Nearly 7 and a half months after Oklahoma energy leader Aubrey McClendon was killed in a traffic crash, the claims against his estate have gone beyond $1 billion.
Most of the claims have been made by Wilmington Trust and Chesapeake Energy Corp., the firm he helped found before he was forced out a few years ago.
The Journal Record reported Monday that the claim by Chesapeake Energy pushed the total beyond the $1 billion mark. The paper reported the Oct. 13 filing by Chesapeake Energy totaled more than $445 million. It involved enforcement of an alleged settlement agreement between McClendon and the company, but terms of the settlement were not made available in the filing.
The claims from Wilmington Trust as well as unpaid loans from Goldman Sachs and other lenders totals more than $464 million. Other claims involve real estate loans as well as purchase of an airport.