The son of former Vancouver Canucks co-owner Paolo Aquilini alleges in a civil lawsuit that his grandfather manipulated a family trust to deprive some of his grandchildren of money their grandmother intended for them. Article content

The plaintiff Matteo Aquilini recounts in the claim filed this week in B.C. Supreme Court how his grandparents, Luigi and Elisa Aquilini, established a trust in 1995 called the Elisa Aquilini Family Trust which was to benefit her offspring and remain outside the management of Luigi. Article content

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“Its express purpose was to benefit their children and grandchildren, which includes the plaintiff, Matteo Aquilini. The terms of the trust were carefully crafted to prevent Luigi from ever benefiting or coming to control t

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