998 torture and killing.
Robinson's grandmother has filed a civil lawsuit against Ben Grogan, claiming he misused donations intended for the girl's funeral and alleging he may not be the teen's biological father.
"They can say whatever they want. My attorney is going to take care of this for me," Grogan said Tuesday after a hearing on the case.
Carolyn Bradley, the grandmother and court-appointed executor of Robinson's estate, contends in her suit that Grogan bought motorcycles and a pickup truck for his girlfriend.
Tarrant County Probate Judge Steve M. King gave Grogan 45 days to account for donations intended for Robinson's estate. The judge also prohibited Grogan from spending any more of the money or disposing of any assets attained with such funds.
Larry Wright, one of Bradley's lawyers, said records indicate more than $13,000 is in question.
"What this hearing was about is to get an accounting of the money . . . to find out what was accumulated, what happened to those funds and to trail it so it can be brought into the estate," said Daniel Smith, another attorney for the grandmother. "We're kind of on the outside looking in."
The injunction issued by King was a modification of a ruling a week earlier that basically prevented Grogan from spending any money at all.
Robert Neville Jr. and Michael Wayne Hall both have been convicted of capital murder and sentenced to die for the February 1998 killing. Both are appealing their sentences.
Robinson, who was developmentally disabled, was riding her bike to work at a Kroger grocery store when Hall and Neville picked her up. The girl knew Hall, who also had worked at the store.
Grogan's attorney said an affidavit on file with the court provides DNA evidence that his client was Robinson's biological father.
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