Chadwick Boseman’s widow, Taylor Simone Ledward, is pushing back hard against a lawsuit from his brothers, Derrick and Kevin, who want her removed as administrator of the late actor’s estate. In documents filed Thursday in Los Angeles, Ledward calls the legal effort a“public-relations stunt”built on“falsehoods under oath,”arguing the brothers are trying to smear her in the tabloid press.
The filing lays out her side in detail: she says she has distributed all estate assets except for one account that the brothers themselves blocked, and that she gifted more than $300,000 of her own money to Derrick’s children. Her attorney says she went“well beyond what was required of her.”Boseman died in 2020 at age 43 without a will, and Ledward married him just six days before his death, with Derrick officiating the ceremony.
The case touches something a lot of families deal with: what happens when someone passes without a will, and who gets to decide how a legacy lives on. Fans who followed Boseman’s career and his private battle with cancer are watching this one closely. Some stand with Ledward, others with his parents. Where do you land on this one?
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