Nichelle Nichols, who play Nyota Uhura on Star Trek, is alleged to have been abused by her manager, Gilbert Bell.

The 87-year-old actress’ son, Kyle Johnson, last week filed a lawsuit against her caretaker and manager, Gilbert Bell, accusing Bell of “financial elder abuse.”

In the Aug. 10 filing, Johnson alleged that Bell “took advantage” of and “exploited his relationship” with Nichols and has “exerted his undue influence and took control over Ms. Nichols’ assets and personal affairs” over the past decade. Johnson further accused Bell of a “breach of his fiduciary duty” to Nichols, as well as an “intent to defraud” her.

Asked to comment on the allegations of the lawsuit, Bell’s attorney sent a statement noting that hearings on behalf of Nichols are “pending in California courts,” and that Bell — “Ms. Nichols’s former entertainment manager, interested friend of Ms. Nichols, and a respected industry talent manager for 30 years” — is “a litigant in these suits.” He also asserted that the court-appointed temporary conservators of the estate “had not found any cause to follow up on accusations of financial wrongdoing” by Bell.

Johnson’s suit comes two years after it was reported that Nichols was diagnosed with dementia. Johnson’s lawsuit claims that she was officially diagnosed in 2013. Nichols suffered a stroke in 2015, requiring constant care.

Nichols is best known for portraying communications officer Lt. Nyota Uhura in NBC’S 1966-69 “Star Trek” series, six movies and a 1973-74 animated serial. She and co-star William Shatner, who played Capt. James Kirk, engaged in a groundbreaking on-screen kiss one year after the US Supreme Court ruled interracial marriage was legal.

Information excerpts from New York Post