According to RadarOnline.com, filmmaker and former assistant Jonathan Bolerjack claims that Lee endured years of mistreatment at the hands of opportunists seeking to benefit from his fame and deteriorating health. Bolerjack says he had a firsthand view of the troubling events while working closely with Lee and is now working on a documentary, Stan Lee: The Final Chapter, which he says will reveal never-before-seen footage from those years.
“At the time, I didn’t have the power to stop it,” Bolerjack states in a YouTube video promoting the project. “But I did have a camera—and filmed everything.” He claims the footage includes scenes of Lee being jostled at conventions and wheeled around by handlers in a frail condition.
A key figure tied to the controversy is Lee’s former business manager, Keya Morgan. He was charged with multiple offenses in 2019, including theft, embezzlement, and elder abuse, for allegedly stealing over $222,000 in cash from memorabilia signings in 2018.
However, in 2022, the case against Morgan ended in a mistrial after a jury deadlocked 11 to 1 in favor of acquittal. The judge dismissed the charges “in the interests of justice,” according to the report.
Despite the legal outcome, Bolerjack’s film aims to expose what he describes as a culture of exploitation surrounding Lee in his final years, highlighting what he calls a “thriving market” built around the comic book legend’s declining health and signature.