Asterix creator Albert Uderzo has said he is to sue
his daughter and son-in-law for "psychological violence", his lawyer
says.
A rift has
pitted father against daughter Sylvie since 2007 over the Asterix legacy.
She says that,
by selling his 60% stake in the Asterix publisher in 2008, her father allowed
the series to continue after he dies, betraying its spirit.
She filed a
legal claim in 2011, saying her father was being exploited.
That claim
against persons unknown for "abuse of fragility" is soon expected to
be dismissed by judges, although Ms Uderzo is likely to appeal, reports say.
Mr Uderzo, 86,
has been declared mentally fit during the course of the investigation, Le Point
magazine reports.
His daughter
had accused "people around him" of taking advantage of his age to
influence the management of his work and his money.
But Mr Uderzo
says he is not in a "state of fragility" and has instead been the
victim of harassment. He accuses his son-in-law, Bernard Boyer de Choisy, of
being behind various legal moves by his daughter against him.
"We have
decided to let Sylvie Uderzo and her husband understand that we will not let it
go," said lawyer Pierre Cornut-Gentil on Monday.
The rift goes
back to 2007 when Ms Uderzo and Mr de Choisy were dismissed by Asterix
publisher Editions Albert Rene as managers of the Uderzo estate.
The 35 albums
in the Asterix series have sold more than 352 million copies around the world
and have been translated into more than 100 languages.
The latest
offering in the series, Asterix and the Picts, was published in October in 15
countries and 23 languages by new author Jean-Yves Ferri and illustrator Didier
Conrad - the first people, other than original creators Uderzo and late author
Rene Goscinny, to produce an Asterix story.
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