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Leona Helmsley
April 25, 1988
In the ads for one of the 23 posh hotels her husband owns, Leona
Helmsley is often referred to as "the Queen," as in "The Queen stands
guard." Last week the self-proclaimed royal and her spouse Harry
found themselves under guard in a less than imperial court. "Not
guilty," the couple pleaded in unison to the 188 counts of tax
evasion and fraud filed against them in a New York court. The
government charges that the Helmsleys, who control more than $1.4
billion in property, had illegally deducted as business expenses $4
million worth of renovations at their Greenwich, Conn., estate,
including a $1 million swimming-pool enclosure. The couple are free
pending trial. The accusations, said their lawyer, are "unfounded,
unfair and unjust." They do have the sniff of lese majeste.
--By Howard G. Chua-Eoan.
Reported by David E. Thigpen/New York, with other bureaus