McClendon Estate Claims Forgery, Rejects $500,000 Personal Loan From 1991

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A $500,000 claim by a retired Tulsa businessman against the estate of Oklahoma City oil tycoon Aubrey McClendon is allegedly unenforceable or the result of forgery, according to pleadings filed by the estate’s legal counsel.

Thomas A. Quinn claims he loaned half a million dollars in cash to Aubrey McClendon back in 1991. Quinn’s documentation — a promissory note dated December 1, 1991 – contains the signature of McClendon and Quinn as well as that of Robert A. Todd, identified as the witness and attorney for Quinn. The document indicates that full repayment is due by December 1, 2015.

Additional documentation provided by Quinn includes a letter dated January 20, 2016 where Quinn agreed to waive a late fee while extending the due date for another year at McClendon’s request.

Following McClendon’s death on March 2 of this year, Quinn submitted the claim in August to Tom Blaylock as personal representative for the estate.

Quinn says he met the young oil and gas executive before he co-founded Chesapeake Energy with Tom Ward. At the time, Quinn was retracing an around-the-world trip by Oklahoma aviator Wiley Post. He was accompanied by Congressman Jim Inhofe and others when Quinn says McClendon attended a press conference about the trip.

“I met him at a meet-and-greet at the Marriott Hotel, and I think at the time he was looking for investors,” said Quinn, a former Tulsa mayoral candidate.

Quinn has filed a separate lawsuit following the estate’s rejection of his claim. “Any attack against my integrity will be pursued vigorously, I assure you,” said Quinn.