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Casey Kasem's Oldest Children Name Half-Sister As Part Of Wrongful Death Lawsuit

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com)  —  Casey Kasem's oldest children have added his youngest child -- their half-sister -- to a wrongful death lawsuit they filed last year against his widow, Jean.

Liberty Kasem, 25, is the only child born to Casey and Jean Kasem.

Jean was married to the longtime "American Top 40" radio host and voice over artist from 1980 until his June 2014 death at age 82 from a form of dementia and a severe bedsore.

The amended Los Angeles Superior Court suit alleges Jean and Liberty Kasem are liable for wrongful death, elder abuse and negligent infliction of
emotional distress. Casey's brother, Mouner, is also aligned with his brother's oldest children in the suit.

The complaint further alleges Jean Kasem committed intentional infliction of emotional distress by isolating her husband's older children from
their father before his death and that she breached a settlement agreement she had with one of his other daughters, Julie Kasem, by making it hard for her to
visit with her father during most of the last six months of his life.

"Plaintiffs seek justice in this action through the only available means ... for the grossly harmful mistreatment and isolation of their father and brother and for the hastening of his death," the amended complaint alleges.

A representative for Liberty Kasem could not be immediately reached.

However, after a probate court hearing regarding her late father in September 2014, she said he was given good care by her mother and that family members who
said otherwise were not telling the truth.

"I'm going to have justice for my dad," she said.

The plaintiffs in the lawsuit are Kerri, Julie and Michael Kasem and their uncle, Mouner. They fought Jean Kasem over visitation access before her
husband died. She insisted that Casey didn't want to see them or former business associates as his health declined.

Kerri Kasem was given temporary conservatorship powers over her father and had control of his medical care. The temporary conservatorship expired upon
his death, but she was later appointed special administrator of her father's estate.

In their court papers, the plaintiffs cited Jean Kasem's decision to move her husband from a medical facility in Santa Monica to a friend's home in Washington state.

Jean and Casey Kasem
Jean and Casey Kasem attend a Hollywood event in November 2003. (credit: Doug Benc/Getty Images Entertainment)

"Jean chartered a plane to avoid detection and flew Casey to ... Washington," the suit states. "There, she and Liberty moved Casey in with a childhood friend .... whom Casey had never met."

The traveling took its toll on the famed deejay, causing him to suffer a bedsore a month before he died "after a seven-day sojourn in Jean and Liberty's custody," the suit states.

Jean Kasem transported her husband's body to Norway, where he was buried in an unmarked grave despite his wishes to be buried at a cemetery in Los Angeles, the lawsuit states.

Last May, the District Attorney's Office declined to file criminal charges against Jean Kasem regarding her husband's death.

Casey Kasem began his "American Top 40" radio show in July 1970, signing off each time with the trademark message, "And don't forget: Keep your feet on the ground, and keep reaching for the stars."

Kerri, Julie and Michael Kasem were born during their father's 1972-79 marriage to Linda Myers.

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