After a trial in which a household maid quoted her as saying "We don't pay taxes — only the little people pay taxes," <a href="https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/music/tovah-feldshuh-is-not-so-mean-a-queen-in-tovah-is-leona">Leona Helmsley,</a> the real estate mogul who was a tabloid favorite, is sentenced to prison for tax evasion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

After a trial in which a household maid quoted her as saying "We don't pay taxes — only the little people pay taxes," Leona Helmsley, the real estate mogul who was a tabloid favorite, is sentenced to prison for tax evasion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After a trial in which a household maid quoted her as saying "We don't pay taxes — only the little people pay taxes," <a href="https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/music/tovah-feldshuh-is-not-so-mean-a-queen-in-tovah-is-leona" rel="noopener noreferrer">Leona Helmsley,</a> the real estate mogul who was a tabloid favorite, is sentenced to prison for tax evasion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="noopener noreferrer">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

1989: Queen of Mean Sentenced

On hiatus as of March 2020 because of the coronavirus crisis. Get unlimited access to the Chronicle. | A daily celebration of the news — and the news media — of years gone by. King Kaufman takes you on a quick tour of the Bay Area and the world as it used to be, which often colors the world of your century.

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