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Sister of Phillies owner says he cheated her out of millions

Last updated: Friday, April 24, 2015, 11:00 PM

The sister of John S. Middleton, the billionaire co-owner of the Phillies, has asked a judge to undo a 2003 deal she struck with her brother, saying he fraudulently deprived her of a share of the team and proceeds from the $2.9 billion sale of the family's cigar business.

Anna K. Nupson leveled that accusation this week in a filing in Montgomery County Orphans' Court, citing unspecified "new information" that her brother had concealed negotiations to sell the family business while scheming to first buy her and others out for a comparatively trifling $200 million.