“My money was stolen from me. I was eventually stripped of the ability to make even the most basic decisions … my daily life became unbearable,” Rooney told the Senate Special Committee on Aging, who is holding an inquiry into elderly abuse across America.
Watch the Mickey Rooney Today show interview in this video clip, where Rooney talks about being an elder abuse victim.
He was granted a protective order against his stepson and his stepson’s wife.
For 20 years, family members “misused his money, forced him to work, and even left him without enough food at home.”
Mickey Rooney talks about being neglected and no one wanted to believe him.
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