RANCHO SANTA FE, Calif. — The battle over the future of the writer and founder of Objectivism, Ayn Rand, is now playing out in a San Diego courtroom.
Kira Peikoff Beilis, daughter of prominent Objectivist philosopher Leonard Peikoff, and recipient of Ayn Rand’s estate, says her 91-year-old father is getting taken advantage of by his former caretaker-turned wife and a former San Diego prosecutor-turned writer.
The suit also names former San Diego County Deputy District Attorney and objectivist writer James Valliant, for allegedly helping Davis isolate Beilis from her father and drive a wedge between them…