John Amos’ daughter Shannon hires lawyer to investigate questions over Good Times actors’ last days

The daughter of the late John Amos has reportedly hired a lawyer to investigate lingering questions about her father’s final days.

Shannon Amos has retained James H. Davis III, Esq., to investigate a number of concerns she continues to have about her father, from his time in a hospital prior to his death to a complaint she filed about the concerns that her father was the possible victim. of elder abuse, according to TMZ.

The Good Times star died on August 21 at the age of 84, but his death was not announced until October 1 when Shannon, 58, and other members of her family said they were blindsided when they learned the devastating news through the media.

Her brother Kelly Christopher “KC” Amos, 54, was the only family member to have had contact with John in the months leading up to his death, following a public feud in which she previously accused her sibling of elder abuse.

Shannon, a co-trustee in her father’s estate, reportedly remains concerned about why he was placed in a medical facility and wants to know exactly when he was admitted to Centinela Hospital Medical Center, the Los Angeles facility where he died.

She also wants clarity on why her father was dropped off at the hospital by someone who was not his caregiver.

At the time, her father was being cared for by KC, but Shannon claims her father was taken there by someone falsely claiming to be his “daughter.”

Shannon previously accused Amos’ publicist Belinda Foster of posing as his daughter the night of his death. Foster later made it clear that Amos was “like a father” to her and that he called her his daughter.

Shannon also has questions about her father’s health and medical conditions when he entered the medical center.

She believes the hospital was uncooperative with her in her efforts to find out how he was doing shortly before his death.

Shannon’s lawyer claims that none of the three formal requests his client made to the hospital for her father’s medical records have been acknowledged.

The alleged silence has only increased Shannon and her attorney’s concerns about her father and what might have happened during his final days at the facility.

Shannon also wants to know if the Adult Protective Services Agency conducted a rigorous investigation into her father’s possible elder abuse as early as February 2024, after she filed a complaint.

She is also not convinced that the LAPD investigated the circumstances surrounding her father’s death.

In a statement, her attorney told TMZ, “The family deserves to know the full circumstances surrounding Mr. Amos’ care and the events leading to his death. We strive to use all available options to ensure these questions are answered.

‘Madam. Amos and her legal team emphasize the importance of transparency in healthcare and the rights of families to access crucial medical information. The investigation will continue to seek answers and accountability in this deeply personal and important issue.”

Amos – best known for roles in Roots and Good Times – died on August 21, although it was not reported until October 1, with members of his family revealing they had no idea of ​​his death until it was reported.

Several members of Amos’ family — including daughter Shannon and goddaughter Amy Goudy — released a statement claiming that her brother KC Amos had isolated the actor from the rest of his family.

Shannon mentioned it recently TMZ that she believes her brother KC, Belinda Foster and Eugene Brummet had Amos’ will changed before his death.

Although KC has not publicly addressed these claims, Foster has refuted the family’s claims.

Shannon first said in the interview that they couldn’t find any paperwork naming Foster as her father’s official publicist.

She added that KC, Foster and Brummett all lived with her father, calling them all “con artists” who came into her father’s life at her brother’s request.

“We believe the three of them conspired to abuse my father, who was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and Lewy body dementia in 2016,” she said, adding that she received it in writing from the hospital.

However, she said Amos “bounced back” and “did really well until about 2022,” when they realized he “couldn’t really take care of himself.”

Her brother KC moved in at that time and “began making accusations that a caregiver was stealing money from him.”

Her father was cremated nine days after his death – something the family knew nothing about until recently, and when asked what motivated them to shut her and the rest of the family out and have him cremated just nine days after his death , she responded saying she thinks there are “many reasons” at play.

She added that he had “the best insurance” through the actors’ union SAG-AFTRA and that he should have been at Cedars-Sinai, but instead they just dropped him off at a hospital in Inglewood, which she said “doesn’t make sense has’. ‘

Shannon adds that they are “going to conduct a police investigation,” adding that she heard from a doctor, her father’s GP, that when her brother moved in with her, he withheld medication.

She added that he was also battling cancer and was supposed to undergo cancer treatment, but that never happened.

When asked about her father’s will and whether it had been changed, Shannon said her uncle was in charge of his estate, adding: “He had to make five wills because my brother would come in… he would leave him get the paperwork signed. and he would undo everything.”

She added that her uncle had to “constantly” re-draft the wills, adding that she had a statement from her brother that she “made him sign” after her mother’s death, that he “knowingly killed my father manipulated him, made him change wills and that he… could never again get my father to sign a document without family members present and that he was still able to do so.’

Belinda Foster has released a statement since Shannon’s claims that her father was a victim of elder abuse People.

“I have represented John Amos as his publicist for over thirty years. The media knows this, along with John’s agencies. Over the years we have grown closer, to the point of a family relationship,” she began.

‘In recent years he often called me his ‘daughter’. This was not fraud by John, KC or myself. He was like a father to me. “I deeply mourn his passing,” she said.

“Shannon’s claims that John was abused are false. KC, Eugene and I, along with many others, took care of him,” she said, referring to claims of elder abuse that Shannon brought forward in 2023.

“On several occasions when Shannon alleged he had been abused, law enforcement authorities assisted John and confirmed his well-being,” Foster added.

Foster adds that the same 2023 allegation of elder abuse was the reason why KC did not tell the family that John died because it would violate a court order.

“At the time of John’s death, KC was under a strict restraining order from the Superior Court of New Jersey, based on the complaint filed against him by his sister Shannon in 2023,” Foster said.

“As a condition of his provisional release, KC is prohibited from making any contact with Shannon, directly or indirectly via telephone, social media or any other method of communication,” she said.

‘At the time of his death, John was concerned that Shannon would turn his death and funeral into a circus, as she had done with other aspects of his life. It was John who requested a delay in announcing his death to Shannon and the rest of the world,” Foster insisted.

Foster added that she regrets that Shannon “chose this path,” adding, “Medical authorities interviewed him over the past year and determined him to be mentally healthy.”

“For the sake of preserving John’s well-deserved reputation as an outstanding actor and community activist, we hope that we can put to rest these nonsensical claims that Shannon is making out of her own pain from her father’s estrangement,” she said. concluded.