Thomas Kinkade Mistress: Restraining Order Filed By Widow Against Amy Pinto-Walsh
The Painter of Light‘s story just got a bit darker as it appears Thomas Kinkade had been secretly living with his mistress, Amy Pinto-Walsh, for eighteen months in his mansion in Los Gatos, California, prior to his death.
Thomas’ widow Nanette Kinkade and the Kinkade Family Trust have filed a temporary restraining order against Thomas Kinkade’s mistress, which the Los Gatos Patch reports is intended to ban Pinto-Walsh from:
“Engaging in conduct that has the effect of defaming, criticizing, disparaging or discrediting Kinkade, Nanette Kinkade, or any company owned by Kinkade to appear in a negative light or false light.”
The request for an injunction against the painter’s live-in girlfriend will be heard by Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Patricia Lucas on Tuesday.
Thomas Kinkade died at the age of 54, with his mistress Amy Pinto-Walsh reportedly at his side at the time of death inside of his Monte Sereno estate on Ridgecrest Drive. Amy was quoted having said in an interview:
“He died in his sleep. [...] He had a heart condition.”
Court documents indicate that the filed injunction requests that the court prevents Pinto-Walsh from trading, selling, publishing, disclosing, producing, permitting access to or otherwise revealing proprietary information to anyone by means of electronic media, reproduction, or photocopy. The order also entails a confidentiality agreement which prevents Amy from revealing any trade secrets or other private information regarding the Kinkade family or businesses:
“[...] which she learned in her role as a personal assistant and companion to Thomas Kinkade.”
What are your thoughts on the recent court filings against Kinkade’s mistress, Amy Pinto-Walsh?
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Posted: April 22, 2012
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Apr 23, 2012
We really do not know all the facts… BUT it seems that if this man was living with this woman for 18 months… in lieu of being married..he must have been happy being there….and it is obvious that his wife did not get a voice until his death, whose fooling who? Yeah it's all about the Benjamins…. how sad! My question is why was he living with this woman, did his wife refuse to divorce him? it seems the NAME is all she cares about… I 've seen movies about women like this..but I guess where monies are concern, nothing is fictional.
Apr 26, 2012
It's just sad that all this stuff is coming out about him now…
Apr 30, 2012
I don't think it was necessarily about the name regarding a divorce or not. I'm sure Kinkade's work sold to a great many folks that believed he was dedicated to his family and divorce would have potentially declined the sales of his artwork. Obviously you do not know much about his artwork as each piece had his wifes initial in it or a date that meant something. His work had a great deal of embedded meaning in each piece than just the average eye as yourself might have seen.
May 17, 2012
Just reading a book he wrote about his marriage. To loose a love like that, no wonder he drank him self to death.
Sep 8, 2012
The article said Kincade was "secretly'' living with this woman at one of his mansions for 18 months prior to his death. That means his wife probably didn't know about it, and Kincaid was not formally separated from her. If he ''wanted'' this woman for more than what they had going on, he would have left his family and married her. I don't know where they even got the ''information'' that he was '' secretly living with her for 18 months' except for the word of the woman herself. Many men have mistresses who they WOULDN'T necessarily break up their family for. If she isn't in his will, she WASN'T IN HIS HEART.
Sep 8, 2012
Yes, it is sad that people can't demand the right to privacyfor their ENTIRE FAMILY, in cases like this, and that reporters can just publish private details of a person's life, just because a restraining order was filed. No other information needed to be published. In fact, not even the fact of the restraining order BEING FILED should have been published. It defiles this man's reputation, and affects the value of his work. We don't even know, so the reporters don't know, if this woman was actually a ''mistress'' and not just a hired assistant who did work for him. People should not believe the ''worst'' without substantiation. His love for his wife and for his family was very well known, and even documented in his work.
Sep 8, 2012
This is not all about the ''money''. A man's past work, the future integrity of his work, his legacy, his reputation, his family's privacy, and the heritage he left his wife and four girls are all involved. His family deserves all those things to be left intact.
Sep 8, 2012
This is not all about the ''money''. A man's past work, the future integrity of his work, his legacy, his reputation, his family's privacy, and the heritage he left his wife and four girls are all involved. His family deserves all those things to be left intact.