From Comicbook.com:
Star Trek star Nichelle Nicols, who was recently diagnosed with dementia, is in the middle of a conservatorship battle, and was caught on video "screaming for her life". The alleged assailant? Her son.
A new report from local news station CBS46 in Atlanta reports having obtained video and audio of Star Trek star Nichelle Nichols “screaming for her life” at the center of a battle over legal control of her decision-making powers and estate. The legal battle began when the 86-year-old Nichols was reportedly diagnosed with dementia. Her son, Kyle Johnson, filed for legal guardianship over her, but handlers and friends insist that he does not have Nichols’s best interests at heart.
"I'm the boss of me Gill, he's not the boss of me,” Nichols says. Then, after the camera is put down, she can be heard saying, "I didn't give permission to have conservatorship over me. I didn't know what he was doing." Her son then allegedly enters the room and Nichols screams "You get your hands off me. You're trying to get rid of me." Los Angeles police have been made aware of the situation, but say they haven’t launched an official investigation as of yet.
I got the chance to meet Nicols many years ago - a sweet, endearing woman, with an amazing voice. I really hope things work out with this.