Although not much is known about Elizabeth Taylor's youngest grandchild, 17-year-old Richard McKeown, we do know he was swept up in all kinds of drama as a child. According to Wales Online, Richard, who is named after his grandfather, was living with his mother, Maria Burton, when she filed a restraining order against Tom McKeown, young Richard's father.
In a familiar case of he-said she-said, McKeown claimed his wife hadn't been "functioning as a mother" when a restraining order for verbal abuse came out of nowhere — supposedly, of course. "I ended up homeless," he explained. Maria Burton's friend, on the other hand, said there had been "violence against Maria, and that's why the courts have given her custody of her son." Mike McCormick, director of the American Coalition For Fathers And Children, who supported McKeown, further added, "It's a tragedy not only for him, but for a child too young to express his loss."
Thankfully, her grandson appears to be just fine, according to his Facebook page, and we haven't heard anymore talk of custody battles. No news is good news, right?
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