Moneyed pets, and their woes:
A PAMPERED pooch who inherited $US12 million ($13.5 million) from a late US hotel magnate earlier this year has fled to Florida under an assumed name after receiving death threats, a report said.
Trouble, a white Maltese who belonged to billionaire Leona Helmsley until her death in August, was flown by private jet under tight security two months ago after receiving around 20 such threats, the New York Post reported.
...The paper did not say who was suspected of being behind the threats, but Trouble is said to have earned countless enemies due to a penchant for biting.
John Codey, who is in charge of the pampered pooch's trust fund, told US television network CBS last week that there had been threats to kidnap the dog.
He added that the cost of Trouble's round-the-clock security detail, medical care, chef-cooked meals and grooming were an estimated $US300,000 ($339,847) a year. The dog was previously living at a 28-room estate in Connecticut.
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