Polo Mogul, Alleged DUI Killer John Goodman Adopts Adult Galpal as His Daughter!

Posted by Jose Lambiet , January 31, 2012 Print

In a twist that places the justice system in what a judge described as the “twilight zone,” troubled Wellington polo mogul John Goodman has adopted his 42-year-old girlfriend as his daughter!

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Goodman's mug shot at his arrest in May 2010

Goodman, 47, is scheduled to go to trial for manslaughter in March in connection with the Feb. 12, 2010 car crash that claimed the death of 24-year-old Scott Wilson.

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Goodman, the owner and founder of Wellington‘s International Polo Club Palm Beach, is also the target of a civil lawsuit filed by Wilson’s family, and his financial exposure in the crash may have sparked the adoption procedure.

Goodman’s adoption of Heather Hutchins, his galpal since 2009, was finalized in October in Miami-Dade County, according to WPEC-Channel 12. Because of the private nature of adoptions, the paperwork isn’t readily available. But hints of the legal move appeared in paperwork filed by Wilson’s family in the civil lawsuit.

As Goodman’s child, Hutchins suddenly became the beneficiary of the income of Goodman’s multi-million dollar trust, according to CBS12. Goodman has two natural teenage children – but the trust mandates Goodman’s children to be 35 years old before they can cash in.

In an opinion Glenn Kelley, the judge on the civil case against Goodman, wrote: ”The court cannot ignore the practical implications of directing trust assets to Ms. Hutchins . . . The events border on the surreal and take the court into a legal twilight zone.”

Investigators say Goodman, the heir of a Texas fortune, was drunk when he allegedly blew a stop sign on a dark Wellington road and crashed his Bentley into Wilson’s economy car. Wilson drowned in his partly submerged wreck.

One of Goodman’s lawyers told the station that the adoption was designed for estate planning.

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dth, 1 year ago Reply

John, your family must be really proud of you.
Sarah Wortham, 1 year ago Reply

He f….. up a young man’s life, is now f…..g his family in court, and finally f…. his own daughter (adopted). THAT IS F….D UP.
- Jose Lambiet, 1 year ago Reply
  
  That is some funny s…, Sarah
  - Deskboy, 1 year ago Reply
    
    No, it is f…..g funny.
Steve O, 1 year ago Reply

Let me get this straight: I really don’t have to marry my girlfriend but I can just adopt her instead. I can continue to f… her but instead of introducing her as my girlfriend I will have to call her my daughter. Wow, that’s a doozy! I can’t wait to propose this to my “galpal”…

Oh yeah, f… John Goodman and the horse he rode in on!!!
Deskboy, 1 year ago Reply

Hey poloboy. Now that you have adopted her, you can’t touch that no more.

Cant touch that
I told you poloboy (You can’t touch that)
Yeah, that’s how we living and you know (You can’t touch that)
Look at my eyes, man (You can’t touch that)
Yo, let me bust the funky lyrics (You can’t touch that)
Charles Darwin, 1 year ago Reply

This guy should hang with Woody Allen; they could compare notes.
alex, 1 year ago Reply

k t parece?
carlos vasquez, 1 year ago Reply

what?
Fitzzz, 1 year ago Reply

I think he is a very clever man, and should be rewarded as such
The judge who might have given him 5-10 years, should now give him
30-40 years

Also add a charge of incest
UptownGrlinFL, 1 year ago Reply

Jose, you neglected to let everyone know that John Goodman knocked Scott Wilson’s car at such speed that it rolled over and went into the canal upside down! Instead of calling 911 right away & trying to save the young man, he wandered off for over an hour before he called for help. And 911 was not his first call!
Goodman is not worth the air he breathes!!!
He’s come up with several “excuses” to keep postponing his trial. I sincerely hope this latest scheme will not hold up in court, if he ever goes to trial.
All his millions, can’t change the fact that he has no heart, no conscience and no soul.
- Mindy, 1 year ago Reply
  
  I completely agree with you. Goodman is not worth the air he breathes! If you are interested,you should check out the site about poor Johnny now.supposedly under suicide watch.
  He has destroyed his “family” — not that he ever cared about anyone but himself.He is such a mess,and his lackies are defending him.
  
  After years of drinking and drugging,he kills an innocent boy.I find him revolting.
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