Charity’s Lawsuit Contests Will of Creator of ‘Dick Tracy’ Radio Show

Six years before he died, Himan Brown, the creator of the radio dramas “Dick Tracy” and “Inner Sanctum Mysteries,” signed papers ensuring the bulk of his $100 million estate would go to a charitable trust under the sole control of his longtime lawyer.

Now a lawsuit alleges that the lawyer, Richard L. Kay, duped Brown, who was 94 at the time, into leaving the radio-era fortune in Kay’s hands. The court papers assert Kay has exploited his position overseeing the trust for his own benefit.