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The Man Behind the Voice: Sam Elliott and His Life in Hollywood

Some Family Drama

No amount of professional success can protect you from family problems. In 2011, Cleo, Sam, and Katharine’s then 26-year-old daughter stabbed her mother with a pair of scissors. Katharine was forced to file a restraining order against her one and only daughter following her death threats. The court ordered Cleo to keep a minimum of 100 yards from her mother.

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According to People Magazine, Katharine stated that Cleo “verbally and emotionally abused me even as a little girl, but became increasingly violent at age 12 or 13.” That day in March of 2011, Cleo kicked in a cupboard door, chased her mother around the house, and stabbed her in the arm six times with scissors, according to court documents.