The former adviser to a Gretchen Valade trust has pleaded not guilty to four felony charges alleging he stole millions from the late Carhartt Inc. heiress, entrepreneur and philanthropist.
A new lawsuit filed in Wayne County Probate Court is claiming that one of the investments the former trustee of the Gretchen C. Valade Irrevocable Living Trust made in a stalled Detroit hotel redevelopment was not on the up and up.