Caption: Robert Maheu, who was one of the most powerful men in the Hughes empire before his fall from grace in 1970. Robert Maheu, chief executive of Howard Hughes $300 million Nevada gambling empire, is shown earlier this week as he left Las Vegas court where legal battle over who is in charge of Hughes property is in progress. In a brief appearance on the witness stand Saturday, Maheu disclosed that he had never talked to the billionaire recluse ?face to face? although he had glimpsed his mysterious boss on two occasions.
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