A New York judge agreed to slash $10 million (£5.1m) off the $12 million inheritance given by real estate billionaire Leona Helmsley to her beloved dog, Trouble. However, the Malteze still should be able to live a life of luxury.

Trouble’s inheritance was cut from $12 million to $2 million on grounds that Helmsley was mentally unfit when she made her will. The ruling was made on April 30 and became public on Monday, BBC News reports.

The settlement awarded Helmsley’s two grandchildren, Craig Panzirer and Meegan Panzirer Wesolko, $6 million. They had been cut out of her will “for reasons which are known to them,” the document said, according to Reuters.

Helmsley, who was known as “the Queen of Mean” due to the way she treated her employees, had a soft spot for the 9-year-old white Maltese. A clause in her will called for Trouble to eventually be buried next to her in the Helmsley mausoleum.

Helmsley died in August at age 87. She had amassed a fortune in real estate and hotels with her husband, Harry Helmsley, who died in 1997. Famed for observing that “only the little people pay taxes,” Helmsley was jailed for 18 months for evading $1.7 million in taxes in 1989.