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The "World's Richest Cat," Karl Lagerfeld's Choupette, May Actually Be Broke

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For the majority of the animal’s existence, the best-known thing about fashion icon Karl Lagerfeld’s famed cat Choupette was that the now 14-year-old blue-cream Birman was likely one of the planet’s most outlandishly pampered pets. After the eccentric designer acquired her in late 2011 from one of his model proteges, until the time of his passing from cancer in 2019, the cat effectively became the light of his life, and the closest thing that La…
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More than six years after the death of Karl Lagerfeld (†85), his famous cat Choupette is still waiting for her millions inheritance. According to the US magazine Atlantic, Françoise Caçote, the former housekeeper of the designer, who has been caring for the Burma cat since Karl's death in February 2019, has sounded the alarm. "I want to be quite frank: until today we have received absolutely nothing," explained the 51-year-old. The Modezar had a…

Seven years after the death of the legendary designer Karl Lagerfeld, his famous cat Choupette continues not to receive a single euro of the fortune that the fashion creator had assigned to him in his will. The situation has again generated international attention due to the legal problems surrounding the distribution of the inheritance. Lagerfeld died in 2019 and left an estimated heritage of more than 200 million euros. Beneficiaries included …

After the death of Karl Lagerfeld in 2019, it became known that having no direct descendants or close family, the legendary designer inherited 170 million euros from Choupette , his beloved cream cat with blue eyes and Burmese breed, however, it has just been made known that the feline is in ruin. Chopette was left under the care of the designer’s housekeeper, Françoise Caçote, who lives in an apartment in Paris with her family and another rescu…

Although the designer wanted to secure the animal's future, complicated legal procedures stood in the way.

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Báo điện tử Dân Trí broke the news on Tuesday, June 2, 2026.
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