In Strasberg v. Odyssey Group, Inc. (1996) 51 Cal.App.4th 906, the defendants' predecessor, Inez Melson, had been Marilyn Monroe's business manager and assistant. ( Strasberg v. Odyssey Group, Inc., supra, 51 Cal.App.4th at p. 911.) After the celebrity's death, Melton surreptitiously retained some of her personal effects. ( Id. at p. 912.) The beneficiary of the estate had no reason to know of the existence of the items, much less that they had been taken. As the court explained: "Melson, while acting in her capacity of a fiduciary, wrongfully concealed the items she chose to retain from the Marilyn Monroe estate. Accordingly, the statute of limitations was tolled until the beneficiary discovered or ought to have discovered the existence of the cause of action for Melson's conversion." ( Strasberg v. Odyssey Group, Inc., supra, 51 Cal.App.4th at p. 917.) The Strasberg court distinguished cases in which the plaintiffs "knew about the property in question, knew who held the property, and either had actual knowledge or reason to know the property had been transferred out of the trust to an unauthorized person." ( Id. at p. 918.)