"Three years and three million dollars later, the beneficiaries of this Trust appear to be facing the exact same scenario the Special Fiduciary was appointed to protect them from," Bradshaw wrote in his filing.

They accuse Wisan and his lawyers of billing the trust an average of $85,605 per month for legal and accounting costs and underselling Berry Knoll. Urging the judge to not approve the sale of the property, Bradshaw said no one benefits from ever-expanding litigation.

"The reality of the current situation is that there is no obvious exit strategy and no real end in sight," he wrote. "Before agreeing to this sale, this court should consider whether the court may be funding a course that will benefit only the retained professionals at the expense of the beneficiaries who may, at the end of the day, end up with nothing."

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