A Calistoga city councilmember is being sued for allegedly “cajoling” an 84-year-old woman in cognitive decline to take on a loan that he and his business benefited from financially, according to a lawsuit filed in Napa County Superior Court.
The April lawsuit alleges that Councilmember Scott Cooper, who is also a real estate broker with his company Cal Green Lending, “preyed upon” the woman, Cheryl West, by persuading her to take on a reverse mortgage in 2020 while she was in cognitive decline.
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