New
York
(ANI):
Marilyn
Monroe's
heir,
Anna
Strasberg,
was
fined
200,000
dollars
on
Tuesday,
after
a
judge
accused
her
of
'unacceptable
shenanigans'
in
a
legal
battle
over
licensing
the
legendary
actress'
famous
photos.
Anna
is
the
third
wife
and
heir
of
Monroe
acting
mentor
Lee
Strasberg,
to
whom
the
veteran
bombshell
left
most
of
her
estate.
Manhattan
Federal
Judge
Colleen
McMahon
ordered
her
to
pay
166,000
dollars
in
fees
to
the
attorney
for
the
estate
of
late
photographer
Sam
Shaw,
who
had
clicked
the
iconic
photo
of
Monroe
standing
over
a
subway
grate,
dress
billowing
upward,
in
"The
Seven
Year
Itch".
The
judge
also
asked
Strasberg
and
her
legal
team
to
pay
30,000
dollars
in
sanctions
for
delaying
the
turnover
of
documents
showing
that
Monroe
was
legally
a
New
Yorker
when
she
committed
suicide
in
California
in
1962.
The
actress
residency
turned
out
to
be
a
major
issue
in
the
case,
which
eventually
went
in
Shaw
family''s
favour
in
September.
In
New
York,
heirs
can't
profit
from
publicity
generated
by
a
dead
person's
name.
"The
center
ring
of
this
three-ring
circus
was
the
right
of
publicity
claim,
and
the
parties
argument
over
whether
Monroe
had
any
such
right
to
leave
to
her
heirs.
That
depended
on
where
Monroe
lived
when
she
died," the
New
York
Daily
News
quoted
McMahon
as
saying
in
her
decision.
Shaw
Family
Archives
sued
Anna
for
trying
to
bar
Shaw's
estate
from
profiting
off
their
Monroe
images,
while
she
made
millions.
It
was
found
in
September
that
Anna
spent
100,000
dollars
in
an
unsuccessful
effort
to
get
Albany
lawmakers
to
change
the
law
on
dead
celebs.