Media mogul’s mental competency at center of Mass. probate case

CANTON, Mass. (AP) — The mental competency of media mogul Sumner Redstone is at the center of a battle to be heard in a Massachusetts courtroom as Viacom's embattled chief executive seeks to be restored as a director and trustee to entities that control Viacom Inc. and CBS Corp. Viacom chief executive Philippe Dauman and board member George Abrams sued Redstone after both men were stripped of their roles as trustees of the Sumner M. Redstone National Amusements Trust and as board members of Nat

CANTON, Mass. (AP) — The mental competency of media mogul Sumner Redstone is at the center of a battle to be heard in a Massachusetts courtroom as Viacom's embattled chief executive seeks to be restored as a director and trustee to entities that control Viacom Inc. and CBS Corp. Viacom chief executive Philippe Dauman and board member George Abrams sued Redstone after both men were stripped of their roles as trustees of the Sumner M. Redstone National Amusements Trust and as board members of Nat…