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...spoke too soon. In October King evicted the Meehan-Hoos, and they threatened to sue him for defamation. The police got involved. Charges flew back and forth, almost as if this were a real extended family...
Just two weeks prior, the scene was hectic but warm at the King house. The children played video games. Jan and Yolanda Meehan-Hoo held hands in the kitchen and talked about how much the town had done for them. Forrest hovered nearby, chiming in occasionally, as Marie made dinner. "Forrest is like the dad of the whole family," said Jan, smiling. "Anytime I have gone to this man with a problem, he's solved it. Even things I didn't want solved...
...unsolicited problem solving caused tension, says Kim Allard, a city councilor who helped the Meehan-Hoos settle in. Each day King would present his guests with a schedule of tasks. "He was controlling everything that was happening. And they were fully able to do for themselves," says Allard...
King claims the conflict grew out of deception. He says he discovered that the Meehan-Hoos had substantial savings, for example. "Their story kept changing," he says. "I wanted to help people who were, let's say, needy." Yolanda denies misleading anyone. "I told him, 'I am an open book.'" She says that while staying at King's house, she got a letter from her lawyer telling her she may be getting a $13,000 settlement for a lawsuit involving her mother, who had been injured on a bus years earlier. She says King learned that by opening her mail...
Compounding the stress, the TIME story led to a cascade of media inquiries. When a CBS Early Show producer called, the situation imploded. King claims he did not want any more interviews in the house. "I think [Jan and Yolanda] were looking for glory," he says. The Meehan-Hoos say just the opposite. "You know how some people need attention all the time? He was one of those people," says...